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Joe Dolan - 1943-2007

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  • #52
    Hitchhiker's Guide to...
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    deisemum wrote: »

    He was the first western pop star to perform in the Soviet Union

    Is that true?

    sad to see someone go so young.


  • #53
    [Deleted User]
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    There's no show like a Joe show !! Legend.

    RIP Joe, my thoughts and prayers are with your family.


  • #54
    RINO87
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    theres no show like a joe show!!! a real star that will be greatly missed (unlike a certain ms. french). this puts things in perspective. fair play joe, we even forgive your crimes against blur/radiohead


  • #55
    deisemum
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    deisemum wrote: »
    RIP Joe

    He was the first western pop star to perform in the Soviet Union

    Yep it's true.


  • #56
    cossmick
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    yeah just heard the news on 2fm

    may you RIP Joe
    :(


  • #57
    Thundercracker
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    deisemum wrote: »
    Yep it's true.

    Yeah 1987 I believe


  • #58
    Anti
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    Its still mad to believe a coke head like katie french gets more media attention that a actualy celebrity who has earned the title.


  • #59
    david1two3
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    Pythia wrote: »
    Only 64. So young!

    There seems to be some dispute about his age, 64 or 68 ? If history is repeating itself it may be 68, still far to young


  • #60
    kelle
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    I'm upset to hear about Joe. May he continue to entertain in his new abode in the sky!
    I won't ever be throwing my knickers at him now.
    RIP


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  • #61
    SouthernBelle
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    Sad to hear of the passing of this Irish legend. :( Saw him just a few months ago - he put on a great performance. The auld ones were mad for him! ;)

    "There's no show like a Joe show".:)


  • #62
    Sully
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    According to my calculations...

    1943-2007 = 64.


  • #63
    LordSutch
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    I am in my 40's and I grew up with bands like Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Specials, The Clash, The Boomtown rats, The Ramones, Wings, Fleetwood Mac, & dozens more bands from the 70's & 80's ............... but Joe Dolan just wasnt on the radar!

    Maybe I am too young? or was he big (in Ireland) when the Beatles were Big ~ back in the 1960's ?


  • #64
    Mini
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    It is terrible news. Poor Joe.

    May he rest in peace. No show like a joe show


  • #65
    david1two3
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    ArthurF wrote: »
    I am in my 40's and I grew up with bands like Genesis, The Who, Pink Floyd, The Specials, The Clash, The Boomtown rats, The Ramones, Wings, Fleetwood Mac, & dozens more bands from the 70's & 80's ............... but Joe Dolan just wasnt on the radar!

    Maybe I am too young? or was he big (in Ireland) when the Beatles were Big ~ back in the 1960's ?

    If your from the country it was hard to miss him with the Drifters in tow as he would arrive in town to gig at the marquee? which was basicaly a huge tent which would be put up near the town ,village or whatever and 500 drunk men and women would turn up for a few hours of their favourite renditions.Big Tom and the Binliners, Margo, Dickie Frock and many more.I couldnt stand it myself but Joe Dolan was probably the best of the lot .They would have a different act every night for up to a month,I think maximum of two or three nights on the weekend. The trick was to get in without paying which was grand if you succeeded but youd get a hiding if you were caught. If it got out of hand the fights could be very vicious so nothing new there. We took our American cousins to the ?, you know I have forgotten what they called them , no not marquee ,they had a special name for the whole kebuddle, but anyway in 75 we took the 3 teenage cousins from NewJersey to the Craughwell dance and they couldnt believe what their eyes told them. These guys are very sucessful politicos and the like now and it was to much for their delicate upbringing but they think they enjoyed it, just not sure why.


  • #66
    deisemum
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    david1two3 wrote: »
    If your from the country it was hard to miss him with the Drifters in tow as he would arrive in town to gig at the marquee? which was basicaly a huge tent which would be put up near the town ,village or whatever and 500 drunk men and women would turn up for a few hours of their favourite renditions.Big Tom and the Binliners, Margo, Dickie Frock and many more.I couldnt stand it myself but Joe Dolan was probably the best of the lot .They would have a different act every night for up to a month,I think maximum of two or three nights on the weekend. The trick was to get in without paying which was grand if you succeeded but youd get a hiding if you were caught. If it got out of hand the fights could be very vicious so nothing new there. We took our American cousins to the ?, you know I have forgotten what they called them , no not marquee ,they had a special name for the whole kebuddle, but anyway in 75 we took the 3 teenage cousins from NewJersey to the Craughwell dance and they couldnt believe what their eyes told them. These guys are very sucessful politicos and the like now and it was to much for their delicate upbringing but they think they enjoyed it, just not sure why.

    It used to be called The Marquee in Oranmore. ;)


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  • #67
    Pigman II
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    Driver 8 wrote: »
    James Brown last year, Joe Dolan this year. The hardest working men in showbusiness have left the stage...:(

    I guess they shouldn't have worked so hard in that case.


  • #68
    Theatrebuff
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    deisemum wrote: »
    It used to be called The Marquee in Oranmore. ;)
    Carnivals. even thought they had nothing to do with Lent or what we now understand as a carnival, the tent was called a Dome in Tralee. I believe that the events where supervised by the local Catholic clergy.


  • #69
    deisemum
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    There was more "action" outside the marquees than inside :rolleyes:


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