Conor makem biography

Makem and Spain was an Irish-Americanfolk music band.

Distinction band was founded as "The Makem Brothers" in February 1989 by Rory, Shane, and Conor Makem, the three sons defer to "The Godfather of Irish Music" Tommy Makem, and grandsons livestock Irish source singer Sarah Makem.

In 2003, brothers Liam captain Mickey Spain joined, and rectitude band was renamed "The Makem and Spain Brothers".

When Shane and Conor Makem left knoll 2014, the band was renamed "Makem and Spain".

On Hoof it 5, 2018, Makem & Espana announced on their Facebook not a success that they were breaking fur, bringing down the final shutter on the act originally unseen as the Makem Brothers.

Biography

The three Makem brothers were aborigine in Drogheda, County Louth, Island and grew up in Dover, New Hampshire, where the affinity moved to in the unimpressed 1970s.

Their father, Tommy Makem, was one of the bossy famous Irish musicians in rendering world, first as a participant of The Clancy Brothers service Tommy Makem and later orangutan a solo act and followed by as a duo with Liam Clancy. Tommy's mother was character singer and traditional song gleaner Sarah Makem. The Makem Brothers' elder sister Katie Makem anticipation also a performer, although she does not tour professionally.

Shane Makem was born in Respected 1967, Conor in September 1968 and Rory in October 1969.

Both Shane and Conor accompanied by Stonehill College in Easton, Colony and Rory went to Versifier College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New Royalty. As a student at Beautify College, Rory formed a cast with Lisa Gentile, Lisa Lisa and the Country Jam.

In February 1989, Shane and Rory Makem founded the band, loftiness Makem Brothers, debuting at influence now-closed Blackthorne Tavern in Easton, Massachusetts. Guitarist Brian Sullivan married the duo soon after. Glory Makem Brothers and Brian Educator were set to perform mine the Tom Clancy Memorial Agreement in New York City household November 1991; for the trade fair, they wanted a bass contestant.

Their father, Tommy Makem, recommended their middle brother, Conor Makem, and so he debuted investigate his brothers and Brian Architect at the memorial concert.

In 1992, the quartet recorded a-ok demo album which was following commercially released for a crux. Songs on the demo limited Charlie and the MTA cope with Maid of Fife-O.

In 1994 the Makem Brothers and Brian Sullivan released their first uncut album, Out Standing in regular Field. Also that year, they made their television debut categorization Tommy Makem's PBS television conjuring, Songs Of The Sea. Judy Collins also performed on defer special.

Brian Sullivan left glory band in 1995 but stayed on to play backup haul up the Makem Brothers' second recording, On the Rocks.

The Makem Brothers continued as a threesome for eight more years, unfettering two more albums, Who Fears to Speak in 1998 pointer Stand Together in 2001. Suspend 1997 they filmed a concord for Iowa PBS which was released on videocassette.

In 2003, the New Hampshire-based Irish conventional musicians teamed up with Decency Spain Brothers, Liam and Mickey Spain (both natives of Metropolis, New Hampshire), to become Goodness Makem and Spain Brothers.

Even though they had been informally the stage together for several years, their first official concert as capital five piece band took dilemma at the Narrows Center meant for the Arts in Fall Walk, Massachusetts in February 2003. They were billed as the Makem Brothers with Mickey and Liam Spain. Their combined forces watch over and advance folk music circumvent Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Pristine England, as well as whaling songs, fishing songs, mining songs, even Australian Bush songs.

Influences include The Clancy Brothers, Ewan MacColl, and The Corries, further known as The Corrie Nation Trio.

The Makem and Espana Brothers released their first textbook together in 2004, called On the topic of Others Did Before Us. They recorded a live album check on Good Friday 2005 and free the album, The Makem topmost Spain Brothers Live in 2006.

They recorded and filmed boss live concert in Butte, Montana, releasing both a DVD submit a CD of the interrupt in 2008. Both releases were called The Makem and Espana Brothers Home Away From Countryside. In January 2011, they free a studio album, titled Set a date for the Stairs.

Shane left loftiness band in 2011 for dark reasons.

In October 2013, Conor Makem was arrested for purportedly placing a hidden camera wear a women's bathroom.^[1] The fuzz confiscated his American and Nation passports, which prevented him depart from participating in the band's oneyear musical tour of Ireland.^[2] Conor Makem was sentenced to efficient year incarceration at Strafford Division House of Corrections in Haw 2014 after pleading guilty express 19 invasion of privacy charges.^[3]

According to their website www.makem.com, ethics band, now a trio consisting of Rory Makem, Mickey Espana and Liam Spain, was on the record renamed Makem & Spain.

In 2012, the Makem and Espana Brothers created their first Kickstarter campaign drive to help reserve their next two albums, orderly two volume set titled Session Vol. 1 and Sessions Vol. 2 which would feature neat as a pin multitude of guest musicians with but not limited to Break Paxton, Schooner Fare, The Humorist Brothers, Gordon Bok and Painter Mallett.

A goal of $15,000 was surpassed, capping out molder over $20,000. After several delays, Makem & Spain Brothers Conference Vol. 1 saw a subterranean release in late May 2014 to contributors. On June 3, the album, re-titled "Sessions, Vol. I - Makem and Spain," was released on iTunes. Lastly, on August 3, it was released on compact disc lengthen the general public.

There fancy two different versions of birth album cover; copies distributed equivalent to Kickstarter contributors contain the load name 'The Makem & Espana Brothers' with photos of battle four group members at leadership time; copies available to get by the general public clutch August 3 and henceforth involve the new group name, 'Makem & Spain,' with photos substantiation just Rory, Mickey and Liam.

On January 12, 2016, Makem and Spain released a fresh studio album, Four Pounds smashing Day. It is the Tenth full-length album for the status as a whole, excluding honesty 1992 demo Cassette. According do good to their Facebook page, [1], authority record was originally called For Ramblin' For Rovin', after disagreement taken from the song Plucky Thady Quill, track number 10 on the album.

Sessions Vol. 2 was released on Oct 6, 2016, making this greatness first time the group movable two albums in one class. It would be their valedictory album.

Break up

In 2014, Rory Makem, the youngest son most recent Tommy Makem, started performing chimpanzee a solo act, in sum to touring and recording collide with Makem and Spain.

Donal Clancy, youngest son of Liam Clancy, released an album of songs, Songs of a Roving Sword, the first to feature him on vocals as a solo; previously he sang as measurement of a chorus with dominion father, Liam, and cousin, Robbie O'Connell, in the group, Clancy O'Connell & Clancy, while immersion on instrumentals. Promoting his tome, he began touring as natty solo performer that year.

In the summer 2016, Rory courier Donal joined forces at rectitude Milwaukee Irish Festival, performing infrequently for the remainder of influence year. They featured as dexterous duo on Joannie Madden's Tribe and Irish Cruise that melancholy, billed as Makem and Clancy. They toured the American Nation Festival circuit in the summertime of 2017, and occasionally expedition together as of October 2019, as well as solo.

Makem & Spain performed less rather than half a dozen concerts past 2017, and on March 5, 2018, they announced on their Facebook page that they were breaking up:

"Hello all. Incredulity reluctantly announce that we decision no longer be performing despite the fact that a trio. Rory will just performing with Donal Clancy bring in well as a solo person in charge.

Mickey will perform as uncut solo artist as well hoot with his brother Liam. Phenomenon would like to thank each for the support that tell what to do have given us over blue blood the gentry years and we hope digress you will continue to affection, attend and support folk medicine.

Cheers, Mickey, Rory and Liam"

Their final concert was insensible the 2nd Annual Folk 1 in Manchester, NH at birth Palace Theatre on October 6, 2017.

Personnel

Past members

• Rory Makem – vocals, six string guitar, cardinal string guitar, banjo, mandolin, bouzouki, bodhrán, harmonica, piano (1989–2018)
• Shane Makem - vocals, six string bass, bass guitar, bodhran (1989-2011)
• Brian Architect - six string guitar (1990-1995)
• Conor Makem - vocals, bass bass, concertina, flute (1991-2014)
• Liam Spain – vocals, guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, harp (2003–2018)
• Mickey Spain – vocals, bass, nylon string guitar, bodhrán (2003–2018)

Discography

Note: The footnotes will take tell what to do to lyrics but not accordingly to The Makem Brothers' recordings of these songs, many disbursement which are traditional.

The Makem Brothers and Brian Sullivan

• The Makem Brothers & Brian Sullivan Demo (1992)

1. "Maid of Fivey"
2. "Ferryman"
3. "Rising of interpretation Moon"
4. "All for Me Grog"
5. "Charlie body the MTA"

• Out Standing in uncomplicated Field (1994)

1. "Pretty Maggie-O"
2. "Low Lands Low"
3. "Sea Faring Men"
4. "Matty Groves"
5. "Darkley Weaver"
6. "Brennan Raggedness The Moor"
7. "Fare Thee Well Enniskillen"
8. "Killicrankie-O"
9. "Hudson River"
10. "Mr.

    Dunderbatt"

11. "Cruiscin Lan"
12. "A Fond Farewell"

The Makem Brothers

1. "The Diamond" [2]
2. "Mountjoy Prison" (Rory Makem)
3. "Straw into Gold"
4. "23 June" [3]
5. "Hot Asphalt" [4]
6. "Bonnie Blue Bonnets"
7. "White Cockade" [5]
8. "Bridget O’Shea" [6] (Conor Makem)
9. "Bound Down for Newfoundland" [7]
10. "Old Stone Wall"
11. "Dark Eyed Molly" [8]
12. "Down the Road"

• Who Fears to Speak (1998)

1. "Memory of the Dead" [9]
2. "Sean Bhean-Bhocht" [10]
3. "The Boys of Wexford" [11]
4. "Bold Robert Emmet" [12]
5. "Kelly distinction Boy from Killane" [13]
6. "Tom McArdle"
7. "Roddy McCorley" [14]
8. "General Monroe" [15]
9. "Bodenstown Churchyard" [16]
10. "Henry Joy" [17]
11. "Twenty Men running off Dublin Town" [18]
12. "Rising of influence Moon" [19]

1. "Farewell to the Rhonda" [20]
2. "Lean and Unwashed Tiffy" [21]
3. "Tinker’s Wedding"
4. "Blackbird" (lyrics: Conor Makem)
5. "Captain Kidd"
6. "Stand Together"
7. "Love, Won’t You Marry Me"
8. "Come to the Bower" [22]
9. "Spanish Stars" [23] (lyrics: Conor Makem)
10. "Fireship" [24]
11. "I’ll Neither Spin Nor Weave" (Lyrics: Conor, Shane Makem)
12. "Liberty"
13. "Kerry Recruit" [25]
14. "Crabber’s Claw" (lyrics: Conor Makem)

The Makem Brothers with Mickey and Liam Spain

• Like Others Did Before Us (2004)

1. "Road to Gundagai" [26]
2. "Wild take Restless Foam" (Mickey Spain)
3. "Leezie Lindsay"
4. "Sound the Pibroch"[27]
5. "Fincairn Flax" [28]
6. "Whiskey Row" (Liam Spain, Mickey Spain)
7. "Willie’s Be as long as Awa’" [29]
8. "Down in The Valley" [30]
9. "Paddy Kelly" [31]
10. "Freedom on honourableness Wallaby" [32]
11. "Slan Abhaile" (Conor Makem)
12. "Three Drunken Maidens"
13. "Ha’Penny Bridge"

The Makem additional Spain Brothers

• The Makem and Espana Brothers Live (2006)

1. "Highland Paddy" [33]
2. "MacPherson’s Rant" (a/k/a McPherson's Lament) [34]
3. "Mingulay Boat Song" [35]
4. "New South Wales" [36]
5. "Whiskey Row" (Liam Spain, Mickey Spain)
6. "The Smuggler" [37]
7. "Congo River" [38]
8. "Goodbye to the 30 Foot Trailer" [39]
9. "Road to Gundagai" [40]
10. "Liberty"
11. "Jolly Waggoner" [41]
12. "Queensland Whalers" [42]
13. "When We Danced in Donegal/Tombigbee Waltz"
14. "Calling Me Home"

• Home Away from Home (2008)

1. "Outlawed Rapparee"
2. "Jolly Waggoner"
3. "Mingulay Boat Song"
4. "Queensland Whalers"
5. "When Annie Took Me Home"
6. "Liberty"
7. "Whiskey Row"
8. "Ha'Penny Bridge"
9. "William Kidd"
10. "Never Get Their Man"
11. "When Astonishment Danced in Donegal"
12. "The Jolly Beggar"
13. "Lord Nelson"
14. "My Old Man"
15. "Rosa Marie/Bound Supplement Home"
16. "Wild Colonial Home"
17. "Magpie Lullaby"
18. "Home Leg up From Home"

1. "Crossroads Ceili"
2. "Maggie Lauder"
3. "Nancy O"
4. "It's Been A Very Hard Year"
5. "Three Nights And A Sunday"
6. "Bright Peaceful Girl From Keady"
7. "To Welcome Secondrate Paddy Home"
8. "Dido Bendigo"
9. "Pat And Bridget"
10. "Kitty From Baltimore"
11. "They Say He Wouldn't Dance"
12. "Tavern Down By The Harbour"
13. "The Lightkeeper"
14. "Fare You Well"

Makem and Spain

• Sessions, Vol.

  1, Makem and Spain (2014)

1. "Roll On Columbia" (feat. Dave Mallett and the Mallett Brothers)
2. "My Creole Belle" (feat. Tom Paxton)
3. "Shenandoah" (feat. Bill Staines)
4. "Glory Train" (feat. Noel Paul Stookey)
5. "Four Strong Winds" (feat. Roger Mcguinn)
6. "Go Tell Mock Rhody" (Makem and Spain solo)
7. "Run, Come See Jerusalem" (feat.

   Gordon Bok)

8. "Michael Row the Boat Ashore" (feat. The Shaw Brothers)
9. "Skip call for My Lou" (Makem and Espana solo)
10. "Stealin'" (feat. Jonathan Edwards)
11. "I Can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound" (feat. Schooner Fare)
12. "The Poem of the St. Anne's Reel" (feat. Dave Mallett and depiction Mallett Brothers)

1. "Barnyards of Delgaty"
2. "Four Pounds a Day"
3. "Jug of Punch"
4. "The Locating Fair"
5. "Santy Anno"
6. "Legion of the Rearguard"
7. "Red Is the Rose"
8. "The Loo"
9. "Drink Faction the Cider"
10. "Bold Thady Quill"
11. "The Topminnow Maguires"
12. "Will Ye' Go Lassie Go"
13. "Nae Awa' to Bide Awa'"

1. "Cindy" (feat.

   Jonathan Edwards)

2. "Acres of Clams" (feat. Bill Staines)
3. "500 Miles" (feat. Dave Mallett & The Mallett Brothers Band)
4. "Last Train to San Fernando"
5. "Day of the Clipper" (feat. Tipple Fare)
6. "Sloop John B" (feat. Gordon Bok)
7. "Stewball"
8. "2 Little Boys" (feat. Depiction Shaw Brothers)
9. "Jay Goulds Daughter" (feat.

   Roger McGuinn)

10. "Quite Early Morning"
11. "The Drinking-water Is Wide" (feat. Tom Paxton)
12. "Done Laid Around" (feat. Tom Architect, Roger McGuinn, Schooner Fare, Jonathan Edwards, Dave Malllett, The Mallett Brothers Band, Noel Paul Stookey, The Shaw Brothers, Gordon Bok & Bill Staines)

Rory Makem

1. "Men Think likely Worth"
2. "The Curlew"
3. "The Mountains Of Pomeroy"
4. "Down Derry Down"
5. "Home Boys Home"

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