Well, where can one begin with these guys. To put it in a nut shell, they are the ones who started the folk/ballad singing as we know it today by initially giving collected traditional Irish songs a different treatment when Irish music may not have been as fashionable as we know it today. As a matter of fact some Irish at this time in the 1950's were in a way ashamed of the music. They basically applied a more American folk style which was beginning to boom at this stage by using guitar and banjo much like The Weavers to the Irish songs and basically making them more lively. They have progressed right through the decades and left an unequalled legacy behind them and Tommy Makem and Liam Clancy are still performing successfully as solo artists presently. Myself and my colleague Dan O'Sullivan have been greatly influenced by their music and befriended Bobby Clancy in the mid 1980's along with his highly respected folk singer daughter Aoife and also his son Finbar and in later times the legendary Tommy Makem along with his sons The Makem Brothers. We have performed folk music together for more than 25 years and our aim is to keep these folk songs alive and perform them as long as we can. We decided to put together a tribute to these legends not long after our great friend Bobby passed away in 2002 and have received positive reaction from audiences in Ireland, U.S, U.K and Germany where these guys were so well known. We have released a "Live" album, details of which can be fund in the Discography page in the website. We perform concerts and gigs regularly as well as performing other folk music as solo artists. There were many  different eras of these folk-masters, with the duo "Makem & Clancy" from mid 1970's to late 1980's being a mega success with their legendary concerts being packed with variety and energy. We continue to learn from these masters just like an apprentice learns from his craftsman. It is worth pointing out that Tommy Makem was the songwriter in the group and myself and Dan consider him an underrated songwriter with some great songs written about all aspects of life from sea songs to love songs, from patriotic songs to love songs, the list goes on. We pay tribute.