{"id":451,"date":"2011-03-17T10:00:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=451"},"modified":"2011-03-17T08:10:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T12:10:14","slug":"the-ghost-of-ronnie-drew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2011\/03\/17\/the-ghost-of-ronnie-drew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ghost of Ronnie Drew"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s right, I’m going to do an Irish music post for St. Patrick’s Day. Bite me.<\/p>\n

I’ve always loved traditional Irish music, and my favorite voice in that genre, by far, is that of Ronnie Drew. If you know this classic performance of “The Irish Rover” by the Pogues and the Dubliners, you know Ronnie Drew. He’s the handsome, white-haired gentleman who takes the first verse. (Please excuse the advertisement at the beginning.)<\/p>\n

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Drew’s deep gravel was sublime on its own, but as a part of the Dubliners (who were originally known as the Ronnie Drew Ballad Group when they formed in 1962), his voice was a beautiful complement to the tenors of Luke Kelly and Ciar\u00c3\u00a1n Bourke, as can be heard in the chorus of “The Rocky Road to Dublin”, one of my all-time favorite songs.<\/p>\n

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