GUEST (11:26 AM),

I'm not sure the Johnstons were a huge influence on the Bothy Band directly. Before the Johnstons, Mick Moloney was in two bands with Donal Lunny. The kind of singing voice Brady had is a bit similar to that of Micheal O Dhomhnaill, but Micheal was already singing that way before the Johnstons or the Bothy band existed. So the influence seems more to have been similar ideas developing within both bands from shared roots. Just a guess...

I do agree that personally, I like Paul Brady's older style. But then, I like traditional songs in general better than contemporary ones, so this makes sense. I'm not sure it's something to complain about.