Ain't It Grand Boys Explained

Ain't It Grand Boys
Type:	live
Artist:	The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
Cover:	The_Clancy_Brothers_and_Tommy_Makem_-_Ain't_It_Grand_Boys_CD.jpg
Released:	Feb 28, 1995
Recorded:	March 5, 1961 – November 5, 1966
Genre:	Irish folk
Length:	01:39:47
Label:	Columbia/Sony Legacy

Ain't It Grand Boys: A Collection of Unissued Gems is a 1995 two-disc compilation of previously unreleased recordings by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. All the tracks were taken from various live performances from the early to mid-1960s.

One of the leaders of the American folk music revival, Pete Seeger, played the banjo on six of the tracks on the album, including "This Land Is Your Land," for which he also sings the lead.

Reception

Entertainment Weekly critic, Bob Cannon, lauded the album for "bristling with wit and passion."^[1] The reviewer for All Music praised the songs on the album as some of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem's "most spirited on record."

Track listing

The songs were adapted and arranged by the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem.

Personnel

• Paddy Clancy - vocals, harmonica
• Tom Clancy - vocals
• Liam Clancy - vocals, guitar
• Tommy Makem - vocals, banjo, tin whistle^[2]
• Pete Seeger - vocals, banjo
• Bruce Langhorne - guitar

Notes and References

1. News: Cannon. Bob. Isn't It Grand Boys (A Collection of Unissued Gems) (1995). Entertainment Weekly. February 10, 1995. 261. https://web.archive.org/web/20100909220940/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,296034,00.html. dead. 9 September 2010.
2. Web site: Ain't It Grand Boys: Album Cover . The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem . 1 June 2014 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140220154500/http://clancybrothersandtommymakem.com/cbtm_d37_aint.htm . 20 February 2014 .