Tommy Sands - Brantford, Ont - Mar 13/07

Subject: Tommy Sands - Brantford, Ont - Mar 13/07
From: Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 09 Mar 07 - 03:24 AM

A wee promo, if you folks don't mind - this being a pretty ambitious concert for us at the Brantford Open Stage


The Concert:

Legendary Irish songwriter/performer Tommy Sands & His Irish Band will be in concert at the Best Western, Brant Park Inn (at the Hwy 403 / Wayne Gretzky Pkwy interchange), Brantford, Ontario on Tuesday, March 13. Due to Mr. Sands extremely tight travel schedule the concert will be starting promptly at 7:30 pm.

Tickets will be $15 in advance, $18 at the door and reservations are recommended. Tickets may be purchased at any session of the Brantford Open Stage or by calling Dave Jensen at 519-752-0453 after 5pm or emailing [e-mail] .

Short Bio:

Tommy Sands, Co Down's singer, songwriter and social activist has achieved something akin to legendary status in his own lifetime.

From the pioneering days with the highly influential Sands Family, bringing Irish Music from New York's Carnegie Hall to Moscow's Olympic Stadium, he has developed into one of the most powerful songwriters and enchanting solo performers in Ireland today.

His songwriting, which draws the admiration of Nobel Poet Laureate Seamus Heaney and father of folk music Pete Seeger, prompts respected US magazine "Sing Out" to regard him as "the most powerful songwriter in Ireland, if not the rest of the world".

His songs, like "There were Roses", and "Daughters and Sons", which have been recorded by Joan Baez, Kathy Matthea, Dolores Keane, Sean Keane, Frank Patterson, Dick Gaughan, The Dubliners and many others have been translated into many languages and are currently included in the English language syllabus in German secondary schools.

Selected Quotes:

Tommy Sands is one of the most important songwriters in Ireland if not the rest of the world.... SING OUT (USA)

The gentle songs of a gentle man, ringing out above the tumult and the shouting....Through people like Tommy Sands there will be an answer....BELFAST TELEGRAPH

Most gifted songwriter...with an ability to write on serious subjects which come across as songs rather than sermons...also well able to be extremely funny in the way he puts words together....IRISH TIMES

"There were Roses" is certainly one of the best songs ever written about the "Irish Problem"...TO BEAT THE DRUM (Scotland)

Tommy Sands has achieved that difficult but wonderful balance between knowing and loving the traditions of his home and being concerned with the future of the whole world....PETE SEEGER

I love the version of 'Where Have All The Flowers Gone' by Tommy Sands. That is the best version that has ever been recorded. It is just chilling, isn't it? ......JOHN STEWART (KINGSTON TRIO)

One moment my tears were of sorrow, the next moment they were tears of joy, his songs are unforgettable stories.....RADIO LEIPZIG

You feel you can trust the singer as well as the song.........SEAMUS HEANEY

Artist Website
http://www.tommysands.com/

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands - Brantford, Ont - Mar 13/07
From: Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 11 Mar 07 - 04:21 AM

refresh - one time, anyway . . .

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands - Brantford, Ont - Mar 13/07
From: KT
Date: 12 Mar 07 - 02:31 AM

Thanks for posting this, Jeremiah. If you can, don't miss this opportunity!! He's playing in Buffalo the day before....

Subject: RE: Tommy Sands - Brantford, Ont - Mar 13/07
From: GUEST,Boab
Date: 13 Mar 07 - 12:37 AM

Get him singing "Humpty Dumpty was Pushed!"