{"id":1210,"date":"2012-05-12T11:55:08","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T10:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1210"},"modified":"2012-05-12T21:31:08","modified_gmt":"2012-05-12T20:31:08","slug":"the-dubliners-according-to-jutze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jutze.com\/?p=1210","title":{"rendered":"The Dubliners According to Jutze"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, Barney McKenna died<\/a>. He was the last surviving founding member of the Dubliners<\/a>. His banjo playing on tunes like “Farewell to Ireland” helped make me discover and cherish Irish folk music in the first place. I’m certainly not the person to write a thorough history of the band. Instead, I have a remark and a song list.<\/p>\n

The Dubliners are one of the few established bands whose studio albums have not been (re-)released on CD. There is only a vast number of compilations. A few contain full albums, but most feature what are supposed the greatest hits. I’ve begun collecting the original albums a while ago. The early works contain some of the famous songs, but I find myself liking the albums from the 70s better. Especially “Now” is a wonderful album. If you are looking for a decent compilation of Dubliners songs, I recommend you look for “20 Greatest Hits Vol. I<\/a>” and “20 Greatest Hits Vol. II<\/a>” as they contain most of the popular tunes as well as most of the really good songs. Some songs on there are edited, though, for unknown reasons.<\/p>\n

Below is the list of my personal favourite songs – very subjective and somewhat intentionally leaving out the more rowdy drinking songs. Also, “The Parting Glass” (1968, from “Drinkin’ & Courtin'”) would be an equally touching closing number, but since “Louse House” is the last song on “20 Greatest Hits Vol. II” I somehow consider it the best closing track.<\/p>\n

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  1. The Rocky Road to Dublin (1964, from “The Dubliners”)<\/li>\n
  2. Farewell to Carlingford (1975, from “Now”)<\/li>\n
  3. The Mero (1979, from “Together Again”)<\/li>\n
  4. The Lifeboat Mona (1975, from “Now”)<\/li>\n
  5. The Town I Loved So Well (1973, from “Plain and Simple”)<\/li>\n
  6. The Irish Rover (with the Pogues) (1987, from the single “The Irish Rover”)<\/li>\n
  7. Lord of the Dance (1975, from “Now”)<\/li>\n
  8. The Sick Note (live 1983) (1985, from “Live in Carr\u00e9)<\/li>\n
  9. The Lark in the Morning (1975, from “Now”)<\/li>\n
  10. Donnegal Danny (1973, from “Plain and Simple”)<\/li>\n
  11. Louse House at Kilkenny (1972, from “Double Dubliners”)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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