The Dubliners: Discography - Live at Montreux

Discographies

Live at Montreux
1977 - Intercord INT 160.054 LP

Side One

Fairmoye Lassies and Sporting Paddy

Lark in the Morning

Four Green Fields (Tommy Makem)

Sheahan's Selection: Belfast Hornpipe/Doherty's Reel/Honeymoon Reel/Acrobat/Village Bells/Colonel Rodney

Side Two

The Town I Love So Well (Coulter-Martin)

Kelly, the Boy from Killane

The Mason's Apron

Montreux Monto

Credits

Luke Kelly: Vocals and 5-String Banjo
Barney McKenna: Tenor Banjo and Mandolin
John Sheahan: Fiddle, Tin Whistle and Mandolin
Jim McCann: Vocals and Guitar

Recorded live at the Montreux Jazz and Folk Festival 1976
Sleeve design: Charles H. Hoellering
1977 © Intercord Printed in Western Germany

Sleeve Notes

THE DUBLINERS began, fifteen years ago, in a smoky back-room of a bar in Merrion Row, Dublin. At that time, the founder members of the group: Ronnie Drew, Ciaron [sic] Bourke, Luke Kelly and Barney McKenna, sang with the people in the bar and occasionally they busked for a pound or two.

They gradually started to do local radio shows, then followed an odd television appearance which made them popular throughout Dublin. Soon they started recordings and were joined by the fiddle player, John Sheahan. With their television and radio appearances becoming more frequent, their popularity took on a national dimension and even started to spill over into Britain and the Continent. It was not until 1967/1968 that their popularity reached any spectacular level - when their first international hit "Seven Drunken Nights" leaped up the British Hit Parade.

The DUBLINERS are traditionalists, but their music is drawn from the four corners of the world and covers an incredible variety of subjects. In 1974, Ciaron [sic] Bourke fell ill very seriously and the group is still awaiting his return. In the same year, Ronnie Drew decided to pursue a solo career. His place was taken by Jim McCann, who was Ireland's leading solo folk artist.

The DUBLINERS are currently one of the biggest concert attractions on the European circuit working extensively throughout Scandinavia, Germany, Holland and Belgium. They have also been touring through Australia, Canada and the United States. In 1976 the DUBLINERS performed at the Montreux Jazz and Folk Festival, where this album has been recorded.