Jim Mccann

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Carrickfergus 03:59 Tools
Lord of the Dance 00:00 Tools
Grace 04:39 Tools
Follow Me Up to Carlow 00:00 Tools
Will Ye Go Lassie Go 02:55 Tools
Spancil Hill 00:00 Tools
Molly Malone 00:00 Tools
Galway Races 00:00 Tools
Clare to Here 00:00 Tools
Town of Ballybay 00:00 Tools
The Lark In The Morning 00:00 Tools
Next Market Day 00:00 Tools
Rare Old Times 00:00 Tools
Rare Ould Times 00:00 Tools
From Clare to Here 00:00 Tools
Easy And Slow 00:00 Tools
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway 00:00 Tools
Times Have Changed 00:00 Tools
Raglan Road 00:00 Tools
Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go? 00:00 Tools
The Rose of Tralee 00:00 Tools
Foggy Dew 00:00 Tools
Easy & Slow 00:00 Tools
The Star Of The County Down 00:00 Tools
The Rare Old Times 00:00 Tools
The Wild Mountain Thyme (Will Ye Go Lassie Go) 00:00 Tools
A Bunch of Thyme 00:00 Tools
Down By The Sally Gardens 00:00 Tools
My Lagan Love 00:00 Tools
The Sally Gardens 00:00 Tools
Four Green Fields 00:00 Tools
Star of the County Down 00:00 Tools
The Snowy Breasted Pearl 00:00 Tools
I Love The Ground She Walks Upon 00:00 Tools
Will Ye Go, Lassies, Go? 00:00 Tools
I Loved the Ground She Walked Upon 00:00 Tools
Meet Me at the Pillar 00:00 Tools
Summer in Dublin 00:00 Tools
Danny Boy 00:00 Tools
I Loved The Ground She Walket Upon 00:00 Tools
The False Hearted Lover 00:00 Tools
Copper Kettle 00:00 Tools
The Town Is Not Their Own 00:00 Tools
She Moved Through The Fair 00:00 Tools
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen 00:00 Tools
Mary From Dungloe 00:00 Tools
Bunch of Thyme 00:00 Tools
The Foggy Dew 00:00 Tools
The Rare Ould Times 00:00 Tools
Go Lassie Go 00:00 Tools
Red Is The Rose 00:00 Tools
The Fields Of Athenry 00:00 Tools
Love's Old Sweet Song 00:00 Tools
A Song For Ireland 00:00 Tools
The Mountains Of Mourne 00:00 Tools
Love Thee Dearest 00:00 Tools
The Galway Races 00:00 Tools
The Rocky Road to Dublin 00:00 Tools
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms 00:00 Tools
Down By The Slaney Side 00:00 Tools
Rose Of Tralee 00:00 Tools
The Town I Loved So Well 00:00 Tools
Rocky Road to Dublin 00:00 Tools
Boulavogue 00:00 Tools
Mountains Of Mourne 00:00 Tools
The West's Awake 00:00 Tools
The Spanish Lady 00:00 Tools
Down by the Glenside 00:00 Tools
The Next Market Day 00:00 Tools
Song For Ireland 00:00 Tools
Streets of London 00:00 Tools
For the Roses 00:00 Tools
Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go 00:00 Tools
Daniel O'Connell 00:00 Tools
The Battle Of Clontarf 00:00 Tools
My Old Man 00:00 Tools
Come To The Bower 00:00 Tools
Rocks Of Bawn 00:00 Tools
The Town of Ballybay 00:00 Tools
Farewell to Carlingford 00:00 Tools
Rosin the Beau 00:00 Tools
Clare To Here (Jim McCann) 02:32 Tools
Carroll Ban 00:00 Tools
Her Father Don't Like Me Anyway 00:00 Tools
Staten Island 00:00 Tools
Killieburn Brae 00:00 Tools
You Never Wanted Me 00:00 Tools
CarrigFergus 00:00 Tools
Growing Your Business 00:00 Tools
The Rocky RoadTo Dublin 00:00 Tools
Ragland road 00:00 Tools
Ó Ró Sé Do Bheatha Bhaile 00:00 Tools
Rare Old Times (Jim McCann) 04:28 Tools
Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyw 00:00 Tools
04 Clare to here 00:00 Tools
The Famine Song; Skibbereen 00:00 Tools
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James "Jim" McCann (26 October 1944 – 5 March 2015) was an Irish entertainer and folk musician. Although a solo artist for most of his career, McCann was a member of the folk group the Dubliners from 1974 until 1979. As a young man, McCann attended University College Dublin as a student of medicine, but became interested in folk music during a summer holiday in Birmingham in 1964. He began to perform in folk clubs in the area, and, upon his return to Dublin, he joined a group called the Ludlow Trio in 1965. In the following year, the Ludlow Trio had a hit with their recording of Dominic Behan’s “The Sea Around Us”, which reached number one in the Irish charts. The Ludlow Trio broke up in the following year, and McCann began a solo career, releasing an album, McCann, and making several appearances on several folk programmes for Telefis Éireann. Amongst other pursuits, he spent the next few years involving himself in theatrical productions (starting with Maureen Potter's "Gaels of Laughter" in 1968), and he toured throughout Ireland and Britain. He released a second album, McCanned, made a television special called Reflections of Jim McCann, and then hosted a series called The McCann Man. It was on The McCann Man that he met fellow folk artist, Luke Kelly of The Dubliners. During this appearance, Kelly did his only televised performance of the Phil Coulter song "Scorn Not His Simplicity", a song that he chose to perform sparingly out of respect to the subject matter (Coulter's intellectually disabled son). McCann subsequently performed alongside Kelly in the original cast of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1973, in the role of Peter. In April 1974 Kelly asked McCann to join The Dubliners temporarily, to replace Ciaran Bourke during a period of illness. However, he became a permanent member soon afterwards, when Ronnie Drew left the group to pursue a solo career. McCann remained with The Dubliners until the end of 1979, during which he toured incessantly, also recording several albums with the group. He did rejoin The Dubliners in 2002 for their 40th anniversary tour and later at Vicar Street in 2012 for their 50th. In recent years he has continued to perform, tour, and record music as a solo artist, appearing on many television shows (particularly on RTÉ) and achieving success with albums including From Tara to Here and singles such as “Grace”. He rejoined the Dubliners in 2002 for their 40th anniversary album, but during the subsequent tour was diagnosed with throat cancer. Although treatment for the illness was successful, the damage to his voice left him unable to sing. However, he still collaborated with the Dubliners by taking the photographs for them, appearing as a compere in their concerts, and sometimes playing the guitar. During the Dubliners' last concert in December 2012, he performed with them as a guitarist. Jim's death was announced by his family on 5 March 2015. He had been battling throat cancer for some time. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.