{"product_id":"tommie-potts-the-sorrowful-and-the-great-limited-edition-signed-hardback","title":"Tommie Potts: The Sorrowful and the Great | Limited Edition Signed Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eThe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun MacChromeBold SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eSorrowful and the Great\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ethe first\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecomprehensive\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ebiography of Tommie Potts'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e life and unique artistic process.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe special collector's limited edition hardback is signed and numbered by the author and includes a photograph of Tommie Potts inside the front cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eW\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eritten by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eITMA’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eSeán Potts, Tommie’s grandnephew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand son of the late Seán Potts, founder member of The Chieftains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e, the book charts the course\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eof Tommie’s formative years in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003efertile musical environment of his family home\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ethe trauma\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ehe endured as a young\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ef\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ef\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eighter\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003esurviving the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ePearse Street tragedy of 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e936;\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e his powerful relationship with the great traditional musicians of county Clare\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e;\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ethe story of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eThe Liffey Banks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"TextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-IE\" data-contrast=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003e; his friendship with Mícheál Ó Súilleabhá\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003en and an assessment of his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003elegacy by\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003ethe\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003econtemporary\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW188331213 BCX0\"\u003eartists who encountered his genius during their lifetime.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAccompanying this biography is a sister publication – The Unbroken Music of Heaven - a selection of Tommie’s most exemplary arranged melodies and compositions housed in ITMA’s collections, painstakingly transcribed and beautifully annotated by the great violinist and fiddle player Aoife Ní Bhriain. 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