"Galway Joe" Dolan

Irish musician, song-writer and artist Joe Dolan August 2020 Joseph "Galway Joe" Dolan (25 May 1942 – 7 January 2008) was an Irish musician, songwriter and artist. Known as "Galway Joe" to distinguish him from Joe Dolan of Mullingar, he was born in Galway, County Galway, Ireland.August 2025 Dolan was an arts student in Dublin before becoming involved in the Irish showbands of the 1960s, playing guitar with The Capitol Showband and The Swingtime Aces.http://www.irish-showbands.com/Bands/capitolf.htm The Capitol Showband (1960–1972) GMS Productions Showbands 23 June 2012Send 'Em Home Sweatin': The Showband Story Mercier Press; Revised edition (31 December 2000) Power, Vincent 2000 Cork 978-1-85635-330-4 He is best known as one of the three founding members, together with Andy Irvine and Johnny Moynihan, of the highly influential folk group Sweeney's Men, which was formed in Galway in May 1966; Dolan also chose the group's name. Sweeney's Men invigorated the Irish folk scene, and had an unexpected Irish top 10 hit with "Old Maid in the Garret" in 1967.Irish Folk, Trad and Blues: A Secret History, Colin Harper and Trevor Hodgett, p. 2005. The week "Old Maid in the Garret" was in the Top Ten, Dolan left the band to go to Israel with the intention of taking part in the Six-Day War. Later on, Des Kelly—Sweeney's Men's manager—joked that Dolan had arrived on the seventh day,O'Toole Leagues 2006 The Humours of Planxty Ireland Hodder Headline 0-340-83796-972 "but it took him a year to get down there".Moore Christy 2003 First published 2000 One Voice London Lir/Hodder and Stoughton 978-0-340-83073-491 He wrote the song "The Trip to Jerusalem" about his journey there, which was later recorded by Christy Moore in 1978 on the album The Iron Behind the Velvet.90–91 In that album's sleeve notes, Moore quoted Dolan's explanation of the genesis of the song:none 90% I wrote this song in my salad days (back in 1965) when I worked on an archeological expedition to Masada in the Negev desert. I was on general duty on top of the mountain with a walkie-talkie and a weapon and the temperature was about 120 degrees in the shade. I was thinking of how I'd got there. right —Sleeve notes from The Iron Behind the Velvet.Sleeve notes from The Iron Behind the Velvet, Tara Records, TARA 2002, 1978. His song "The Foxy Devil" was also recorded by Moore on the same album. The Dubliners covered "Nelson's Farewell", which was a hit in Ireland, and the trio Ardvarna released a beautiful version of "Mayfly Days".https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/mar/26/obituaries.mainsection1 Obituary – 'Galway' Joe Dolan John Rabbetts The Guardian 26 March 2008 23 October 2012 Dolan subsequently dropped professional music in favour of painting, but continued to compose and would pass on tapes to anyone who was interested. He continued to play in local sessions.December 2016 Death Dolan died of cancer in January 2008, December 2016 survived by his son Andy, sister Chris (Christine), brother-in-law Wim, and nieces Eileen and Jessica. His autobiography, Lost Miles and Broken Strings, has not yet been published.December 2016 References External links http://www.irish-showbands.com/inmemory.htm In Memory A-D http://www.irish-showbands.com/images/folk/sweeneysmen-67.htm Sweeney's Men Category:1940s births Category:2008 deaths Category:Irish male songwriters Category:Irish male composers Category:Musicians from County Galway Category:Place of death missing Category:Deaths from cancer in Ireland Category:20th-century Irish songwriters Category:20th-century Irish composers Category:20th-century Irish male composers Category:Articles with quotation marks in the title Category:1960s in Irish music Category:1970s in Irish music Category:1980s in Irish music Category:1990s in Irish music Category:2000s in Irish music