{"name":"The Commitments","title":"The Commitments","id":2540,"slug":"the-commitments","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/2540/?format=json","bio_short":"The Commitments is a group made for the screen version of the book &quot;The Commitments&quot; by Roddy Doyle.   They play soul although they're white, because as their manager Jimmy Rabitte says &quot;The Irish are the blacks of Europe. And Dubliners are the blacks of Ireland. And the Northside Dubliners are the blacks of Dublin. So say it once, say it loud: I'm black and I'm proud.&quot;  The movie was also the breakthrough for singer <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Andrew+Strong\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Andrew Strong</a>.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/TheCommitments.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":2869,"title":"Try A Little Tenderness","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/try-a-little-tenderness/"}]}