Biography
Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an 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".
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration
1993
A Spontaneous Performance Recording!
1961
Come Fill Your Glass With Us (Irish Songs Of Drinking And Blackguarding)
1959
Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy
1976
In Concert
1967
Isn't It Grand Boys
1966
The First Hurrah!
1964
In Person At Carnegie Hall
1963
The Clancy Bros. & Tommy Makem
1961
The Luke Kelly Album With The Dubliners
1981
Northern Journey
1964
Credited work
568 releases · 131 albums · active 1959–2024
- Performance · 903
- Other credits · 330
- Production · 8
- Engineering · 3
Studios: Madison Square Garden · The Hit Factory · Redwood Digital · Record One, Los Angeles
Frequent collaborators
- The Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
- Various
- The Dubliners
- The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem
- Tommy Makem & Liam Clancy
- Schooner Fare
- De Gyldne Løver
- Makem & Clancy