Daithi Rua

Music:

Member Since: 2/21/2007
Band Website: daithirua.com
Band Members: I Work on stage and in Studio with......Aidan Burke, COMAS, Philip Masure, Helen Flaherty, Barry Teehen, Ed Veltrop, Siard de Jong, Wim Ramon, Hans Van Oost, Dominique Vantomme, Luis Llanda, David Munnelly, Philip Donnelly, Monika Nordli, Marijke Peters, to name a few....NEXT BIG NIGHT OUT..... AND IN NOVEMBER....(tickets www.sangreal.be)
Influences: I've had many musical influences in my life starting with my mother and father and my school/guitar teacher Tony Halloran. Then Planxty and Christy Moore, Jimmy Crowley, Mary Black and some Dubliners in the early days.... I heard lots of John Denver and Johnny Cash, Woodie Guthrie from the American side. Later on I Discovered singers and songwriters like Guy Clarke, Townes Van Zandt, Tom Russell, Nanci Griffith .... Today I draw inspiration from musicians such as Paul Brady, Luka Bloom, Steve Earle, John Gorka, James Taylor..... So Many great ones out there and too many to mention.:
Daithi Rua http://Dot-e-Rua.bebo.com/
DAITHI RUA'S : CAUSEWAYDavey Arthur and the Furey'sMore Than I Can Say

Sounds Like: A Watered down version of him..........:-)"I first met Daithi Rua when we did a gig together on the banks of the river Shannon in his native Co. Offaly in the early nineties. Although a contemporary folk musician and writer, I was struck with his integrity and sensitivity of his native roots, unlike so many post-modern Irish writers. His recorded work is filled with warmth, commitment and originality and with the didactic quality so central to genuine art." - Jimmy Crowley. (Photographer:Lieve Boussauw)
Record Label: Daithi's songs are on a few different label's
Type of Label: Indie