Johnny Duhan
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Johnny Duhan started his career as a fifteen year old front man in the Limerick beat group Granny’s Intentions, one of the most popular bands in Ireland in the mid to late '60s. After rousing Dublin with their soul touch, they moved to London, being one of the first Irish bands to do so. They were signed to the Deram record label, released several singles and one album, Honest Injun, and disbanded before Johnny was twenty one. Despite offers to front other bands, Johnny turned his back on the popular music industry and started writing folk songs, poetry and prose. He has condensed a body of work spanning 40 years into a quartet of albums, Just Another Town, To The Light, The Voyage and Flame. These correspond with the four chapters of his lyrical autobiography, To The Light. His songs are sung all over the world in a variety of languages, thanks to the focus put on them by Christy Moore
, The Dubliners
, Mary Black
and many other Irish and international singers. Johnny song The Voyage has become a modern classic. Christy Moore recently stated that The Voyage (his most popular song according to iTunes) has been performed at over a million weddings worldwide, not to mention anniversaries, funerals and other occasions.
Christy Moore
Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
, The Dubliners
The Dubliners
The Dubliners are an Irish folk band founded in 1962.-Formation and history:The Dubliners, initially known as "The Ronnie Drew Ballad Group", formed in 1962 and made a name for themselves playing regularly in O'Donoghue's Pub in Dublin...
, Mary Black
Mary Black
Mary Black is an Irish singer. She is well known as an interpreter of both folk and contemporary material which has made her a major recording artist in her native Ireland, and in many other parts of the world....
and many other Irish and international singers. Johnny song The Voyage has become a modern classic. Christy Moore recently stated that The Voyage (his most popular song according to iTunes) has been performed at over a million weddings worldwide, not to mention anniversaries, funerals and other occasions.
Discography
- FlameFlame (Johnny Duhan album)-Track listing:# In The Afterbirth# The Blight# Flame# Face The Night# After The Dream# Captain# On The Water# My Father Was A Sailor# The Beacon# When You Go-References:* http://www.irishmusicmail.com/products.php?product=Johnny-Duhan-%252d-Flame...
(1996) - TreeTree (Johnny Duhan album)-Track listing:# And the band played# After the dance# Inviolate# The Dark side# All at once# Your sure hand# The second time around# Ireland# Morning Star# We've come through the night-References:...
(2002) - The VoyageThe Voyage (album)The Voyage is an album by Irish folk musician, Johnny Duhan.The idea to write on the family theme grew organically out of Johnny's earlier excavations of family history in some of the songs on his Just Another Town album...
(2005) - Just Another TownJust Another TownJust Another Town is an album by Irish folk singer Johnny Duhan, released in Ireland on 31 March 2007.Just Another Town is a portrait of the city Duhan grew up in. It sings of the people and location that formed him. Its melody and poetry come from the homes, bars, dancehalls, chapels, gardens,...
(2007) - To The LightTo The LightTo the Light is an album by Irish folk singer Johnny Duhan.To the Light charts Duhan's years on the road with bands in the sixties and seventies, tilting for fame and the girl. Its tone and rhythm come from the radios, jukeboxes, cafes, bars, dance-halls and nightclubs of the time it sings of...
(2008) - The Burning WordThe Burning WordThe Burning Word is an album by Irish folk singer Johnny Duhan and was released in 2010.The Burning Word is the first completely new album Johnny Duhan has produced in many years...
(2010)
Books
- There is a Time (Brandon Books, 2001) ISBN 9780863222832
- The Voyage - Johnny Duhan Songbook (Waltons Publishers, 2003) ISBN 1857201515
- To The Light (Bell Productions, 2009) ISBN 9780955510618