Tommy Makem
Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an internationally celebrated Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar, bodhrán and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was sometimes known as “The Bard of Armagh” (taken from a traditional song of the same name) and “The Godfather of Irish Music”.
Songs by Tommy Makem:
- The Boys Of Killybegs
- The Curlew’s Song
- Ever The Winds
- Farewell To Carlingford
- Four Green Fields
- Freedom’s Sons
- Galway Bay
- I Wish I Was A Big Red Apple
- I’m Going Home To Mary
- I’m Gonna Put On My Walking Boots
- If You Should Ask Me
- In The Dark Green Woods
- The Morning After Blues
- Rambles Of Spring
- Redmond O’Hanlon
- Sally O
- The Ship’s Coming In
- The Town Of Ballybay
- Trouble On My Mind
- True Love And Time
- Winds Of Morning
- You Are Always On My Mind