User:CDTi/Johnny Duhan
Johnny Duhan | |
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 Johnny Duhan at Dunamaise Theatre Portlaoise 2006 . | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Johnny Duhan |
| Origin | Limerick City, Ireland |
| Genres | Folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Website | http://www.JohnnyDuhan.com/ |
Johnny Duhan started his career as a fifteen year old front man in the Limerick beat group Granny’s Intentions, the most popular band in Ireland in the mid to late '60s. After rousing Dublin with their soul touch, they moved to London (one of the first Irish bands to do so), were signed to the prestigious Deram label, released a string of singles and one album, Honest Injun, and disbanded before Johnny was twenty one.
Though plied with offers to front other bands, Johnny turned his back on the popular music industry and started writing folk songs, poetry and prose. Known for his fierce independence and integrity as an artist, he has condensed a body of work spanning 40 years into a quartet of epic 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 hosts of other Irish and international singers.
Johnny is probably best known nowadays as the writer of Christy Moore's song, The Voyage. Christy 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[1]. Christy's version of this song constantly hovers around the number one spot in the Irish Folk Section of iTunes downloads[2].
More recently, Celtic Thunder have done a cover of The Voyage.
Discography
[edit]- Flame - Cat. No: BLCD 03
- Tree - Cat. No: BLCD 04
- The Voyage (2005) - Cat. No: BLCD 06
- Just Another Town (2007) - Cat. No: BLCD 07
- To The Light (2008) - Cat. No: BLCD 08
- The Burning Word (2010) - Cat. No: BLCD 10
Books
[edit]- 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
References
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External links
[edit]- Johnny Duhan's Official Website
- Clip of Christy Moore and Johnny singing The Voyage
- Review of Just Another Town
- More on Granny's Intentions]