The Dubliners

LOCATION : Dublin, Irlande

Status : Split-up
Music : Celtic Folk


MEMBERS :
John Sheahan : fiddle, mandolin, tin whistle, concertina
Sean Cannon : vocals, guitar
Patsy Watchorn : vocals, guitar
Eamonn Campbell : guitar, mandolin

Past members :
Ronnie Drew (1962-1974 ; 1979-1995)  : vocals, guitar
Luke Kelly (1962-1984) : vocals, banjo (5 strings)
Ciaran Bourke (1962-1974)  : vocals, guitar, tin whistle, harmonica
Paddy Reilly (1995-2005)  : vocals, guitar
Bobby Lynch (1964-1965)  : vocals, guitar
Jim McCann (1974-1979)  : vocals, guitar
Barney McKenna : tenor banjo (4 strings), mandolin, melodeon, vocals


HISTORY :
Formely known as « The Ronnie Drew Group », the pionniers of the Irish folk « The Dubliners », was born in 1962, with Ronnie Drew, Luke Kelly, Ciaran Bourke & Barney McKenna. The bandname comes from a book (from wikipedia: Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. The fifteen stories were meant to be a naturalistic depiction of the Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century). Unfortunately, some members died fromsome deseases : Ronnie Drew (1934 - RIP 2008), Luke Kelly (1940 - RIP 1984), Ciaran Bourke (1935 - RIP 1988), Barney McKenna (1939 - RIP 2012).


RECORDINGS :
1964 The Dubliners (live)
1965 In Concert
1966 Finnegan Wakes
1967 Drop of the Hard Stuff
1967 The Best of the Dubliners: Irish Favorites (compilation)
1967 More of the Hard Stuff
1968 Drinkin' and Courtin'
1969 Live at the Albert Hall
1969 At Home with the Dubliners
1969 A Drop of the Dubliners
1970 Revolution
1972 Double Dubliners
1972 Hometown
1973 Plain and Simple
1974 Live
1975 Now
1977 Live at Montreux
1977 Fifteen Years On (compilation)
1978 20 Original Greatest Hits (compilation)
1979 Together Again
1983 Prodigal Sons (compilation)
1985 Live in Carre
1987 Collection (compilation)
1987 Celebration
1987 25 Years of Celebration (compilation)
1988 Dublin Songs
1988 The Dubliners' Dublin
1989 20 Greatest Hits: Dubliners
1990 Collection, Vol. 2
1990 Seven Deadly Sins
1990 I Know My Love
1992 Thirty Years A'Graying (compilation)
1993 Irish Drinking Songs (compilation)
1994 The Very Best of Dubliners (compilation)
1995 A Parcel of Rogues
1995 Recorded Live in Dublin Video
1995 Milestones (compilation)
1995 Recorded Live in Dublin
1995 Songs from Ireland: Greatest Hits (compilation)
1996 Whiskey in the Jar (compilation)
1997 The Definitive Transatlantic Collection (compilation)
1997 Alive Alive O
1997 Celtic Collections (compilation)
1998 Complete Dubliners (The Transatlantic Years) (compilation)
1998 Wild Rover (compilation)
1998 Ageless Classics (compilation)
1998 At Their Best (compilation)
1999 Special Collection (compilation)
1999 Further Along
1999 Irish Rover & Other Favorites (compilation)
1999 Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 (compilation)
1999 Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (compilation)]
1999 Dublin
1999 A Night out with the Dubliners (compilation)
2000 Original Dubliners (compilation)
2000 The Best of Dubliners (compilation)
2000 Family Album (compilation)
2001 Irish Pub Songs (compilation)
2001 Seven Drunken Nights & Other Favorites (compilation)
2001 Best of the Dubliners, Vol. 2 (compilation)
2001 Best of the Dubliners, Vol. 1 (compilation)
2001 Free the People
2002 The Transatlantic Anthology (compilation)
2002 Ireland's Finest (compilation)
2002 The Essential Collection (compilation)
2003 The Best of the Original Dubliners (compilation)
2003 The Ultimate Collection -- Spirit of the Irish (compilation)
2003 40 Years: Live from the Gaiety video
2003 40 Years: Live from the Gaiety
2003 Whiskey in the Jar
2005 36 Irish Favorites (compilation)
2005 40 Years of the Dubliners (compilation)
2005 Wild Irish Rovers (compilation)
2005 Originals (compilation)
2005 Wild Rovers (compilation)
2005 Dubliners Live (compilation)
2005 Their Greatest Hits (compilation)
2006 Too Late to Stop Now!: The Very Best of the Dubliners (compilation)
2006 The Essential (compilation)
2007 Live in Concert
2007 On the Road: Live In Germany
2007 Heritage Song
2007 Live in Concert video
2007 On the Road: Live In Germany video
2008 Very Best of Dubliners (compilation)
2008 Essential Songs (compilation)
2008 Absolutely live! (compilation)
2008 The Late Late Show Tribute to the Dubliners (compilation)
2009 Dirty Old Town: Very Best of the Dubliners (compilation)


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