Sweeney's Men
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Sweeney's Men were an influential Irish folk group from the 1960s known for helping pioneer the Irish folk revival with innovative arrangements and instrumentation.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Irish folk band
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musical group ⓘ |
| activeInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| associatedAct |
Dr. Strangely Strange
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Planxty NERFINISHED ⓘ Steeleye Span NERFINISHED ⓘ The Pogues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| disbandedInPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| formedInPeriod | mid-1960s ⓘ |
| genre |
Irish folk music
ⓘ
folk music ⓘ |
| hasFormerMember |
Henry McCullough
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Joe Dolan (Irish guitarist) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfluentialMember |
Andy Irvine
NERFINISHED
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Johnny Moynihan NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Al O'Donnell (occasional member)
NERFINISHED
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Andy Irvine NERFINISHED ⓘ Johnny Moynihan NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Brady (briefly associated live) NERFINISHED ⓘ Terry Woods NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
Irish folk revival
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subsequent Irish folk bands ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
British folk revival
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Irish traditional music ⓘ |
| legacy |
credited with modernizing Irish folk arrangements
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regarded as a seminal Irish folk group ⓘ |
| notableFor |
innovative arrangements
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innovative instrumentation ⓘ pioneering the Irish folk revival ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Sweeney's Men (album)
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The Tracks of Sweeney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedAt |
folk clubs in Ireland
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folk clubs in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| performedLanguage |
English
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Irish ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Transatlantic Records NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
close vocal harmonies
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mix of traditional songs and contemporary material ⓘ use of Greek bouzouki in Irish folk context ⓘ |
| usedInstrument |
banjo
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bouzouki ⓘ concertina ⓘ guitar ⓘ mandolin ⓘ tin whistle ⓘ |
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