The Dubliners is tagged as: irish, folk, irish folk, celtic, traditional
The Dubliners started off in O’Donoghue’s pub in Dublin, Ireland in 1962 under the name of “the Ronnie Drew Folk Group”. Then they were four, Ronnie Drew (vocals and guitar), Luke Kelly (vocals and 5-string banjo), Barney McKenna (tenor banjo, mandolin, melodeon and vocals) and Ciarán Bourke (vocals, guitar, tin whistle and harmonica). In 1963, they played at the Edinburgh festival where they met the head of Transatlantic Records, Nathan Joseph, for whom they started recording. In 1964, Luke Kelly left, and Bobby Lynch (vocals and guitar) and John Sheahan (fiddle, tin whistle, mandolin, concertina, guitar and vocals) were added. When Luke Kelly returned and Bobby Lynch left in 1965, we have what is considered as the original Dubliners, five individualists, five men whose talents were mixed together in a superb blend and just wanted to play and have a good craic. If they only knew what was awaiting them!
In 1967 their major breakthrough came as a result of a coincidence. Their song, “Seven Drunken Nights” which was recorded in one take, was snapped up by a pirate radio station which started playing it along with The Beatles, The Mamas & The Papas, The Who, The Kinks and Jimi Hendrix. Suddenly, The Dubliners was a major band, playing all ...
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