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Dexys Midnight Runners

The Celtic Soul Brothers

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1982
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“The Celtic Soul Brothers” is a song written by Mickey Billingham, Jimmy Paterson and Kevin Rowland of Dexys Midnight Runners that was first released by the band in March 1982 as a single and was also the first song on the band’s 1982 album Too-Rye-Ay. It reached #45 in the UK on its initial release, and #20 in the UK and #86 in the US when re-released in March 1983. “The Celtic Soul Brothers” was the first song recorded and released by the revamped Dexys Midnight Runners’ lineup, which added fiddle players Helen O’Hara, Steve Brennan and Roger MacDuff and bassist Giorgio Kilkenny. Reflecting the revised lineup, the song’s instruments feature mandolins and violins rather than the horn fanfares featured in the group’s earlier work. Ira Robbins of Trouser Press refers... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ I've seen what's on show and now there's no more to know ... More please and thank you

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