The Clancey Brothers: In Person at Carnegie Hall. Legacy Edition
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Irish folk music isn't for everyone, but if you're the slightest bit interested in the genre, the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem are required listening. While both the Clancys and Makem have produced some fine solo albums, their best work remains their collaborative recordings. Particularly on live records like this one, their love for the music and culture of Ireland comes across loud and clear, delighting the audience and the listener. Thanks to an above-average collection of tunes and the lively performance of the musicians, In Person at Carnegie Hall is a great starting point for the uninitiated. It also serves as a good tolerance test for listeners who are uncertain whether Irish music is really for them; if you don't like what you hear on this album, chances are you won't care for anything else the genre has to offer. Of course, it's hard to imagine anyone not being drawn in by the opening one-two punch of "Johnson's Motorcar" and "The Juice of the Barley." And it just gets better from there. Not only are all the songs fun to listen to, but each one represents a particular type of Irish tune. There's the drinking song ("A Jug of Punch"), the protest song ("Patriot Game"), and the rollicking singalong ("Reilly's Daughter"). But the standout here is the 12-and-a-half-minute track "The Children's Medley," in which the musicians string together more than a dozen different songs and poems from their childhood. The result is beautiful pastiche of old-old-school Irish folk music that makes you appreciate the history and beauty of the form.

Legacy Edition

In the legacy edition, the full concert including dialogues can be listend to. Also, the two songs recorded in 1962 was included in this edition. ===Side One===

1. "Bold O'Donahue"


2. "My Johnny Lad"


3. "Shoals of Herring"


4. "Hauline' the Bowline"


5. "Irish Rover"


6. "Mr. Moses Re-Tooral-I Ay"


7. "Marie's Wedding"


8. "The Moonshiner"


9. "Patriot Game"


10. "Kelly, The Boy From Killane"


11. "Johnson's Motor Car"


12. "The West's Awake"


13. "Medley: O'Driscoll, The King of the Fairies, Eileen Aroon"


14. "Reilly's Daughter"

Side Two

1. "Children's Medley": When I Was Young; Shellicky Bookey; Up the Long Ladder; Big Ship Sailing; Ahem! Ahem!; Wallflowers; Mary the Money; Frosty Weather; Man of Double Deed; The Wren Song; Up the Long Ladder; Some Say the Divil's Dead; The Irish Soldiers; Up the Long Ladder


2. "Legion of the Rearguard"


3. "Haul Away Joe"


4. "Bonnie Prince Charlie"


5. "Galway Bay"


6. "The Wild Colonial Boy"


7. "The Cobbler"


8. "The Jolly Tinker"


9. "A Jug of Punch"


10. "Brennan on the Moor"


11. "The Whistling Gypsy"


12. "Port Lairge"


13. "The Parting Glass"


14. "The Juice the Barley"


15. "Oro Se Do Bheatha Bhaile"