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Birth name
  
Johnny Duhan

Years active
  
1966–present

Instruments
  
Vocals, guitar,

Genres
  
Folk music

Name
  
Johnny Duhan

Origin
  
Limerick, Ireland


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Role
  
Musical Artist · johnnyduhan.com

Albums
  
Just Another Town, The Voyage, Flame, Highlights, Creation, Winter, To the Light, Tree, The Burning Word

Similar People
  
Granny's Intentions, Christy Moore, Noel Bridgeman, Tommy Fleming, Eleanor Shanley

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, songwriter

Music director
  
Reefer and the Model

Associated acts
  
Granny’s Intentions

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Johnny Duhan (born 30 March 1950) started his career as a fifteen-year-old front man in the Limerick beat group Granny’s Intentions. After achieving some success in Dublin, they moved to London and were signed to the Decca/Deram record label, releasing several singles and one album, Honest Injun. However, the band disbanded before Duhan was twenty one. Despite offers to front other bands, Duhan turned his back on the popular music industry and started writing folk songs, poetry and prose. He has condensed his various works over 40 years into a quartet of albums: Just Another Town, To The Light, The Voyage and Flame. These correspond with the four chapters of his lyrical autobiography, To The Light. His songs have achieved notability, largely thanks to the focus put on them by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Mary Black and many other Irish and international singers. The Duhan song "The Voyage" has become a modern classic. Christy Moore stated that "The Voyage" (his most popular song according to iTunes) has been performed at over a million weddings worldwide.

Contents

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Discography

  • Flame (1996)
  • Tree (2002)
  • The Voyage (2005)
  • Just Another Town (2007)
  • To The Light (2008)
  • The Burning Word (2010)
  • Winter (2012)
  • Highlights (2014)
  • Creation (2015)

    • Books

  • There is a Time (Brandon Books, 2001) ISBN 978-0-86322-283-2
  • The Voyage - Johnny Duhan Songbook (Waltons Publishers, 2003) ISBN 1-85720-151-5
  • To The Light (Bell Productions, 2009) ISBN 978-0-9555106-1-8

    • Podcasts

    You can hear a recent interview with Johnny and listen to him performing exclusive versions of some of his best loved songs at http://www.podcasts.ie/featured-musicians/johnny-duhan/

    References

    Johnny Duhan Wikipedia
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