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Finbar, Eddie, and Paul Furey formed a folk group called Tam Linn in 1976 with Davey Arthur. [2] When their brother George joined them later that year, the band changed its name to The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur. [2] They eventually simplified their name to The Fureys and Davey Arthur (and just The Fureys when Arthur did not perform with ...
"From Clare to Here" is a ballad about Irish emigration written by Ralph McTell. It has also been recorded by The Furey Brothers & Davey Arthur on the 1977 album Emigrant; by Nanci Griffith and Pete Cummins on the 1993 album Other Voices, Other Rooms; as a b-side by Duke Special on the 2006 single Last Night I Nearly Died; and by Ben Glover on his 2016 album The Emigrant.
Finbar Furey (born 28 September 1946) is a multi-instrumental Irish folk musician, best known for the band he formed with his brothers, The Fureys. The Fureys were formed in Ballyfermot , Dublin , where they grew up.
Known for playing the banjo, mandolin and guitar, [2] he was originally a solo artist before joining with the Furey Brothers in 1978. [3] Touring and performing as The Fureys and Davey Arthur, the group had several number one singles in Ireland in the 1970s and 1980s, [4] and a top 20 hit in the UK singles chart in 1981.
The Lonesome Boatman is a 1969 album by the Irish folk music duo Finbar & Eddie Furey. It is best known for its title track which is played hauntingly on a tin whistle, as well as its version of the traditional ballad Carnlough Bay. In recent times the song has featured at football matches, most notably performed by fans of Glasgow team, Celtic FC.
The song (as "The Green Fields of France") was a huge success for The Furey Brothers and Davey Arthur in the 1980s in Ireland and beyond. [7] The melody and words vary somewhat from the Bogle original with some of the Scots phrases replaced (e.g., Did the rifles fire o'er ye? is often replaced by Did they play the death march?
Finbar and Eddie Furey is the 1968 debut album of the Irish folk music duo the Fureys. It includes such classics as "Curragh of Kildare", "Come by the Hills", ...
The Fureys is an Irish male folk band from Ireland. [ 1 ] The Fureys has the albums When You Were Sweet Sixteen (1982) AUS #18, Steal Away (1983) AUS #45 and The First Leaves of Autumn (1986) AUS #85 all chart in Australia.