Who is this band??? - The Jolly Beggarmen

[Guest]

On itunes there is an album called 'Irish Drinking Songs' and the artist is listed as 'World Music'.

However, the entire album seems to be by one band who sound quite good, if anyone cares to have a listen, any ideas who this band is?

Thanks!

[Guest]

After a bit of searching, it seems that this album is by a band called The Jolly Beggarmen and was originally released in the 70s. Anyone know anything about this band?

[Zuzana]

Some basic info can be found in this discussion:
http://www.mudcat.org/thread.cfm?threadid=5209

[fluke]

this is what I found..

The Jolly Beggarmen were formed in approx 1976 and lasted more than 15 years. The main members were Joe White, Tommy Jenkinson, Jonny Carrol, Paddy Quigley, Eamonn O'Rourke Snr. Also from time to time there was Kevin Molloy, Donal Nagle and a couple more that I don't remember. They recorded On the Dole and The Inner City Song which reached the top ten in Ireland. They also travelled extensively around europe and the UK.

The Inner City song was written by Don Baker for the Jolly Beggarmen and it reached no 2 in the Irish Charts... Don Baker is also on the single playing the harmonica... you will find info on this on Don Bakers Web site. Tommy Jenkinson and Joe White are still playing music..

good luck