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Sweeney's Men
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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 (1942 – 2008), 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-s… read more
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… read more
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 (1942 – 2008), Johnny Moynihan … read more
