Jim McCann was asked to join and in 1975 the group released Dubliners Now, followed by Parcel of Rogues in 1976, and 15 Years On and Live In Montreux in 1977, 15 Years On being a compilation album with tracks from the Ronnie and Ciarán years, as well several new Jim McCann cuts. The Jim McCann albums have a decidedly more mellow folk sound that I think is quite underrated. In 1978 Jim McCann decided return to his solo career. According to Ronnie, “I was in bad car accident in November 1978. I broke my hip and I was in the hospital. Jim McCann decided to leave the group. So John Sheahan asked me to come back to the group. I said, ‘I might as well.' I've had a rest now and I'd had 4-4 ½ years at home and thing were okay. So I joined the group again. I did the first gig in England on crutches.”