If you could bring one Irish musician back to life...

john the one

For a gig Who would it be? I would probably pick Gary Moore myself, any footage I have seen on YouTube looks full of emotion and energy.

Damn could he make his ax sing!

Who would you pick and why?

SEPT 23 1989

Luke Kelly

Gosub

I would agree with Gary Moore. Legend!

the evasion_kid

Phil lynott

Tail Docker

Ronan Keating.

keith16

Twink.

MRnotlob606

Garth Brooks.

whupdedo

Derek mcormack, only for his singing voice, oh and the great Barney mckenna on the banjo

JaseBelleVie

Rory Gallagher

eviltwin

Joe Dolan

mrsbyrne

Phil Lynnot

6541

pat ingoldsby

clintondaly

Freddie Mercury

padd b1975

Liam Clancy.

Sheep Lover

Wee Daniel

JaseBelleVie

clintondaly wrote: »

Freddie Mercury

was he Irish?

endacl

Leo Rowsome

anncoates

Van Morrison*




*He effectively died around 1975.

rebelbmx

Jim Morrison

Fr_Dougal

Linda Martin.

john the one

Luke Kelly would be a rare oul treat to bring back but I thought he might be too obvious!

The_Valeyard

keith16 wrote: »

Twink.

For the zombie apocalypse?

demakinz

Joe Dolan the Westmeath bachelor. ah no Luke Kelly or Gary Moore or Rory Gallagher.....very hard to choose.

Dexter Bip

Wife would say John Mc Cormac but I think he is fine where he is.

john the one

Dexter Bip wrote: »

Wife would say John Mc Cormac but I think he is fine where he is.

Had to google him

mikeym

Elvis.

His ancestors came from Carlow

http://www.hacketstown.ie/elvis/

Dexter Bip

john the one wrote: »

Had to google him

Thanks. She plays the B•••••d incessantly. Fifteen years. Grounds For divorce.

AlekSmart

Dexter Bip wrote: »

Thanks. She plays the B•••••d incessantly. Fifteen years. Grounds For divorce.

Pains Angelicus ....;)

Son0vagun

Luke Kelly! Best singer ever

Micky Dolenz

Luke Kelly would be great craic in fairness. But Id pick mic christopher. Proper cool dude.

Son Of A Vidic

For me, Phil Lynnot just pips Rory Gallagher.

RobYourBuilder

Mic Christopher.

rebelbmx

rebelbmx wrote: »

Jim Morrison

Sorry, just saw musician missed the Irish part. So I choose Rory Gallagher

rmchmufc

Phil Lynott

smokie72

Phil Lynott

barney 20v

Luke Kelly- he'd do some singing about the issues we're facing today !
A proper social spokesperson of his day...
A ballad about how labour sold out the working man perhaps???
" to whom do we owe our allegiance today" ......

Plus he's the greatest balladeer ever to have graced us.
Luke made a difference then.... He'd make one now!

Dexter Bip

AlekSmart wrote: »

Pains Angelicus ....;)

Panis (sic) in the arse. Actually my parents had it sung at their wedding in 1960 by a tenor and were very proud. Thing was nobody knew anything different.

john the one

barney 20v wrote: »

Luke Kelly- he'd do some singing about the issues we're facing today !
A proper social spokesperson of his day...
A ballad about how labour sold out the working man perhaps???
" to whom do we owe our allegiance today" ......

Plus he's the greatest balladeer ever to have graced us.
Luke made a difference then.... He'd make one now!

Very good answer and well thought out. It seems to be Luke in the lead

Dexter Bip

Thinking about it Fran O'Toole was a sad loss. Nothing like Gary Moore but a charming and talented man who was loved by my younger sister before he he died so tragically. He would have gone on to great things.

wendell borton

Turlogh O'Carolan

6541

I was only messing earlier, I would say Luke Kelly hands down.

john the one

6541 wrote: »

I was only messing earlier, I would say Luke Kelly hands down.

Well we can't take you seriously now so you lose your right of opinion

MadYaker

Luke Kelly or Rory Gallagher

john the one

MadYaker wrote: »

Luke Kelly or Rory Gallagher

If i had a pick of either right now I would pick Gallagher, dare I say he was and is the best musical talent to come from these shores ever? Mind you, pound for pound, Damien Rice would be a better songwriter but he's not fully dead yet

The Strawman Argument

I'd probably pick Liam Clancy just because I meant to go see him a few years ago on one of those shows where he was mostly talking and playing songs in between but I forgot it was on. He died a few months later so I didn't get another chance to.


...and here's Joe Dolan covering Psycho Killer

Mental Mickey

john the one wrote: »

If i had a pick of either right now I would pick Gallagher, dare I say he was and is the best musical talent to come from these shores ever? Mind you, pound for pound, Damien Rice would be a better songwriter but he's not fully dead yet

Not "fully" dead yet!!!??? Wtf?

john the one

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Not "fully" dead yet!!!??? Wtf?

Well he doesn't really bring the whole party vibe with him does he? And 5 or more years or so between albums???

jas376

Sean O Riada

llennocO

James Joyce!

Notorious97

Liam Clancy, also Luke Kelly

Summer wind

Phil Lynott.
Larry Cunningham.
Frank Patterson.
Ronnie Drew.
Joe Dolan.