The Columbia Showband was a band I enjoyed dancing to and they had a fine singer, Eddie Mack, who was very like Butch Moore vocally. All of this leads me to the questions (a) Where is Eddie Mack now and is he still involved in the music business (b) The Columbia made a number of recordings and recently a person mentioned that someone in the Arklow area brought out a Cd with all of the bands recordings on it. If this is true can anyone help me obtain a copy?

Hi Tiptop, I was in the Columbia with Eddie and right now he lives two doors away from me here in Arklow. Next door to him is Mick Tyrell bass with the Columbia and next door is the house of the late Jimmy Cullen who drove our luxurious VW band wagon, when we weren't pushing it.
I don't know of a cd of the Columbia but only last weekend a friend told me he has a tape of all the Columbia stuff and is to loan it to me. If and when that happens, I'll let you know.

That was written by the late Sean Bonner, a native of Donegal, who lived in Arklow for years. He was a teacher and a very talented musician.

No prob