Video: ballad of ronnie drew

Ronnie Drew, the legendary Irish folk singer and founder of the Dubliners , passed away last week at the age of 73. If you know any Irish music (or any Irish people for that matter), then you probably have some sense of just how important this man and his music have been to the people of Ireland. But it's not just the fans who knew and loved Ronnie Drew. He was also highly revered by his fellow musicians and many considered him to be the best of the best. U2 ’s Bono, who's own musical career [...]

video of the ballad of ronnie drew, performed on ireland's late late show last night. bono, andrea corr and sinead o'connor, and the men singing the solo verses (in order) aside from bono: shane macgowan , liam o maonlaí , damien dempsey . in the studio version , there's also christy moore , but liam took his singing spot on the tv version. glen hansard is also included in the studio version, but was not on the tv one. ( glen is performing at the oscars this weekend .) the band includes all the members [...]