Young Dubliners

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Young Dubliners


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Background = group_or_band
Origin =
Genre = Irish folk, Folk rock
Years_active = 1988–present
URL = http://www.youngdubliners.com
Current_members = Keith Roberts
Brendan Holmes
Bob Boulding
Chas Waltz
Dave Ingraham
Past_members = Paul O'Toole,Mark Epting

The Young Dubliners is an American band, playing mainly Irish rock. Their repertoire consists largely of Irish folk songs and Irish pop with a rock twist: "The Pogues meets Van Halen", as the Los Angeles press once described their sound.Fact|date=June 2007 Their influences include The Pogues, Waterboys and U2. It is also likely that they were inspired by the success of Hothouse Flowers,Or|date=August 2008 whose members included a college-era friend of Young Dubliners cofounder Keith Roberts, and their live shows featured numerous Hothouse Flowers in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

History

The Young Dubliners were founded in 1988 by Dublin natives Keith Roberts and Paul O’Toole. In those days, their home venue was the Irish Rover in Santa Monica, CA. Their shows were recorded by their soundman, Rob McCulley. Based on these recordings, the Young Dubliners produced their first original song, "Keaton’s Bar", and a cassette tape of Irish folk and pop songs recorded live at the Irish Rover entitled "The Young Dubliners".

After this recording, the line-up of the band changed continuously. The only constant band member during this time was ‘John’ Brendan Holmes, who still plays bass. Songs like "Dirty Old Town", "Fisherman’s Blues" and "Rocky Road to Dublin" became essential songs.

After having been directly influenced by Celtic musician Christy Moore and Irish band The Furey Brothers, The Young Dubliners released their second original song "Home", on an eponymously titled second cassette. Unlike their first cassette, their second cassette was recorded in a studio and featured additional musicians and overdubs, but otherwise had a similar mix of Irish folk and pop songs. After this, they stopped playing at The Irish Rover exclusively and branched out to other venues.

Members

Current

*Keith Roberts – lead vocals and acoustic guitar
*Brendan Holmes – bass and vocals
*Bob Boulding – guitar and vocals
*Chas Waltz – violin, keyboard, harp, mandolin and vocals
*Dave Ingraham – drums and percussion

Former

*Jeff Dellisanti, Mark Epting, Jon Mattox, Paul O'Toole, Lovely Previn, Randy Woolford

Discography

*"Rocky Road" (1994)
*"Breathe" (1995)
*"Alive Alive O'" (1998) - live album recorded August 29, 1997 at The Belly Up in Solana Beach CA, and the last album to feature original band member Paul O'Toole
*"Red" (2000)
*"Absolutely" (2002)
*"Real World" (2005)
*"With All Due Respect - The Irish Sessions" (2007)

In December 2003, the band released its first DVD, "Home Movies".

External links

* [http://youngdubliners.com/ youngdubliners.com] Official website
* [http://myspace.com/youngdubliners Myspace.com] Myspace website