Young Dubliners
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| The Young Dubliners | |
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| Origin |  United States |
| Genre(s) | Irish folk, Folk rock |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Website | http://www.youngdubliners.com |
| Members | |
| Keith Roberts Brendan Holmes Bob Boulding Chas Waltz Dave Ingraham |
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| Former members | |
| Paul O'Toole,Mark Epting | |
The Young Dubliners is an Irish rock band. Their repertoire consists largely of Irish folk songs and Irish pop with a rock twist: "The Pogues meets Van Halen", as the Los Angeles press once described their sound.[citation needed] Their influences include The Pogues, Waterboys and U2. It is also likely that they were inspired by the success of Hothouse Flowers, whose members included a college-era friend of Young Dubliners cofounder, Keith Roberts, and their live shows featured numerous Hothouse Flowers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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[edit] History
The Young Dubliners were founded in 1988 by Dublin natives Keith Roberts and Paul O’Toole. In those days, their home venue was the Irish Rover in Santa Monica, CA. Their shows were recorded by their soundman, Rob McCulley. Based on these recordings, the Young Dubliners produced their first original song, ‘Keaton’s Bar’, and a cassette tape of Irish folk and pop songs recorded live at the Irish Rover entitled "The Young Dubliners".
After this recording, the line-up of the band changed continuously. The only constant band member during this time was ‘John’ Brendan Holmes, who still plays bass. Songs like ‘Dirty Old Town’, ‘Fisherman’s Blues’ and ‘Rocky Road to Dublin’ became essential songs.
After having been directly influenced by Celtic musician Christy Moore and Irish band The Furey Brothers, The Young Dubliners released their second original song ‘Home’, on an eponymously titled second cassette. Unlike their first cassette, their second cassette was recorded in a studio and featured additional musicians and overdubs, but otherwise had a similar mix of Irish folk and pop songs. After this, they stopped playing at The Irish Rover exclusively and branched out to other venues.
[edit] Members
[edit] Current
- Keith Roberts – lead vocals and acoustic guitar
- Brendan Holmes – bass and vocals
- Bob Boulding – guitar and vocals
- Chas Waltz – violin, keyboard, harp, mandolin and vocals
- Dave Ingraham – drums and percussion
[edit] Former
- Jeff Dellisanti, Mark Epting, Jon Mattox, Paul O'Toole, Lovely Previn, Randy Woolford
[edit] Discography
- Rocky Road (February 15, 1994)
- Breathe (June 13, 1995)
- Alive Alive O' (February 10, 1998) - live album recorded August 29, 1997 at The Belly Up in Solana Beach CA, and the last album to feature original band member Paul O'Toole
- Red (June 20, 2000)
- Absolutely (June 4, 2002)
- Real World (February 15, 2005)
- With All Due Respect - The Irish Sessions (February 13, 2007)
In December of 2003, the band released its first DVD, Home Movies.
[edit] External links
- youngdubliners.com Official website
- Myspace.com Myspace website
