Joe Dolan - rampant rural charmer, balladeer, fashion pioneer, psychological enigma, intercontinental ice breaker, King of Las Vegas, bone trader, everyman - one of the great known unknowns of Ireland, and the World.
Here are ten FACTS you may or may not be aware of:
- Joe Dolan is no ordinary vocalist. He has an enormous range and a large number of hits to prove it. The romantic, the crooner, the disco belter - Joe can do it all.
- Joe recently sold his hip on eBay for €680
- Joe was the first western performer to play a gig in the Soviet Union. Even in pre-prerestroika days his bootleg tapes fetched large sums on the streets of Moscow.
- Joe's UK #3 hit Make Me An Island, was penned by Albert Hammond.
- Joe used to babysit Albert Hammond Jr, in Mullingar.
- Joe pioneered the use of suits that didn't change colour when soaked with sweat.
- Tar and Cement was voted Greatest Song You've Never Heard Yet by the NME.
- Joe has been cited as an influence by Radiohead, Dylan, Duran Duran and Morrissey.
- Joe was the only reason the red Luas line was routed to pass the Red Cow Inn.
- The catchphrase "There's No Show Like A Joe Show", has been scientifically validated.
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