Liam Clancy - author

Subject: Liam Clancy - author
From: Hollowfox
Date: 05 Dec 01 - 12:26 PM

That's right, folks. His autobiography, called Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour will be coming out in February 2002, published by Doubleday.

Subject: RE: Liam Clancy - author
From: GUEST,Frank
Date: 05 Dec 01 - 12:29 PM

Oh oh! Is he naming names? :)

Frank

Subject: RE: Liam Clancy - author
From: MartinRyan
Date: 05 Dec 01 - 01:38 PM

Slievenamon...Sliabh-na-mBan...Mountain of the women (maybe!)

Regards

Subject: RE: Liam Clancy - author
From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 05 Dec 01 - 04:27 PM

I've pre-read it, as of about three years ago. Interesting to be sure, but, as I was "in the scene" for parts of it, I believe he's pulling his punches a bit here and there, as regards the pure truth. It's a good read,though. See what you think.

Subject: RE: Liam Clancy - author
From: Hollowfox
Date: 08 Dec 01 - 04:47 PM

Here's the blurb I saw in the McNaughton catalog: "In a tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy of the legndary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930's into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950's and 1960's.His encounters with celebrities and up-and-coming young stars including Bob Dylan, Maya Angelou, Robert Redford, Lenny Bruce, Pete Seeger, and Barbara Streisand are recounted here."