Johnny Duhan

Johnny Duhan
Johnny Duhan at Dunamaise Theatre Portlaoise 2006 .
Background information
Birth name	Johnny Duhan
Born	30 March 1950
Origin	Limerick, Ireland
Genres	Folk
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar,
Years active	1966–present
Website	http://www.JohnnyDuhan.com/

Johnny Duhan (born 30 March 1950) started his career as the 15-year-old frontman of the Irish beat group Granny's Intentions. After success in Limerick and Dublin, the band moved to London and was signed to the Deram Records record label. The band released several singles and one album, Honest Injun. However, the band disbanded before Duhan was twenty-one. Duhan left the music industry to start writing folk songs, poetry, and prose.

Just Another Town, To the Light, Flame, and The Voyage are some of his work. These align with the first four sections of his poetic autobiography, To The Light. His songs have been performed by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Mary Black, and other Irish and international singers. Christy Moore stated that "The Voyage" (Duhan's most popular song according to iTunes) has been performed at over a million weddings worldwide.

Discography

• Flame (1996)
• Tree (2002)
• The Voyage (2005)
• Just Another Town (2007)
• To The Light (2008)
• The Burning Word (2010)
• Winter (2012)
• Highlights (2014)
• Creation (2015)

Books

• There is a Time (Brandon Books, 2001) ISBN 978-0-86322-283-2
• The Voyage – Johnny Duhan Songbook (Waltons Publishers, 2003) ISBN 1-85720-151-5
• To The Light (Bell Productions, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9555106-1-8

External links

• Johnny Duhan's Official Website
• Johnny Duhan on Irish Rock.org
• Johnny Duhan at AllMusic
• Clip of Christy Moore and Johnny singing The Voyage on YouTube
• More on Granny's Intentions
• Even more on Granny's Intentions
• Johnny Duhan in 'Musicians, Singers, Comedians, etc.' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland
• Granny's Intentions in 'Music, pop, etc.' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland
• Podcast