Sweeney's Men

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The Handsome Cabin Boy 04:44 Tools
Dicey Riley 01:45 Tools
Exile's Jig 01:45 Tools
Waxies Dargle 03:27 Tools
Go By Brooks 02:04 Tools
Tom Dooley 02:34 Tools
Old Maid In A Garret 02:33 Tools
Willy O' Winsbury 04:58 Tools
Dance To Your Daddy 02:13 Tools
Sally Brown 02:23 Tools
The House Carpenter 03:59 Tools
Sullivan's John 03:17 Tools
Rattlin' Roarin' Willy 02:05 Tools
Dreams For Me 04:29 Tools
Reynard the Fox 03:18 Tools
The Exile's Jig 01:43 Tools
My Dearest Dear 03:57 Tools
The Pipe On The Hob 02:13 Tools
Rattlin' Roarin' Willie 00:00 Tools
Johnston 03:42 Tools
House Carpenter 03:59 Tools
Old Woman In Cotton 02:52 Tools
Standing On The Shore 03:52 Tools
Hall Of Mirrors 03:05 Tools
The Derby Ram 02:21 Tools
Pretty Polly 04:42 Tools
Brain Jam 02:22 Tools
A Mistake No Doubt 02:33 Tools
Hiram Hubbard 03:11 Tools
Afterthoughts 02:47 Tools
When You Don't Care For Me 02:41 Tools
The Black Velvet Band 00:00 Tools
Johnstone 03:42 Tools
When You Don't Care 00:00 Tools
Old Maid In A Garrett 02:30 Tools
Raynard The Fox 00:00 Tools
My Heart's Tonight In Ireland 00:00 Tools
McAlpine's Fusiliers 03:20 Tools
Autumn Gold 00:00 Tools
Old Maid In A Garreth 00:00 Tools
The Waxies Dargle 00:00 Tools
Andy Irvine & Paul Brady - Autumn Gold 00:00 Tools
Johnny Kelly - The Nightingale 00:00 Tools
Dreams For Me - Sweeney's Men 00:00 Tools
The Waxie's Dargle 00:00 Tools
The Capitol Showband - Bottle Of Wine 00:00 Tools
Steeleye Span - Lowlands Of Holland 00:00 Tools
Old Maid In The Garrett 00:00 Tools
Annie Briggs - Willy O' Winsbury 00:00 Tools
Rain On The Roof - My Heart's Tonight In Ireland 00:00 Tools
Steeleye Span - The Dark-Eyed Sailor 00:00 Tools
Rain On The Roof - Beneasa's Green Glade 00:00 Tools
The Exile's Jig - Sweeney's Men 00:00 Tools
The Woods Band - Dreams For Me 00:00 Tools
Rattlin Roarin' Willy 00:00 Tools
The Capitol Showband - McAlpine's Fusiliers 00:00 Tools
The Handsome Cabin Boy - Sweeney's Men 00:00 Tools
The Capital Showband - The Black Velvet Band 00:00 Tools
Dance to Your Daddy - Stereo 00:00 Tools
Annie Briggs - Sullivan's John 00:00 Tools
The Waxie s Dargle 00:00 Tools
Streets Of Baltimore - The Capitol Showband 00:00 Tools
Black Velvet Band - The Capitol Showband 00:00 Tools
Willie O'winsbury - Annie Briggs 00:00 Tools
The Capitol Showband - The Strets Of Baaltimore 00:00 Tools
Rattlin' Roarin' Willy - Sweenry's Men 00:00 Tools
Baneasa's Green Glade 00:00 Tools
Lowlands Of Holland - Steeleye Span 00:00 Tools
Sweeney's Men - My Dearest Dear 00:00 Tools
Sullivan's John - Annie Briggs 00:00 Tools
Lowlands Of Holland (Steeleye Span) 00:00 Tools
Mcalpine's Fusiliers (The Capitol Showband) 00:00 Tools
Dark-Eyed Sailor (Steeleye Span) 00:00 Tools
Dance to Your Daddy (Stereo) 00:00 Tools
Mcalpine's Fusiliers - The Capitol Showband 00:00 Tools
Sweeney's Men / Dance To Your Daddy 00:00 Tools
Dreams For Me - Woods Band 00:00 Tools
Willie O'winsbury (Annie Briggs) 00:00 Tools
Black Velvet Band (The Capitol Showband) 00:00 Tools
Autumn Gold - Paul Brady 00:00 Tools
Sullivan's John (Annie Briggs) 00:00 Tools
Nightingale - Johnny Kelly 00:00 Tools
Rattlin Roarin Willy 00:00 Tools
Rattlin' Roarin Willy 00:00 Tools
Nightingale (Johnny Kelly) 00:00 Tools
Old Maid In The Garret 00:00 Tools
Sweenys Men - Waxies Dargle 00:00 Tools
Dark-Eyed Sailor - Steeleye Span 00:00 Tools
Dreams For Me (Woods Band) 00:00 Tools
Streets Of Baltimore (The Capitol Showband) 00:00 Tools
Autumn Gold (Paul Brady) 00:00 Tools
Bottle of Wine 00:00 Tools
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Sweeney's Men was an Irish traditional band. They were a part of the late 1960s Irish roots revival, along with groups like The Dubliners and the Clancy Brothers. Their line-up in 1966 was Joe Dolan, Johnny Moynihan and Andy Irvine, but Dolan was replaced by Terry Woods only a year later. At the time, they played the tin whistle, concertina, harmonica, guitar, mandolin, banjo and bouzouki. Sweeney's Men's most famous innovation is probably Moynihan's introduction of the bouzouki, a Greek instrument, in 1967. The bouzouki played at the time was six-stringed, though the Irish bouzouki with eight strings is now more common in Irish music. Their songs included "Tom Dooley", an American folk song, "Rattlin' Roarin' Willie" and "Willy O'Winsbury" from the Scottish tradition, as well as their own compositions like Moynihan's "Standing on the Shore". Their two recorded albums are Sweeney's Men and The Tracks of Sweeney. Andy Irvine left the band in 1968, spent some time in Eastern Europe and was replaced by Henry McCullough. This line-up only stayed together for a year, however, and then broke up in 1969. There was almost a reunion in 1970 or 71, with Ashley Hutchings replacing McCullough, but this never happened. Following the break-up of Sweeney's Men, three of the members took part in other notable bands: Andy Irvine: Patrick Street, Planxty, solo career Johnny Moynihan: Planxty, De Dannan, solo career and with Anne Briggs and Andy McNamara Terry Woods: Steeleye Span, The Pogues Andy Irvine and Johnny Moynihan were re-united for a one-off gig as Sweeney's Men in Rostrevor, Co Down on 22nd July 2007, when the band was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the local Fiddler's Green Festival; Joe Dolan was unable to participate due to illness, Paul Brady deputising. Founder member Joe Dolan died on January 7, 2008. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.