Mighty Avons Photo Gallery
A showband from the mid sixties, the band
became more or less a "country" band in the late sixties, Larry Cunningham was the star of the band from its
inception until his departure in late 1969. The band enjoyed a lot
of success with Larry, but he announced hisa late gig wouild be on
August 31, 1969. Despite rumours that he was leaving the band
to get married, Larry explained in a quote in Spotlight that it was
"purely a personal decision for the sake of my health and my
business."
In
September, the band announced 24 year old Gene Stuart would take
over as the band's new lead singer and his first appearance with
them was in Tullamore on September 19th, 1969. Larry would release a
single on his own and tour Britain as a "special guest" of Dermot
Hegarty and the Plainsmen in late September, 1969.
Gene had previously been with the Regents
Showband
By 1974, Larry Cunningham, Ronnie Griffiths,
and Gene Stuart had come and gone and Martin Geraghty was the new
lead singer with this legendary showband. Gene formed The
Homesteaders in Fall of 1974.
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