Ronnie Drew

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Ronnie Drew on stage at Lorient, Brittany in 2004

Ronnie Drew, an Irish singer and folk musician, was born in Dun Laoghaire , County Dublin, on 16 September, 1934. He founded The Dubliners with Luke Kelly, Barney McKenna, Ciaran Bourke and John Sheahan in 1962. He was a member of the Dubliners from 1962 to 1974 and from 1979 to 1994. From 1995 on he pursued a solo career. In the fifties he emigrated to Spain to teach English and learn Spanish and Flamenco Guitar.

Solo discography

• Ronnie Drew, 1976
• Guaranteed, 1978
• Dirty Rotten Shame, 1995
• The Humour Is On Me Now, 1999
• A Couple More Years (with Eleanor Shanley), 2000
• An Evening With Ronnie Drew, 2004
• El Amor De Mi Vida (with Eleanor Shanley), 2006

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