" I WENT OUT WALKING THROUGH STREETS PAVED WITH GOLD "
THE BALLAD OF RONNIE DREW SINGLE - U2, THE DUBLINERS, KILA, A BAND OF BOWSIES

Version I
 Release Date:  Ireland: Feb 22, 2008 (Digital) Feb. 29, 2008 (Physical)
 Record Label:  Universal Music Ireland
 Top Chart Placement:  Ireland: 2 UK: NA US: NA Can: NA
 Related Releases:  None
 TRACKLISTING (Click for Lyrics):
  • The Ballad of Ronnie Drew (4:52) - U2, Dubliners, Kila, Band of Bowsies
  • Easy and Slow (3:06) - Ronnie Drew
 LINER NOTES:
The Ballad of Ronnie Drew: Song written by Robert Hunter, Bono, The Edge, Carmody.  Produced by John Reynolds.  Music by U2, The Dubliners, Kila.

A Band of Bowsies:  Christy Moore, Shane MacGowan, Damien Dempsey, Andrewa Corr, Sinead O'Connor, Moya Brennan, Glen Hansard.  And in Alphabetical Order:  Billy McGuinness, Brian Kennedy, Bronagh Gallagher, Chris De Burgh, Christy Dignam, Duke Special, Eleanor McEvoy, Eleanor Shanley, Gavin Friday, Iona Green, Jack L, Jerry Fish, Joe Elliott, Mary Black, Mary Coughlan, Mik Pyro, Mundy, Paddy Casey, Paul Brady, Ronan Keating.

Engineer / Additional Production: Alastair McMillan.  Production Assistants:  Anna Ralph, Nicky Dempsey, Enda Walsh.  Executive Producers: Simon Carmody and Suzanne Doyle.  Instrument Technicians for U2: Sam O'Sullivan.  Film Director: John Carney.  Camera: Enda O'Looney.  Mastered by Kevin Metcalf at Soundmasters, London.

A tribute - recorded at Windmill Lane, January 14th and 15th, 2008. 

Musicians: U2 (Adam Clayton, Bono, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jnr) The Dubliners (Barney McKenna, Eamonn Campbell, John Sheahan, Patsy Watchorn) Kila (Dee Armstrong, Eoin Dillon, Brian Hogan, Lance Hogan, Colm  Snodaigh, Rnn  Snodaigh, Rossa  Snodaigh)

Sleeve Design: Gary Kelly, Four5One Creative, Dublin.

All Profits from this Record go to the Irish Cancer Society, The National Cancer Care Charity dedicated to eliminating cancer and Improving the lives of those living with cancer.  www.cancer.ie.
 OTHER NOTES:
Available in Ireland only "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" was released on digital download on February 22, 2008 and a CD single followed on February 29th.  A rumoured DVD single, featuring the video of the performance and recording of the song never surfaced.  "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" was written by Robert Hunter of the Grateful Dead with Bono, Edge and Simon Carmody and has been described as "a fitting tribute" to Ronnie Drew, who topped the Irish Charts with The Dubliners 'Seven Drunken Nights' in 1967.  The song was originally written with a part for Ronnie to perform, but his declining health prevented this.

Ronnie Drew chose the Irish Cancer Society to be the recipient of all profits from this track. The Irish Cancer Society, is dedicated to eliminating cancer and improving the lives of those living with cancer.  Bono speaking at the time of the recording said "Ronnie is like the King of Ireland, and we are his subjects."

Ronnie Drew passed away a few months after the release of this song, on August 16, 2008 after a long battle with throat cancer.
 RELATED RELEASES:
  • Bono co-wrote "Drinkin' in the Day" with Simon Carmody, which Ronnie Drew performed on his 1995 album, Dirty Rotten Shame.
 RELEASE DETAILS:
 5" COMPACT DISC (CD):
Country: Ireland
Label: Universal Ireland
Catalog: 1764794
UPC: 0 602517 647947
Package: Slimline Jewel Case
Matrix: 1764794 01
Tracklisting:
The Ballad of Ronnie Drew / Easy and Slow
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