Johnny Duhan (born 30 March 1950) started his career as the 15-year-old frontman of the Irish beat group Granny’s Intentions. After achieving some success in Limerick and Dublin, the band moved to London and were signed to the Deram Records record label. The band released several singles and one album, Honest Injun. However, the band disbanded before Duhan was twenty-one, and Duhan left the popular music industry to start writing folk songs, poetry, and prose.
Just Another Town, To the Light, Flame, and The Voyage are just a few of the releases that collect his 57-year body of work. These line up with the first four sections of his poetic autobiography, To The Light. His songs have been performed by Christy Moore, The Dubliners, Mary Black, and many other Irish and international singers. Christy Moore stated that "The Voyage" (Duhan's most popular song according to iTunes) has been performed at over a million weddings worldwide.
Discography
Flame (1996) Tree (2002) The Voyage (2005) Just Another Town (2007) To The Light (2008) The Burning Word (2010) Winter (2012) Highlights (2014) Creation (2015)
Books
There is a Time (Brandon Books, 2001) The Voyage – Johnny Duhan Songbook (Waltons Publishers, 2003) To The Light (Bell Productions, 2009)
References
External links
Johnny Duhan's Official Website
Johnny Duhan on Irish Rock.org
More on Granny's Intentions
Even more on Granny's Intentions
Johnny Duhan in 'Musicians, Singers, Comedians, etc.' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland Granny's Intentions in 'Music, pop, etc.' file at Limerick City Library, Ireland Podcast
1950 births
Living people
Musicians from Limerick (city) Musicians from County Galway