Ain't It Grand Boys

1995 live album by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem

Ain't It Grand Boys

Live album by The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem
Released	Feb 28, 1995
Recorded	March 5, 1961 – November 5, 1966
Genre	Irish folk
Length	1:39:47
Label	Columbia/Sony Legacy

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	positive [1]
Entertainment Weekly	A [2]

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.

Disc one
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"American Medley: Kings Highway/Rock Island Line"	Each singer has solos	3:21
2.	"Jesse James"	Liam Clancy	1:02
3.	"Old Man Came Courting"	Liam Clancy	2:23
4.	"The West's Awake"	Tommy Makem	3:22
5.	"Royal Canal"	Liam Clancy	4:55
6.	"The Rising Of The Moon"	Tom Clancy	2:20
7.	"The Gallant Forty Twa"	Liam Clancy	3:02
8.	"Jolly Plough Boy"	Liam Clancy	3:04
9.	"Courtin' in the Kitchen"	Tommy Makem	3:20
10.	"Isn't It Grand Boys"	Each singer has a solo verse	4:38
11.	"When We Were Under The King"	Tommy Makem	2:25
12.	"Whiskey Is The Life Of Man"	Tom Clancy	3:14
13.	"Love Is Kind"	Liam Clancy	2:35
14.	"The Holy Ground"	No solos	2:15
15.	"Carol Of The Birds"	Paddy Clancy	3:15
16.	"The Little Beggerman"	Tommy Makem	2:45

Disc two
No.	Title	Lead vocals	Length
1.	"Children's Medley"	Each singer has solos and dialogue	8:20
2.	"Mountain Dew"	Paddy Clancy	2:08
3.	"Port Lairge"	No solos	3:14
4.	"Rosin the Bow"	Paddy Clancy	2:44
5.	"Johnny McEldoo"	No solos	2:16
6.	"Ballinderry"	Tommy Makem	3:30
7.	"Young Roddy McCorley"	No solos	3:06
8.	"Marie's Wedding"	Liam Clancy	2:44
9.	"Mr. Moses Ri-Tooral-I-Ay"	Paddy Clancy	4:07
10.	"The Irish Rover"	Tommy Makem	2:46
11.	"The 23rd Of June"	Each singer has a solo verse	2:16
12.	"As I Roved Out"	Tommy Makem	1:11
13.	"Johnson's Motor Car"	Each singer has a solo verse	2:06
14.	"The Patriot Game"	Liam Clancy	4:11
15.	"Lord Nelson"	Tommy Makem	3:35
16.	"This Land Is Your Land"	Pete Seeger	3:18

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

References

^ Cannon, Bob (10 February 1995). "Isn't It Grand Boys (A Collection of Unissued Gems) (1995)". No. 261. Entertainment Weekly.
^ "Ain't It Grand Boys: Album Cover". The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Archived from the original on 20 February 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2014.

The Clancy Brothers

Patrick "Paddy" Clancy
Tom Clancy
Bobby Clancy
Liam Clancy

Discography

with Tommy Makem	Tradition The Rising of the Moon Come Fill Your Glass with Us The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Columbia A Spontaneous Performance Recording Hearty and Hellish! A Live Nightclub Performance The Boys Won't Leave the Girls Alone In Person at Carnegie Hall The First Hurrah! Recorded Live in Ireland Isn't It Grand Boys Freedom's Sons The Irish Uprising In Concert Home, Boys, Home Sing of the Sea The Bold Fenian Men Luck Of The Irish Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Irish Drinking Songs Ain't It Grand Boys: A Collection of Unissued Gems Carnegie Hall 1962 Shanachie Reunion
with all four brothers	Columbia/Audio Fidelity Christmas Flowers in the Valley Welcome to Our House
with Louis Killen	Audio Fidelity/Vanguard Show Me the Way Save the Land Live on St. Patrick's Day Greatest Hits/The Best of the Vanguard Years
with Robbie O'Connell	Vanguard/Folk Era Live! Tunes 'n' Tales of Ireland Older But No Wiser

Filmography

Performances	The Golden Age of TV Drama: Treasure Island The Best of Hootenanny: Shout! Rainbow Quest: The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem Reunion Concert at the Ulster Hall, Belfast Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration Lifelines: The Clancy Brothers Farewell to Ireland Concert
Documentaries	The Story of the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem Bringing It All Back Home Bob Dylan: No Direction Home Folk Hibernia The Yellow Bittern: The Life and Times of Liam Clancy