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Somewhere tonight, across the country or across the sea, a singer, sitting on a stool on a pub's corner stage, is belting out a Kevin McKrell song and the crowd is singing along.
McKrell pioneered American Celtic music beginning in 1979 with his band 'Donnybrook Fair'. The original trio's 1982 album Tunnel Tigers remains a landmark of the form, with its blend of Clancy Brothers swagger and upstate NY attitude.
Kevin McKrell is best known, though, for his indelible songs, including:
- Donegal
- I Miss the Rain
- Dublin Town
- All of The Hard Days Are Gone
Those songs, in addition to being sung by pub singers, have been recorded by artists such as:
- The Furey Brothers
- The Kilkennys
- Stephens Green
- The Kingston Trio
- Bob Shane
- North Sea Gas
- Hair of the Dog
- Seamus Kennedy
- The Druids
- The Dublin City Ramblers
- Wood's Tea Company
- Get Up Jack