I just finished Frank McCourts' "Tis today. Enjoyed the hell out of it, I was quite enthralled with his references to the Clancys's as they were starting out.

One of my earliest associations with folk music was an album that my father played for me when I was a wee lad at the knee of my semi sober 'da. The Clancys and Tommy Makem doing the 'Gypsy Rover' was one of the first songs I remember singing in its' entirety, I was about 5 yrs. old.