| 词条 | The Grehan Sisters |
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| name = The Grehan Sisters | image = The_Grehan_Sisters_-_from_cover_of_1966_Rex_EP.jpg | caption = The Grehan Sisters in 1966 - from cover of their REX EP. Left to right: Francie (age 20), Bernie (16), Marie (21).[1] | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = Boyle, County Roscommon, Ireland | genre = Irish folk | label = REX (Decca), Transatlantic | associated_acts = | alias = | years_active = 1964–1970 approx. | website = | current_members = | past_members = Marie Grehan Francie Grehan Helen "Bernie" Grehan }} The Grehan Sisters were an Irish folk music act of the mid to late 1960s who achieved popularity in Britain after moving to Manchester, England in 1967 from their native Boyle in County Roscommon, via a spell performing in Dublin. They disbanded around 1970 but have occasionally reunited for one-off appearances in subsequent years, most recently in 2015, while Helen (formerly "Bernie") continues to perform intermittently as a solo artist. BiographySiblings Marie, Francie and Helen (then known as Bernadette or "Bernie") Grehan were immersed in Irish traditional music from an early age via their parents' pub, Grehan's in Boyle, and as teenagers developed a reputation for their exuberant renditions of traditional and composed Irish songs and tunes, also featuring Francie's playing on mandolin and ukulele-banjo (actually a mandolin-banjo since it has 8 strings), Helen on guitar and both Helen and Marie on spoons, with which they frequently entertained the patrons. Young up-and-coming singers such as Christy Moore were attracted by their energy and their talents; in his 2012 book "One Voice" Moore wrote: The pub would rock when the Grehan Sisters - Francie, Marie and Bernie - let fly with 'Leaning o'er the Half Door' or 'Tippin' It Up to Nancy'. We often travelled up from Kildare to hear these women sing, for they melted our hearts with the wildness of their playing and the raw gusto of their three voices, and we fell in love with them... We met up with the Grehan Sisters again in London when we were all trying to break into the circuit. They gave me support slots and contacts and both the band and their manager Mike Thornley were generous with transport, floor space, mighty dinners and much appreciated friendship.[2] In around 1965 the sisters moved to Dublin to develop their playing and singing career, where they were included in The Dubliners' (at the time unfinished) short musical/comedy film O'Donoghue's Opera, and in 1966 released a single "Patsy McCann"/"Woman Of Our Town" plus an EP The Grehan Sisters for Rex records, a subsidiary of Decca. In 1967 they signed to the London-based Transatlantic Records, who were keen to capitalise on their recent success with releases of the Dubliners by signing another Irish group,[3] and moved to Manchester, England where they established themselves on the U.K. folk scene, typically performing "with gusto" in the style of the day also favoured by artists such as The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers. In the U.K. they released an LP On the Galtymore Mountains (1967) featuring a mix of traditional music and Irish rebel songs, at which time Marie was 23 years old, Francie 22 and Helen 18.[4] They released two more singles, this time on Transatlantic, and contributed two newly recorded songs to a 1968 Transatlantic sampler Here's To The Irish. They were a popular attraction on the British Folk Club circuit and the major urban concert venues,[5] and were regular guests on the UK radio show "Country meets Folk", appearing ten times in 1968 and 1969.[6] From the 1970s onwards the sisters ceased touring as an act and eventually all three returned to Ireland to live; Helen took part in several RTÉ productions and radio broadcasts in the 1980s. As of 2018, all three are still alive and well and have reunited on occasion for special performances. In 2014 the Grehan Sisters and Christy Moore headlined a tribute concert in Boyle to the late John Reilly, a traditional singer associated for some years with their parents' pub,[7] and in 2015 they were guests of honour and recipients of the Annie McNulty Award at the opening of the South Roscommon Singers Festival,[8] while Helen continues to perform intermittently as a solo artist featuring her own songs.[9] Discography
The Grehan Sisters' track "The Black Velvet Band" also appears on the 2004 Sweeney's Men 2-CD compilation The Legend of Sweeney's Men - Anthology. (Castle Music). Although the original LP and EP/singles releases have not been reissued as such, many tracks from their Transatlantic output have been reissued in the CD era on "Various Artists" compilations under such titles as The Best of Irish Folk, Essential Irish Folk, The Wild Rover, Irish Folk Favourites, The Very Best of Irish Folk, The Irish Folk Collection, etc., as well as the Transatlantic Folk Box Set, and are therefore not hard to find; for a semi-complete listing see this selection at [https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Ddigital-music&field-keywords=Grehan+Sisters Amazon UK]. References1. ^Michael Geoghegan: Liner notes to REX EP The Grehan Sisters, 1966 2. ^Christy Moore: "One Voice". Hachette UK, 2012. 3. ^Billboard, the U.S.-based music trade magazine, 2 September 1967. The full text reads: "Dublin: ... Transatlantic's chief Nat Joseph and Irish Record Factors held a reception to mark the signing of the Grehan Sisters, a folk trio whose previous disks were on RKEX. Transatlantic was the first label to sign the Dubliners and their albums of the quintet are best sellers currently..." 4. ^Liner notes to The Grehan Sisters: On the Galtymore Mountains, 1967 5. ^South Roscommon Singers Festival, 2015. Guests of Honour - The Grehan Sisters 6. ^http://www.radiolistings.co.uk: Country Meets Folk 7. ^Boyle Today: Christy Moore concert sold out 8. ^Boyle Today: Award for Grehan Sisters Thursday 9. ^Sligo Traditional Singers Circle: Frank Finn Traditional Singing Weekend (2014 guests section) External links
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