23rd Annual Benefit Concert

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Eugene Byrne

(who toured with Tommy Makem for many years) did a very moving tribute to his dear friend Tommy with a mix of poetry and song. He began by reciting Tommy's That Land I Love So Well and singing Tommy's Rolling Home. He then recited Patrick Kavanaugh's beautiful poem, Raglan Road before singing Tommy's Gentle Annie and Paddy Kelly's Brew. Eugene sang George Wurtzbach and Karen Taylor-Good's Much Better View of the Moon before closing his set with a beautiful poem that he wrote to commemorate Tommy's passing.