# I saw Ronnie Drew live in concert the other night. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-ronnie-drew-live-in-concert-the-other-night/426061 "2007-11-12T00:18:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-ronnie-drew-live-in-concert-the-other-night/426061/1 "2007-11-12T00:18:18Z")
He’s not looking the best at this stage. He had to shave his beard and head, I think for cancer treatment. His voice is still magnificent. He sang a short set as part of _The Legends of Irish Folk_ concerts. For those who don’t know him, he was a founder member of The Dubliners. It was s ally moving experience, partly seeing him play and partly seeing the audience. I was, at 25, perhaps the youngest person at the concert. There was sea of grey haired and bald heads and everyone was singing along and I don’t think there were many dry eyes left by the end of it. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-ronnie-drew-live-in-concert-the-other-night/426061/2 "2007-11-12T00:37:53Z")
Met Ronnie at a funeral a few years back. Lovely fella. Have seen the Dubliners a few times. Sounds like a great concert. ---
**Author:** ![bubastis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d07c76/32.png) [@bubastis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bubastis)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-ronnie-drew-live-in-concert-the-other-night/426061/3 "2007-11-12T00:57:41Z")
Seen Him on Ryan Confidential on rte1 a few weeks back; didnt realise who it was until he started to simg The Aul Triangle… There’s no mistaking that voice. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2007, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-saw-ronnie-drew-live-in-concert-the-other-night/426061/4 "2007-11-12T01:06:34Z")
Eek, Ronnie Drew without the beard just doesn’t seem right somehow. Still, I can see that the mega-beard would rather tend to get in the way of the throat cancer treatment. Good that he’s still going, and long may that continue.