Just the other day, Tommy Makem Sang for the NH Governor's inauguration. A pretty cool honor for him. I wish he had posted it on his web site a little sooner so we could have made plans to attend. Even though he only sang 3 songs for the event, the 2 hour drive would have been worth it. The man could read the phone book and I'd make the trip to hear him read it.
The flowing was posted in the newspaper
Hundreds of people took the governor up on his invitation to visit the Statehouse after his 12 p.m. swearing-in and inauguration. It was a two-hour affair anchored by exquisite food samplings and three songs by "The Godfather" of Irish music.Utilizing a well-used banjo from the 1960s, Makem opened up with one of his own, "The Rambles of spring," and followed up with "New Hampshire Naturally," an honorary state song written by the Shaw Brothers. He closed with Woody Guthrie's famous song about the "endless skyway" and "golden valley" that "was made for you and me." Makem said he had fun. "This was better than most. People stayed and paid attention and sang along," he said. "Usually you go to a political thing and a lot of politicians are there stating their cases and they don't want anybody horning in on their thoughts."Standing in a corner of the nearly century-old chamber, a mahogany-filled room usually reserved for the sometimes arcane world of passing resolutions, Makem said "The Rambles of Spring" was an obvious choice considering the above-seasonal temperature outside. "The weather's behaving like it's spring — like I said, trying to fool us all. And spring means sort of the beginning and the sap's beginning to rise and the light is growing every day," he said. Makem, who was recently honored by the Irish government with a commemorative stamp, said his choice of songs had less to do with the historic changes brought on by the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. But he added, "Well that's part of it, yeah, it's all part of the same page, I suppose."
To bad they didn't post a picture or two from the event.
Oh well I will have to fix that with one of my own pictures of Tommy.
The flowing was posted in the newspaper
Hundreds of people took the governor up on his invitation to visit the Statehouse after his 12 p.m. swearing-in and inauguration. It was a two-hour affair anchored by exquisite food samplings and three songs by "The Godfather" of Irish music.Utilizing a well-used banjo from the 1960s, Makem opened up with one of his own, "The Rambles of spring," and followed up with "New Hampshire Naturally," an honorary state song written by the Shaw Brothers. He closed with Woody Guthrie's famous song about the "endless skyway" and "golden valley" that "was made for you and me." Makem said he had fun. "This was better than most. People stayed and paid attention and sang along," he said. "Usually you go to a political thing and a lot of politicians are there stating their cases and they don't want anybody horning in on their thoughts."Standing in a corner of the nearly century-old chamber, a mahogany-filled room usually reserved for the sometimes arcane world of passing resolutions, Makem said "The Rambles of Spring" was an obvious choice considering the above-seasonal temperature outside. "The weather's behaving like it's spring — like I said, trying to fool us all. And spring means sort of the beginning and the sap's beginning to rise and the light is growing every day," he said. Makem, who was recently honored by the Irish government with a commemorative stamp, said his choice of songs had less to do with the historic changes brought on by the Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. But he added, "Well that's part of it, yeah, it's all part of the same page, I suppose."
To bad they didn't post a picture or two from the event.
Oh well I will have to fix that with one of my own pictures of Tommy.
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