Ronnie Drew
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Biography
[Edit]A founding member of the Dubliners, Ronnie Drew served as lead vocalist and guitar player during two stints with the traditional Irish band (1962 to 1974, and 1979 to 1995). Since leaving the group to resume a solo career, Drew has continued to garner acclaim for his gutsy delivery and raw-edged vocals that have been described as "the sound of coke being crushed under a door."
Drew has been involved with a wide range of artists. While his 1995 solo album, Dirty Rotten Shame, featured a duet, "Drinkin' in the Day," with Bono of U2, he served as a guest vocalist on Jah Wobble's 1998 album, The Celtic Poets. In addition to touring with De Danaan during a 1996 tour of Europe, Drew performed in Italy with pianist Antonio Breschi in April 1997 and Australia and New Zealand with Donal Lunny in May 1997. In 1996, Drew performed with Niall Toibin in a musical production, The Bells of Hell. He toured in 1998 in a one-man cabaret show, Ronnie, I Hardly Knew Ye. Many of Drew's recent solo concerts have been collaborations with guitarist Mike Hanrahan.
Born in Glasthule, a small village about eight miles from Dublin, Drew attended school in Dun Laghaire. Leaving school at the age of 17, he spent seven years worked in a series of jobs including as an electrical apprentice, an assistant in a drapery shop, an electric equipment and vacuum cleaner salesman, a kitchen porter, a hotel elevator operator, and a telephonist for the Dublin Telephone Exchange.
In the early '60s, Drew accompanied several fellow telephone exchange workers who were traveling to Spain to become English teachers. He remained in Spain for a brief period before returning to Dublin. Upon his return, he joined a group of singers and musicians who congregated regularly at O'Donoghue's Pub. Drew's interests in Irish folk music was sparked by listening to radio shows Ceolta Fire and Ballad Makers Saturday Night. By his early twenties, he had taught himself to play guitar and had built a growing repertoire of songs. Agreeing to pool their resources, the musicians began performing as the Ronnie Drew Folk Group in 1962. Later changing their name to the Dubliners, the group went on to become a world-renowned folk band. Although he left the group in 1975 and recorded two solo albums — Ronnie Drew and Guaranteed — Drew returned four years later. He remained an essential part of the Dubliners until 1995. In 1998, he appeared, with his son, Phelim, in a BBC production of The Ambassador. The following year, he released his fourth solo album, The Humour Is on Me.
Title: From Dublin to Bilbao
Artist: Ronnie Drew, Antoni O' Breskey
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Best Of Ronnie Drew
Artist: Ronnie Drew
Genre: Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: Pearls
Artist: Ronnie Drew, Grand Canal
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: An Evening With Ronnie Drew
Artist: Ronnie Drew
Genre: World Music, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Collections
Title: Festival Of Irish Folk Music - Volume 1
Genre: World Music
Title: More Irish Pub Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Belfast 2000 Millenium Celebrations
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Irish Pub Sessions
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 50 Best Irish Rebel Ballads - Volume 1
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Festival Of Irish Folk - Volume 2
Genre: World Music
Title: Pub Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Best of Irish Pub Songs
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Pub Classics, Vol. 3
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Traditionally Irish
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: My Big Fat Irish Gypsy Wedding
Genre: World Music
Title: 20 Favourite Irish Pub Songs, Vol. 1
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Irish Songs of Freedom, Vol. 1
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: 60 Greatest Ever Irish Pub Songs
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Pure Irish Pub Songs
Genre: World Music
Title: Pure Irish Ballads
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Forever Ireland
Genre: World Music
Title: 25 Of The Best Irish Drinking Songs - Volume 1
Genre: World Music
Title: The Heart Of Irish Folk
Genre: World Music
Title: 25 of the Best Irish Pub Songs - Volume 1
Genre: World Music
Title: Pure Irish Folk
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Best of Irish Ballads
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: Celtic Millenium
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: The Best That Is Irish
Genre: World Music, Pop
Title: Feast of Irish Folk
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: 101 Beautiful Irish Ballads
Genre: World Music
Title: Songs of Irish Emigration
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Emerald Classics
Genre: World Music
Title: The Best 40 Favourite Irish Pub Songs
Genre: World Music
Title: 20 Greatest Ever Irish Ballads - Volume 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Greatest Ever Irish Pub Songs, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Greatest Ever Irish Ballads - Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Greatest Ever Irish Pub Songs, Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: 25 Most Requested Irish Ballads
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: 25 Of The Best Irish Pub Songs - Volume 1
Genre: World Music
Title: The Best Ever Collection of Irish Pub Songs, Vol. 2
Genre: Pop
Title: Pure Irish Drinking Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Beautiful Dublin
Genre: World Music
Title: Legends Of Irish Folk - Volume 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Legends Of Irish Folk - Volume 2
Genre: Pop
Title: The Best Ever Collection of Irish Pub Songs, Vol. 1
Genre: Pop
Title: Irish Drinking Songs (CD 1)
Genre: Folk Rock
Title: 60 Favourite Irish Pub Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: 60 Favourite Irish Pub Songs Vol. 3
Genre: Pop
Title: Irish Pub Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Favoutire Irish Pub Songs
Genre: Pop
Title: Irish Pub Classics CD2
Genre: Pop
Title: Irish Pub Classics CD3
Genre: Pop
Title: 20 Great Irish Drinking Songs: Whiskey In The Jar
Genre: World Music, Celtic
Title: 60 Favourite Irish Pub Songs - 2008 Vol. 1
Genre: World Music
Title: Irish Pub Classics, Vol. 2
Genre: World Music
Featuring albums
Title: The Best Ever Collection of Irish Pub Songs, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: The Best Ever Collection Of Irish Pub Songs - Volume 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music
Title: 20 Greatest Ever Irish Pub Songs, Vol. 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Live at Foxrock Folk Club - The Parish Hall Tapes (Live)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: World Music, Folk
Title: The Best of Celtic Collections, Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Best of Celtic Collections Volume 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Best of Celtic Collections Volume 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: The Best of Celtic Collection Volume 1
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk