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John Sheahan (born 19 May 1939) is an Irish musician and composer and the last surviving member of the definitive five-member line-up of The Dubliners. He joined The Dubliners in 1964 and played with them until 2012 when The Dubliners' name was retired following the death of founding member Barney McKenna. == Early years and musical apprenticeship == John Sheahan was born in Dublin on 19 May 1939. His father, a native of Glin, County Limerick, was a member of the Garda Síochána (the Irish Police Force) stationed in Dublin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://itsthedubliners.com/js_01.htm )〕 He is the grandson of Patrick Sheahan, a Dublin Metropolitan Policeman, who in 1905 died trying to save the life of a pipe workman who was overcome by toxic exhalations in a sewer on Hawkins Street, Dublin, where a memorial statue stands today. He went to school to the local Christian Brothers in Marino, Dublin, where he received his first musical education, learning the tin whistle. This experience was shared with Paddy Moloney, who later founded The Chieftains, and Leon and Liam Rowsome, sons of the piper Leo Rowsome. When he was about twelve years old he began to take an active interest in music and soon he was to transfer the musical knowledge gained on the whistle to a fiddle he found lying around at home. Enthusiastically supported and encouraged by his parents, he attended the Municipal School of Music in Dublin where he studied classical violin for more than five years.〔 During this time he continued to maintain his interest in Irish traditional music, which sometimes led him to improvise on the classics by putting in a few embellishments. His tutor would not approve his "composing"; however, Sheahan continued to apply the classical technique to his traditional playing which would ultimately lead to the development of his unique style, gaining him a number of awards at various feiseanna (festivals of Irish traditional music, dancing, poetry and literature).〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://itsthedubliners.com/dubs_d42_21_years.htm )〕 His interest in American bluegrass fiddle music〔 must also have influenced his style, as can be heard in tunes like "Flop Eared Mule" (also called "Donkey Reel"), recorded with The Dubliners in 1968,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://itsthedubliners.com/dubs_d26_drinkin_courtin.htm )〕 1969〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.itsthedubliners.com/dubs_d28_Live_Albert.htm )〕 and 1983.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://itsthedubliners.com/dubs_d42_21_years.htm )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Sheahan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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