caption website associated_acts years_active article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
johnny duhan at dunamaise theatre portlaoise 2006 . http://www.johnnyduhan.com/ granny 's intentions 1966 -- present johnny duhan
 johnny duhan solo_singer 1 january 1950 vocals , guitar , folk johnny_duhan . jpg limerick , ireland johnny duhan musician , songwriter
johnny duhan

johnny duhan -lrb- born 1 january 1950 -rrb- started his career as a fifteen-year-old front man in the limerick beat group granny 's intentions , a band in ireland .
after rousing dublin with their soul touch , they moved to london , being one of the first irish bands to do so .
they were signed to the deram record label , released several singles and one album , `` honest injun '' , and disbanded before duhan was twenty one .
despite offers to front other bands , duhan turned his back on the popular music industry and started writing folk songs , poetry and prose .
he has condensed a body of work spanning 40 years into a quartet of albums , `` just another town '' , `` to the light '' , `` the voyage '' and `` flame '' .
these correspond with the four chapters of his lyrical autobiography , `` to the light '' .
his songs are sung all over the world in a variety of languages , thanks to the focus put on them by christy moore , the dubliners , mary black and many other irish and international singers .
duhan song `` the voyage '' has become a modern classic .
christy moore stated that `` the voyage '' -lrb- his most popular song according to itunes -rrb- has been performed at over a million weddings worldwide , not to mention anniversaries , funerals and other occasions .
