Ronnie Drew
Joseph Ronald "Ronnie" Drew (Irish: Ránall Ó Draoi IPA: [ˈɾˠaːnəl̪ˠ oː dɾˠiː]) (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who achieved international fame during a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.
He is most recognised for his lead vocals on the single "Seven Drunken Nights" and "The Irish Rover" both charting in the UK top 10 and then performed on TOTP. He was recognisable for his long beard and his voice, which was once described by Nathan Joseph as being "like the sound of coke being crushed under a door".
Early life
“Ronnie Drew in his fine suit of blue
And a voice like gravel that would cut you in two
We thought he was Dublin through and through
But he blew in from Dún Laoghaire”
Ronnie Drew was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in 1934.
Ironically, and although he was so intimately associated with being "a Dubliner", he would somewhat tongue-in-cheek say that "I was born and grew up in Dún Laoghaire, and no true Dubliner would accept that at all!", a quip that Andy Irvine relayed in his song "O'Donoghue's".
Ronnie Drew (album)
Ronnie Drew is the debut album of Ronnie Drew, released in 1975.
Produced by John Curran, this was Ronnie's first solo album, made in 1975 after he first left The Dubliners. Many of the tracks he had previously recorded, or would subsequently re-record, with The Dubliners. The album contains his original recording of "The Irish Rover", which would later become a huge hit for The Dubliners when they recorded the song with The Pogues.
Track listing
Side one
Side two
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ALBUMS
- Pearls released: 2008
- Pearls released: 2008
- The Best Of Ronnie Drew released: 2007
- An Evening With Ronnie Drew released: 2004
- A Couple More Years released: 2000
- The Humour Is on Me Now released: 1999
- Guaranteed Dubliner released: 1998
- Dirty Rotten Shame released: 1995
The Best Of Ronnie Drew
Released 2007- Seven Drunken Nights
- Donegal Danny
- Biddy Mulligan
- Finnegan's Wake
- Sez She
- The Rare Auld Times
- Johnny McGory
- The Captions & The Kings
- Leaving Nancy
- The Auld Triangle
- Van Diemen's Land
- What Will We Tell the Children
- The Ragman's Ball
- The Zoological Gardens
- Monto
- The Band Played Waltzing Matilda
- James Larkin
- Molly Malone
A Couple More Years
Released 2000- A Couple More Years
- Johnny Lovely Johnny
- Ronnie Story 1
- Boots of Spanish Leather
- Ronnie Story 2
- What Will We Tell the Children
- Dreaming My Dreams
- Journey's End
- Hard Times
- Ronnie Story 3
- Viva La Quinta Brigada
- Ronnie Story 4
- The Young Man Who Used to Be
- Ronnie Story 5
- Brian Og and Mollie Ban
- Restless Farewell / Parting Glass
- Ronnie Story 6
- We Had It All
Born: 1934-09-16
Died: 2008-08-16
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