While on tour in Italy in 1993, Tommy became ill again and the tour

While on tour in Italy in 1993, Tommy became ill again and the tour had to be cancelled. The following year Tommy underwent a bone marrow transplant but he did not survive. His brothers were devastated and Mama’s Boys did not continue. On the first anniversary of Tommy’s death, John composed a traditional lament on the low whistle for his brother and this led to himself and Pat revisiting their traditional Irish music roots and forming a Celtic/new age group called Celtus .