Ronnie Drew - RIP

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Maybe not a whislte player but certainly frontman of a band that got many interested.

This was just on the news:


Singer Ronnie Drew dies after long illness
Saturday, 16 August 2008 18:02

The Taoiseach has led tributes to singer Ronnie Drew who has died following a long illness.

Mr Cowen said that the Dubliners singer had been an iconic figure in Irish music over the past five decades and that his unique singing voice had been enjoyed by many people.

Mr Drew died in St Vincent’s Private hospital this afternoon, aged 73.


Mr Cowen added that Drew, whether as part of the Dubliners or during his solo career, will be remembered for his promotion of Irish music both at home and around the globe.

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He was an icon indeed. May his soul live on and on in the Irish music.

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I’m still too upset to write anything comprehensible or apt,… I just had a minds eye-vision of him singing ‘Gardiner Street Blues’, I don’t know why that particular song came to me. Oh dear…what a loss, that voice!!!