Brian Dunphy

[Mel]

Just the Spanish Lady one, since I am on Dial up, the music files on MySpace don't work well, the stop and start too much. I have to wait till the weekend and Panera...

Yes, I know, I COULD break down and get hi speed, but then I wouldn't have a good excuse to go to Panera and sit for 4 hrs 

[07-sara]

4 hrs?  You can listen to lots of music in that time!

[Mel]

well I watch all the videos, You Tube etc, plus I work on wallpaper/banners now .  Till my shows, then its my Thinking place for Reviews 

[Maggie]

Here is Brian's Dad, Sean Dunphy, who also has a great voice, singing the ballad of Michael Collins -
it kept cutting out on my computer but that may be just me - Bob I know you will enjoy this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFlIm69xMZU

and another Rebel song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvVytx-7bLo

Here is one of Sean's CDs on Rego:
(Brian, ye don't mind giving the auld man a plug, sure ye don't?  )

[Western_Rose]

Yes.  They sang in Riverdance together I believe. I have their version of Lift The Wings on my phone.

Oh then I guess he's that mysterious guy in this picture

[Conchobar]

Great find Maggie! As you well know I do have a soft spot for the "Big Fella". Also I'm sure Brian will be thrilled to share this thread with his father.

[07-sara]

Yes.  They sang in Riverdance together I believe. I have their version of Lift The Wings on my phone.

Oh then I guess he's that mysterious guy in this picture

Yes, that is Brian.

[Maggie]

If Brian reads this:

David Keane (son of Vinny) would love to hear from you when ye have time.

I have his contact info if you want to send me a pm.

[zankoku]

I still love the rebel songs

jim

[Weltbild]

I found out yesterday that Brian had added a new song on his MySpace site. It is called "God be with those days". As Brian said in his blog - Darren and he had written that song some time ago. I like it very much...

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=77453246

[nbrock]

Awesome!  I love these guys more every time I hear them!  Thanks for sharing the link.
Norma

[saibhir]

Did you know that Brian Dunphy's father, Sean, represented Ireland in the 1967 Eurovision Song Contest singing 'If I Could Choose' by Michael Coffey & Wesley Burrowes?

The event was held in Vienna, the beautiful capital city of Austria and was won by 'Puppet On A String' written by Phil Coulter and sung by Sandie Shaw for Great Britain.

You can watch Sean's performance here: http://www.allkindsofeverything.ie/videos/I1967.wmv

There's a magazine cover from 1967 featuring Sean Dunphy here: http://www.irishshowbands.net/spotlight67.htm

[Maggie]

I still love the rebel songs
jim

Don't look for THKs to sing any.....
Not the hard core ones anyway.
They might sing one or two of the softer ones with only a veiled reference to the Troubles.

But you'll never hear them sing "Kevin Barry" or "Come out yer black and tans".

[saibhir]

Time to wrap up those old rebel songs and pack them away. Thankfully, one of the results of the Good Friday agreement is that hate has been dissipated and we are getting on with 'getting on with' rather than hating as many of those rebel songs encourage.

They had their time - it's over.

[Conchobar]

Great finds Saibhir!!
You can certainly see where Brian gets his talent from. One of the wonderful things about Irish culture is that music and family seem to be ever present. In families like the Dunphy's gatherings must have been much anticipated events.