There are no words to explain - he was the greatest.”Mr O’Donnell said McBride’s life would have been “a darker place and less joyful” since his wife Rose died in January this year.“In the past number of years especially, every step Tom took, Rose was a step behind him,” he said.“It was a huge loss for him.

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Tom McBride (18 September 1936 – 17 April 2018), known as Big Tom, was an Irish country, traditional and easy listening singer, as well as a guitarist, and saxophone player. For the best site experience please enable JavaScript in your browser settings Tom described himself as a “singer of sad songs” and was described by President Michael D. Higgins as “one of the most charismatic and influential artists in Irish country music”. He wasn’t even asked to come and he was terrific.”Mr O’Donnell said Big Tom’s family can take comfort that he was doing what he loved most right up the end of his life.“Big Tom was the one that everyone saw as the main man,”he told RTÉ’s He said: “He was a big man in stature, but his personality was big. he was like another member of so many families.“He was an Irish phenomenon which will never be seen again.”Another friend, Fr Brian D’Arcy, also paid tribute.“He was the one the elitists sort of looked down their noses at, and Big Tom outlasted them all,” he said.“At his last gig, he was able to bring a thousand people into his show who still adored the ground he walked on, who still loved him as a friend and a singer, who still appreciated what he had did for them, who still made their hearts want to dance when he opened his mouth and sang.“Tom was one of them but he was their king as well.” . It wasn’t because he was loud or took over the space in conversation, it was just his presence.“There are people who have a presence and Big Tom had it in abundance when he walked in somewhere.“He will be missed so, so much. Developed by May he rest in peace.”Big Tom started his lengthy career in country music in the early-mid 1960s as a member of the Mighty Mainliners Showband. . LEGENDARY Irish country music singer Big Tom McBride has sadly passed away aged 81, his family have confirmed.

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