The Clancy Brothers

The Clancy Brothers
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the 1960s (left-to-right: Tommy Makem, Paddy Clancy, Tom Clancy and Liam Clancy)
The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem in the 1960s (left-to-right: Tommy Makem, Paddy Clancy, Tom Clancy and Liam Clancy)
Background information
Also known asThe Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, The Clancy Brothers and Louis Killen, The Clancy Brothers and Robbie O'Connell, The Clancy Brothers and Eddie Dillon
OriginCounty Tipperary, Ireland and County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Genres
Years active1956–1998
Labels
Past members

The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music group that developed initially as a part of the American folk music revival. Most popular during the 1960s, they were famed for their Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularising Irish traditional music in the United States and revitalising it in Ireland, contributing to an Irish folk boom with groups like the Dubliners and the Wolfe Tones.[1][2][3][4][5]

The Clancy Brothers, Paddy Clancy, Tom Clancy, and Liam Clancy, are known best for their work with Tommy Makem, recording almost two dozen albums together as The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Makem left in 1969, the first of many changes in the group's membership. The most notable subsequent member to join was the fourth Clancy brother, Bobby. The group continued in various formations until Paddy Clancy's death in 1998.

The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem significantly influenced the young Bob Dylan and other artists, including Christy Moore and Paul Brady.[6][7] The group was famous for its often lively arrangements of old Irish ballads, rebel and drinking songs, sea shanties, and other traditional music.[5][8]

  1. ^ Hamill, Denis (22 December 2009). "Last Clancy brother Liam is buried, but clan leaves impression on Irish music". Daily News. New York. Archived from the original on 7 July 2012.
  2. ^ Folk Hibernia (television). BBC 4. 2006.
  3. ^ McCourt, Frank; Harty, Patricia (ed.) (2001), "The Paddy Clancy Call", The Greatest Irish Americans of the 20th Century, Oak Tree Press, pp. 110–112, ISBN 1860762069 {{citation}}: |first2= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ Hamill, Dennis (7 November 1999). "'Tis a Fine Way to Honor Paddy Clancy". New York Daily News. pp. City Beat (section).
  5. ^ a b Madigan, Charles M. (20 November 1998). "Irish Folk Singer Patrick Clancy". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 19 April 2014.
  6. ^ Lewis, John (16 June 2011). "The Clancy Brothers' mum sends them new sweaters". The Guardian. London.
  7. ^ The Clancy Brothers, Tommy Makem, Robbie O'Connell, Bono, Christy Moore, Paul Brady et al. (1990). Bringing It All Back Home: The Influence of Irish Music in America (television). BBC/RTÉ.
  8. ^ "Folk Music: Old and Young Stars at Town Hall". New York Times. 19 September 1960. p. 42.