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The who? Zubliners? Dubliners? Huh, with such a name, that’s gotta be all studio rap or “house” stuff, all scratches, dubs and one-liners… 
Check out if at Bigot’s they have a similar offer on 3 CD’s by some whatzername, Pranksty ? or Planxty ? while you’re at it. Purty whistling too and chances you might like it as well…
Lucky bum, anyway–3 for $10! Here I got to pay 20 Euros (same as a dollar) for one Dubliners’ record.
And btw : if this is OT, than little remains on topic…
[ This Message was edited by: Zubivka on 2003-02-20 18:08 ]
Sure! I used to have a couple of Dubliner’s LPs when I was in high school. In fact it was on a Dubliner’s record that I heard my first uillean pipes, if I recall correctly.
Redwolf
Yes - great aren’t they? They have been around since 1962 and are one of the most influential Irish acts of all time. Barney McKenna probably popularised the banjo in Irish music singlehandedly while John Sheehan is still one of the finest fiddle players around. Luke Kelly (sadly died in 1984) could sing a ballad like no-one else.
Ronnie Drew is back with them now as far as I know, having departed for a while. They were playing up a storm as recently as the massive Tonder Festival in Denmark last Summer.
I was lucky enough to come across a live instrumental 7" single from the late 60s or early 70s - fantastic stuff!
The Dubliners are one of my all-time favorite groups… especially the recordings made when Luke and Ciaran were still alive.
John Sheehan’s tinwhistle set (Dunphy’s Hornpipe / Leitrim Fancy / Down The Broom) from the “Live in Carré” CD is the finest example of his expertise with our beloved little instrument, yet John is best known for his fiddle playing… go figure!
That same CD also contains the last recordings with Luke Kelly before his untimely death… it’s saddening to know that you’re listening to him sing “The Wild Rover” for the last time.
Regards,
Gary Humphrey
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[ This Message was edited by: raindog1970 on 2003-02-21 15:06 ]
I would hazard a guess the the ‘Dubs’,along with the Clancy brothers,have probably introduced more people to Irish traditional music than almost anyone else.Quite a few of their numbers have become ‘pub singalong’ favourites.A GREAT band! 
No offence to the questioner, but I would have thought that the question would be more appropriately “Has anybody NOT heard of the Dubliners?”.
Because their image focused so much on the laddish ballads and carousing lifestyle, it’s easy to overlook the part that they played in the renaissance of Irish Trad music. In the earlier days especially they did lots of excellent instrumental sets in among the ballads.
There is a CD compilation of such sets. They’re played in a more straightforward “session” style than, say, the Chieftains’ more arranged ensemble style, but the group sound is still a cut abouve the awful Céilí band sound that turned lots of people off Irish trad.
The surviving members of the group still do some touring, and it’s worth going to hear them for the sake of experiencing a piece of history, even if there isn’t the same verve and spark as when they were in their twenties.
The Dubliners are great to listen to.
They are really popular in the UK too, have been for some time.
I recall with great fondness the times I saw them play in the Embankment in Tallaght (when Tallaght was nothing but a few cottages and a pub). I had to have my brother go with me because I was too young to enter a pub. Almost forty years on I still sing their songs and play their music. My two sons, Ciaran and Sean, are named after members of the group (I’m not sure that I would have named a child of mine Barney, I have visions of Johnny Cash singing “A Boy Named Sue”). The first time I saw a man wearing an earring (besides Long John Silver) was when Luke Kelly bought an Evening Herald from me outside the old Jury’s hotel in Dame St. He frightened the life out of me with that red birds nest on top of his head. Later on I would occasionally run into Ronnie in Slattery’s (they were a markets pub so they opened early) and the crack was mighty. I talked boats with Barney on the Howth harbour wall a few years ago. They were, and are, the genuine article.
Thanks for a great trip down memory lane.
Does anyone remember when Bob Lynch played with them?