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The McPeake Family of Belfast, Northern Ireland were one of the finest and most successful Irish traditional music groups of the 1960s. Their song, Wild Mountain Thyme, also know as Will Ye Go Lassie, Go, is one of the most famous songs to emerge from the folk revival of the 1950s being covered by an incredible variety of artists including Fotheringay, The Byrds, Mark Knopfler and Rod Stewart as well as The Chieftains and Clancy Brothers. Their distinctive combination of uilleann pipes, harps and harmony vocals set a new standard for Irish music in the 1950s & 60s and their warm ensemble sound brought out the depth of the songs making them one of the most loved Irish groups of their day.