The Barrytown Trilogy 01 The Commitments

The Commitments is a band with a mission: bringing soul to Dublin. Led by Jimmy Rabitte, a young man with ambition, coached by Joey "The Lips" Fagan, an old man with a trumpet, protected by Mickah Wallace, owner of the most feared forehead in Barrytown. -- Publisher details. "Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte, brilliantly coached by Joel 'The Lips' Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from Paris hall to immortality on vinyl. But can The Commitments live up to their name?"--Publisher The Commitments (1987) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle.[2] The first episode in The Barrytown Trilogy, it is about a group of unemployed young people in the north side of Dublin, Ireland, who start a soul band. ---------- Also contained in: [Barrytown Trilogy](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL762601W) First published in 1988, THE COMMITMENTS follows a small band of musicians from the Barrytown area of Dublin as they try to make the big time. From the author of THE SNAPPER, THE VAN and PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA. This funky, rude, unpretentious first novel traces the short, funny, and furious career of a group of working-class Irish kids who form a band, The Commitments. Their mission: to bring soul to Dublin! A first novel, fast, funny and witty, which tells of the exploits of a rock band. It is written almost entirely in dialogue, using street slang from the author's native Dublin.