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Irish Troubadour

Liam Clancy

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Album Review

Adding nine previously unreleased tracks to 1965's Liam Clancy, Irish Troubadour offers fans the unique experience of hearing Liam Clancy perform over 70 minutes and 23 tracks of wonderful Irish ballads without the accompaniment of his brothers and, largely, with only an acoustic guitar. Highlighting the more delicate side of the Clancy Brothers, there is simply not a bad track here, with most of the classic themes of Irish folk music represented and delivered with genuine emotion and authenticity from the man Bob Dylan calls the best ballad singer he has ever heard. Gently fingerpicked guitar supports pristine ballads like "The Nightingale" and "Dirty Old Town," while some of the rollicking fun characteristic of a Clancy Brothers collaboration remains in songs like "The Rocky Road to Dublin" and "The Sash My Father Wore." More standard traditional fare like "The Foggy Dew" and "Blackwater Side" also appear. This is definitely something fans of the Clancy Brothers shouldn't be without.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Excellent!

Liam really makes these songs his own (even if the legendary Luke Kelly guests on one of them!). The soft ballad voice of the Clancy's gets to showcase his talent, you will not find a more relaxing album anywhere. He covers a great range of songs, from more up beat songs such as Rocky Road to Dublin, yet shines through his best on "Buachaill on Eirne", and "The Water is Wide", as well as a song he might as well own... the Patriot game. All in all not a weak track in the bunch, I bought this about a year ago and have not gone 2 days with listening to at least one track from this album!

Biography

Born: September 2, 1935 in Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary

Genre: Singer/Songwriter

Years Active: '90s

The youngest of the Clancy Brothers, Liam Clancy played a major role in the success of the Irish folk singing group that he shared with his brothers. "I never heard a singer as good as (Liam)," said Bob Dylan during a late-'90s interview. "He was just the best ballad singer I ever heard...
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