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Name: Fergus Bligh
Email: fergusbligh@live.ie
Date: 29 Sep 2008
Comments: Bring the good times
back!!! Love you Dickie xxx
Name: Geno Quinlan
Email: genoquinlan@hotmail.com
Date: 29 Sep 2008
Comments: I love Dickie x
Name: Lea Allmond (Kerrigan)
Email: auau95@dsl.pipex.com
Date: 28 Sep 2008
Comments: Hi Does anyone
remember the Tara Showband? played regularly at the Maple Leaf
Ballroom in Toronto Canada. My mother remmbers them well and would
love to know what happened to some of the members - she remembers
Norman Payne who was from Galway particularly. My father Jimmy
Kerrigan even has a trial for the band back in 1966/67. My mothers
name is Vicky and she and my father had emigrated to Canada in the
1960's. I know my mother would love to hear from anyone who can
remember. Thanks Lea
Name: margaret newton
Email: kenmarg@knewton8.wanadoo.co.uk
Date: 28 Sep 2008
Comments: can anyone tell me
where i can get a disc of mauisie mc daniel as i grew up in ireland
and listened regularly to her songs i live in preston and i cannot
get one here greatful for any help
Name: Gerald Sables
Email: cursedanna@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 24 Sep 2008
Comments: Hello, It was great to
find this site, I'm really pleased somebody did it and it's a great
resource, well done to all concerned. We are constantly looking for
recordings of Jonathan Ledingham/Jonathan Kelly and if anybody
reading this knows of any live audio recordings, (especially of
Jonathan Ledingham) or any video or movie footage that has survived
then I would be very grateful if they could let me know. Although
Jonathan made many TV appearences, no footage is known to have
survived which is a great tradgedy. All the best, Gerald Sables
Name: tara
Email: tinytara15@hotmail.com
Date: 20 Sep 2008
Comments: hi everyone. how r ya??
im just wanting to say that rosey hunter from shorty and the
heartbeats is a stunner n my mother in law to be... hehe. love
from tara and her son will xx
Name: jimmy bourke
Email: jimmybourke@hotmail.com
Date: 17 Sep 2008
Comments: The best web site that
I have yet seen. It is nearly as good as dancing to the Royal
Showband and Brendon Bowyer at the dancehall in Dromkeen
Co.Limerick.
Name: Michael Cleary
Email: mcleary000@sympatico.ca
Date: 17 Sep 2008
Comments: Great web site. Brings
back memories of all the dances we went to in Bundoran,Donegal Town
in the 60s. We now reside in Toronto Canada. Keep up the good work.
Patrica and Michael Cleary
Name: bobby fitzgerald
Email: bobbyfitzgerald@crawler.com
Date: 16 Sep 2008
Comments: re-mecca showband
based ballincollig cork.far right on photo jim callnan now working
circuit with his own band max rambles.front left kevin mcsweeney now
one man band.middle front dermot callnan.
Name: kathleen moran nee mccartan
Email: peadarandkate@hotmail.com
Date: 16 Sep 2008
Comments: I danced to the dixies
for many years in the 6os mostly in Lawlors ballroom in naas, my
favourite song was "to gether again" it brings back so many lovely
memories of my teenage years. Kathleen
Name: Ann Ward Murphy
Email: murphy_952@sympatico.ca
Date: 13 Sep 2008
Comments: Oh my gosh, what a
find your website is. Just surfing and found it. A great walk down
memory lane. Whatever happened to the Wexford Inn in Dublin ? Thank
you so much for the wonderful memories. Keep it going ! Ann from
Canada. Attention Susi Rose from Denmark. I tried to email you with
information - delivery failed. Here is some information that might
help you. You are looking for the words for "Irish Eyes". I do not
know the song but I tried these. Does the words say "My Rose of old
Erin my Kathleen mo mhuirnin Your eyes they could light many mantles
of love for there in your eyes is the dew of the morning You've
taken the light from the sky high above You've captured the blue
from .........."
Name: Justin Brady
Email: justinaidanbrady@gmail.com
Date: 13 Sep 2008
Comments: A trip down memory
lane. Well done, keep up the great work
Name: Ernie Durkin
Email: ashejd48@aol.com
Date: 13 Sep 2008
Comments: Hi, what a great job
you do with your website, its great to keep in touch with members of
the Irish Showbands. It brings back sentimental memories of the time
that I played with the Orange Machine, Stage Two, Gentry, etc. Keep
up the good work. P.S. If there is any Irish players in the Seattle
area, I'd like to hear from you. I still play on the weekends. All
the best, Ernie D.
Name: John Maguire
Email: gussiemaguire@gmail.com
Date: 13 Sep 2008
Comments: Very interesting -
glad to see Eamonn, John and Brian still entertaining and ,I hope,
in good form. (ref: Casino/Indians)
Name: George O'Hara
Email: george@ohara7574.fslife.co.uk
Date: 13 Sep 2008
Comments: Hi, I've just spent
this past hour or so brousing the site, your doing a great job. In
the 60s I played in The College Boys and then The People, and in the
70s I played in Light. Just a couple of minor tweaks for you, The
People were a Belfast group, not Portadown, and Light were
also Belfast not Dublin. Keep up the good work.
Name: Garry Fogarty
Email: garryfogarty@btinternet.com
Date: 11 Sep 2008
Comments: In the sixties in
Thurles my best friend was Ger Cornally who at that time played
drums for the Jack Hanley Showband and I used to travel with them to
gigs and because I was with them I used to have a great time. I left
Thurles in 1968 and shortly after came to England to train to be a
nurse where I still am. Its great to browse your site and it brings
back great memories of the Showband era. Ger went on to play for the
Skyrockets and as with a lot of things we lost touch. If anyone is
ever in contact with him please give him my best regards and remind
him of the day we rode miles on our bikes to see a girl he used to
like who worked in one of the hotels. Thank you for bringing back
great memories. Best Wishes, Garry Fogarty
Editor: We think Ger is still living in Thurles
and playing with Tony Stevens and the Rusty Roosters.
Name: aoife corrigan
Email: aoifemariec@hotmail.com
Date: 08 Sep 2008
Comments: hi my name is aoife
corrigan. i am tom dunphys grand-daughter. i think the website is a
wonderful tribute to some really talented men. its great to see all
the pictures and i can safely say im very proud to be related to the
great tom dunphy.
Name: juliet davies
Email: davies.juliet@googlemail.com
Date: 08 Sep 2008
Comments: I grew up listening to
your music and it is fantastic, im now living in england and every
now and again i like to listen to the music from the homeland,
favourite is indian wedding, so beautiful, xx
Name: susan cusack
Email: susancusack3@eircom.net
Date: 08 Sep 2008
Comments: i would love to know
if i could get a cassette of gina dale haze and the champions,as i
loved their songs.
Name: Frank O'Reilly
Email: franko47@bigpond.net.au
Date: 08 Sep 2008
Comments: Hi Guys and Gals..Just
a quickie to say how FABULOUS I think the site is..i'm getting on a
bit now (61) and the best years were the Showband years of the
60s..if you ever hear the showbands being slagged ..give it ti them
HARD,,,They were THE BEST,,,,a big Nevada / Jim Farley. /
Sands /.Freshmen fan.....WHAT DANCES and Dancehalls.....PURE
MAGIC...Love finding out where and what all the musos are up to
...or if they have passed on to the Great Dreamland in the
sky...Best wishes,.keep up the great work..Frank.
Name: Hans smit
Email: jfw.smit@12move.nl
Date: 01 Sep 2008
Comments: In the 60's, when
midium wave still had strong stations, I was a regular listener to
the Irish top 10 on monday evening. that's how I learnt to know and
appreciate Irish show bands. Some information on this page brings
back sentimental memories to me, as irish music was hardly known in
my country (Netherlands) at that time. But that is also why a lot of
information on your page is completely new to me (and most
interesting of course). I wish you a lot of success in maintaining
this page.
Name: Freddy Garcia
Email: fg.streetbob@gmail.com
Date: 28 Aug 2008
Comments: My good old friend
Malachy Kearns , told me many stories on my porch in
Mississauga Canada, of the old days , playing with Gene and The
Gents, best one was when the boys missed the ferry because of the
weather. Mal still plays in the Greater Toronto Area, he was a great
friend , i miss him.
Name: don moore
Email: donalmoore14@hotmail.com
Date: 28 Aug 2008
Comments: hi any one know spider
simpsons name or could i get a copy of one of his songs bye
bye
Name: Pat Walsh
Email: patwalshspain@gmail.com
Date: 24 Aug 2008
Comments: Keep up the good work.
Its people like you that make the world a better place to live. Best
Regards, Pat.
Name: barry patterson
Email: bpsmartart@talktalk.net
Date: 13 Aug 2008
Comments: Got your web address
from Brian (shorty) O'kane.Have been sitting with a grin on my face
for the last hour! The site brings back so many great memories.A lot
of hard work has gone into the site.Thanks for your effort, keep up
the good work. Keep music live.
Name: Marie
Email: menolan2@eircom.net
Date: 11 Aug 2008
Comments: Hello, l am looking
for any information on either Ray or Norman Clifford, they are
brothers and used to play in the Miami showband around 76-78, Norman
went on to play with Brendan Bowyer and the Big 8, but have
heard nothing ever since. I have come across photos of Norman
in the Big 8 phot page, and he is listed as unknown, l hope the
webmaster can correct as he deserves to be recognised, he was and l
hope still is a brilllian Trumpet/Sax player and singer as well.
Please email me if you know of their wherabouts. Thank you. Marie
Name: Joey Johnson nee Neville
Email: j.johnson@qmul.ac.uk
Date: 06 Aug 2008
Comments: Your web-site has
brought back so many memories. I went to all the dance
halls in Belfast during the 60's and loved every minute of it, I
danced seven nights a week. My favorite was the 'Orpheus' in
Belfast........I had some good Tuesday nights there.
I would love to hear from Ray Fitzgerald (guitar) we had some good
times in Dublin) he played for Jim Farley All Stars and The Monachs.
I would also love to hear from Vaughan Byrne who played for Jimmy
Johnson's Showband ( I remember your blue mini).
It has been great going down memory lane, I do miss the music.
With best wishes Joey
Name: George O Connor
Email: geeo795@hotmail.com
Date: 06 Aug 2008
Comments: Just found your
website while browsing, My father Paddy O Connor (Alto Sax ) was a
Musician who toured Ireland from the middle 30's through to approx
1960 When he moved to England .He died in London 1965 .Some of the
bands i remember were Atlantic Beach Band . Billy Carter
Charlie Nutty. Silver Seven (Drogheda) and many more i cannot
remember that he played ---with If you have any information on
any of the names i mentioned i would love to hear from you .
George O Connor
Name: dominic greene
Email: dominic.green1@upcmail.ie
Date: 05 Aug 2008
Comments: great stuff . i was
the guitar player in the memories .
Name: Denis Barry
Email: courty169@yahoo.com.au
Date: 05 Aug 2008
Comments: hello from australia
i wish i could get big toms dvd collection hea great makes me
home sick thanks verry much Denis Barry.
Name: Jim Maggs
Email: jmm@cymmerafan.freeserve.co.uk
Date: 04 Aug 2008
Comments: I saw Sandy Kelly in
Concert in 1993, when she toured with Slim Whitman and George
Hamilton iv. I enjoyed her very much and I'm disappointed no mention
has been made on this site of her touring with Slim Whitman,
who is afterall, a Great Country Legend and very popular in Britain
and the U.k. having toured about 15 times between 1956 and Oct 2002
(13 tours between 1970 and 2002) and whose career lasted more than
55 years. How about telling us more about Sandy? When was she born
and how she was partly brought up in Wales at Port Talbot, as I
seemed to remember her telling us?
Name: Padraig Long
Email: oluingp@yahoo.com
Date: 03 Aug 2008
Comments: Hi! The Jim
Cantwell Big Band was from Kilkenny and was made up of members of
The Nomads and The Black Aces. Paddy Day who joined them for a short
while in 1970 is from Tralee and is a first cousin of D.J. Curtin.He
had a mini hit with The Prisoner which was later recorded by Dermot
Hegarty as 21 Years. Paddy Day also sang with The Wandering Stars,
some of whom joined The Royal when the Big8 were formed.
Best Wishes, Padraig Long.
Name: Padraig Long
Email: oluingp@yahoo.com
Date: 29 Jul 2008
Comments: Hi! Just to let you
know that The Jimmy Rohan Ochestra was from Tralee. Regarding the
Airchords, there were major changes in the band in 1971 however the
band reformed with the majority of the Regal Showband joining Pat
Lynch and having two big hits - When We Were Young and Three Good
Reasons. They later changed their name to the Tree Tops and Derek
Davis joined the band for a short while - known as Pat Lynch, Mean
Tom and The Tree Tops, - Derek Davis being Mean Tom ! Pat Lynch and
The Tree Tops (without D D ) had a hit in 1972 with a song called
Darling. A few more bands for your list - The Skylons, The Merriemen,
the Telstars, Bunny Dalton Showband, The Country Hillsiders.
Killarney Swinging Jarveys, The Kerry Cowboys, The Spring Beats and
The Troubadours. The Abeline which you include in your list, became
The Tom Kelly Sound before they became The Fairways. Regarding The
Kerry Blues they had eight members for a while as one of the photos
shows - the member not listed being organist Oliver McCague who
hailed from N. Ireland if my memory serves me right. D.J. left to
join The Big 8 in 1977 and was replaced by Shiela Turner. Best
Wishes for now, Padraig Long.
Name: Tony Murray
Email: a.murray789@btinternet.com
Date: 24 Jul 2008
Comments: I would love to hear
from Bob Ormsby and any exmembers of the Bob Ormsby All Stars. We
are all knocking on a bit now and probably still performing. Strange
how we could be happy with a 30 watt amp. Now we won't settle for
anything less than a 1k sound system with all the trimmings. And
thats just for a solo artist. Maybe a section on equipment then and
now would create further interest in this already mind jogging and
thought prevoking site. Keep up the good work, All the best Tony
Name: seamus.garrity
Email: seamus.garrity@yahoo.com
Date: 13 Jul 2008
Comments: i am sorry to see that
there is no vidoes of your band on youtube as i would like to see
some musice because i have not been back home for 24years i miss the
good old bands like yours and big tom
Name: Irene
Email: donegallassie@gmail.com
Date: 09 Jul 2008
Comments: Hi there, Just want to
know whatever happened to Mike Munro & the Chessmen? They
played in the Plaza Ballroom in Buncrana and also Borderland
Ballroom in Muff. They were the greatest pop/rock ever to
appear in Inishowen. Mike and Band did a great version of
'River Deep Mountain High' -- Oh boy, I can still hear it!Regards
Irene
Name: Alex Clark
Email: alexclark34@eircom.net
Date: 08 Jul 2008
Comments: I was a member of the
band tenorsax.
Name: Geoff Denouve
Email: Denouve@googlemail.com
Date: 03 Jul 2008
Comments: Came across a website
that said George Kaye (Smokey Mountain Ramblers) died in a plane
crash. Then again i heard he is well and living in London. Does
anybody know?\
Editor's note: George is alive and well and living in
Germany.
Name: michael murray
Email: michael_snuff@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 02 Jul 2008
Comments: would to know the
names of the collegeboys popband thankyou
Name: ger baggott
Email: baggott@yahoo.com
Date: 01 Jul 2008
Comments: brings back lots of
great memories.well done.
Name: MARIE SWORDS
Email: SWORDSM@HOTMAIL.COM
Date: 30 Jun 2008
Comments: I am very saddened to
hear of the passing of Maisie McDaniel, what a lovely singer
she was. Only last week i found a c.d. of Maisie in my local record
shop it had all her hits on it. I would like to offer my sincere
sympathies to her family Maisie will never be forgotten.
Name: Sharon Green
Email: sd.green02@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 29 Jun 2008
Comments: My father, Pat Green
(Bat!) sung with The Cadets and the International Irish Showband
during the 1960's. He has been married to my mum, Veronica and
has two daughters, Michelle and Sharon and a son, Michael. He
is living in Birmingham, he continued to perform around the pubs and
clubs in the Midlands but retired a few years ago. Can you please
add his details in and update him. Thank you,
Name: Frank O'Reilly
Email: franko47@bigpon.net.au
Date: 24 Jun 2008
Comments: Hi. Just love getting
on every now and then to see if there are any recent ex-showband
stars (late i.e.)
a fabulous site.. Thanks. Frank
Name: eileen mcnamee
Email: emcnamee@nhs.net
Date: 22 Jun 2008
Comments: i was friendly
with the group frupp in the 1970's and would be very interested to
hear how they are doing. i live in dundee, scotland and frupp
played a few concerts here. i would be great to know how they
are!!
Name: Nicola McCrudden
Email: nic.mccrudden@googlemail.com
Date: 19 Jun 2008
Comments: Hi - just wanted to
say that the site is great for those who remember the glory of the
Irish show band days and also for the children of those great
musicians and singers. My father Gerry McCrudden passed away
suddenly in Feb 06 and we will never forget him. He was a legend and
was still entertaining the masses in Belfast playing (keyboards) and
singing up until a few days before he died (aged 70)- his last gig
was on valentines day for the swinging lovers! Tonight, 19th June
08, the Grenadiers and their wives are getting together for a meal
and to catch up with each other... sadly without Gerry and Bo but
Pauline and Lilah are there to represent them and honour their
memories. It just goes to show how true friendships were formed and
have lasted through the show bands. Something that makes me feel
very proud. Nicola McCrudden
Name: Neil Crawford
Email: donegalsearch@live.com
Date: 14 Jun 2008
Comments: Would appreciate any
memories or information about Neil Crawford...now aged around 70yrs
old.....he came from Burt, Donegal & played in several of the early
Irish showbands......possibly saxaphone player........would have
travelled around with bands & spent some time in scotland......Sorry,
have no idea of the names of these showbands so any help would be
appreciated......please e-mail me at above e-mail
address.....Thank you. (Brilliant site...well done)
Name: Susi Rose
Email: Elvitacia@hotmail.com
Date: 13 Jun 2008
Comments: I have several Celtic
cd´s. On one of them sing Ian Corrigan "Irish Eyes". Every day I
listen to that number. It touch a place in my soul. It drives me
crazy, that I can`t find the lyric to the song: Every time I seek,
it pop up with the number "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", and it`s
not that, it IS "Irish Eyes". I can hear every single word in the
song, but as english is not my first language, it`s sometime hard
for me to do spelling right. I live in Denmark.
Name: John Cutliffe
Email: johncutliffe@gmail.com
Date: 11 Jun 2008
Comments: Good to see you are
still going strong. :) Do
you remember a girl who sang with the plattermen for a few years?
from Coalisland? JUst couldnt remember her name. Take Care, John
Name: eamonn kelly
Email: nedthehead@gmail.com
Date: 09 Jun 2008
Comments: definately one of the
best pop & rock bands to tour the circut fantastic sound brilliant
musicans fabelous arrangments and a brilliant catalouge of songs
that other bands just werent doing ,oh those sweltring nights in
Kiltmeagh club chrystal i can only dream .
Name: Jerry Kelleher
Email: kellejerry@gmail.com
Date: 08 Jun 2008
Comments: Just for the record,
the Denis Moynihan Quintet hailed from Ballingeary Co Cork
Name: grey
Email: greyboar@bigpond.com
Date: 05 Jun 2008
Comments: keep up the good
work,sligo man in australia in my home town will i a stranger be.
Name: rita
Email: ritafreir31@hotmail.com
Date: 01 Jun 2008
Comments: have just discovered
your web site sent to me by my sister who lives in Florida
Looking through it brought back many happy memories of when i was
younger Well done keep up the good work slan for now
Name: MICHAEL CORRIGAN
Email: MICCORRIGAN@EIRCOM.NET
Date: 28 May 2008
Comments: IAN CORRIGAN HAD A
SUPERB SONG IN 1970 CALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.IT WAS A VERY
MOVING SONG AND TELLS OF AN ERA IN IRELAND WHEN SOMEONE WHO HAD
EMIGRATED,RETURNED ONE MORE TIME TO THEIR HOME TOWN TO REMEMBER OLD
TIMES AND PLACES,BEFORE FINALLY LEAVING FOREVER.I WONDER IF THIS
TRACK IS AVAILABLE ON CD TO PURCHASE OR IS IT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE
SHOWBAND COLLECTIONS.IT REALLY IS WORTH CHECKING OUT.
Name: Margaret Glynn
Email: glynn85@hotmail.com
Date: 27 May 2008
Comments: Hi can anyone tell me
what the drummer, Dessie Reynolds is doing these days.
Love this site.
Name: Eric Penman
Email: epenman@verizon.net
Date: 24 May 2008
Comments: Cead Mile Failte! I
heard of this great band back in the mid- to late-80's, perhaps 1985
or 1986, while I was a DJ at a place called The Irish Center
in Leeds, N.Y. I came upon an old, beat up cassette copy of one of
their albums which contained their version of "Clare to Here."
I have this by several other artists, but theirs was by far the best
I have heard. This cassette, which has long since been
destroyed, also included a song called "The Sunday Papers." Would
love to obtain this song/album in any format, including .mp3,
so I can once again enjoy it.
Thanks for any help someone might be able to provide me!
Name: oliver kane
Email: olork@eircom.net
Date: 22 May 2008
Comments: A really great site,
full of showband history, wonderfull, i have a few picts that i must
send on for inclusion. Those great times, can only be dreamed of;
Name: John Whyte
Email: jdwhyte@eircom.net
Date: 20 May 2008
Comments: I was wondering if
anybody ever heard of The Ritz ShowBand.My uncle Kevin O Sullivan
Managed and played with them but died last month.Any info would be
grateful.
Name: kieran smyth
Email: littlebear322@gmail.com
Date: 13 May 2008
Comments: i was the drumer with
the arcadians like to hear from anyone how rembers us or knows us
kieran smyth
Name: John Lalor
Email: jhnlalor@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 12 May 2008
Comments: I am delighted to say
that sandy kelly is a great irish aritist . One of my
favourite shows is Patsy Cline music and memories . Sandy
gives a great performance on the songs of Patsy Cline. Sandy also
does a bit of acting and the costumes were great . George
Hamilton 4th is the narrator and tells the story of Patsy
Cline and her sister Barbara takes part also. A wonderful show
.
Name: Frances Nora Ferris Greatbatch
Email: francesferris@cableone.net
Date: 12 May 2008
Comments: Miss the days of Dicky
Rock, & The Miami Showband. Boom Boom Room In Belfast. & many many
more.
Name: Tom Hudson
Email: th014h3214@blueyonder.co.uk
Date: 10 May 2008
Comments: This is a reply to
Declan Cassidy re his dad Brendan Cassidy, I played with Brendan in
the seventies and early eightys as a drummer and done loads of gigs
with him. He was, if not the best singer I knew in
Dublin then. I am shocked and saddened to only hear now
of his death. We did many gigs in Johnny Macs in Blessington and all
around Dublin then. Sad loss. May he rest in peace.
Name: vincent adair
Email: vin_mo@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 05 May 2008
Comments: Ex dorman with Town
Country, Newtownards, Locarno, Portaferry, Milanos, Bangor, Penny
Lane, Four Winds, Belfast, Strathearn, Hollywood and many more
venues. A lot of memories. Vincent. An enjoyable website.
Name: yvonne coleman
Email: yvonne.coleman@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 04 May 2008
Comments: hi everyone just to
let you know I am Mary Lous sister and she is sitting right here
beside me enjoying the nostalgaic photos of yesteryear. Mary says a
big hello to alll her fans from bygone days and to let you know she
is still belting out the tunes her and everybody elses fav at the
moment is valarie. . . better than amy whinehouse!
Name: Charley L. Botts
Email: bottscharles@sbcglobal.net
Date: 30 Apr 2008
Comments: Great music I love it.
Name: patrick mckeown
Email: patrickmckeown5@aol.com
Date: 27 Apr 2008
Comments: great music
Name: John Conneely
Email: seancon2@verizon.net
Date: 26 Apr 2008
Comments:
Love this site. I played many years back with: Raindrops -
Ohio - Virginians. Thank God we were young.
Name: christine flynn
Email: christineflynn@o2.ie
Date: 24 Apr 2008
Comments: i just want to say how
much joe will be missed by all of us in carrick-0n-suir.
Name: dale
Email: bishy_802@hotmail.com
Date: 23 Apr 2008
Comments: great website im only
19 but love looking at this page and know some of the artists
featured on it keep the good work up
Name: terry mcguiness
Email: mcguiness.terry@gmail.com
Date: 19 Apr 2008
Comments: hi did anyone know if
1 of laurie hartz backing singers was called kathy czene,?not sure
of spelling,she was from tipperary please can anyone help.
Name: noreen ballesty
Email: johnstonnoreen@hotmail.com
Date: 19 Apr 2008
Comments: Many the great night
we had at Joe's great shows. Bless his heart. Love and God bless you
Joe, Aaah, brings back great memories looking back at these pics.
Roseland in Moate. Noreen and Anna XXXXX
Name: george aitchison
Email: george.aitchison1@btinternet.com
Date: 19 Apr 2008
Comments: i have read Stevens
book its well worth reading the lord said forgive them they no not
what the do
Name: Don Sargent
Email: dsarg@ksu.edu
Date: 18 Apr 2008
Comments: Came across a website
that said Tom Dunphy recorded and album with "I Heard the Bluebirds
Sing". Can you help me with this. Would also be interested in other
recordings of this song. Also recordings with "Far Side Banks of
Jordan" Don Sargent
Name: bill lucas
Email: billy.lucas@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 18 Apr 2008
Comments: what a great
site,would like to know where i could buy some cds of eileen king i
have got eileen singing with ollie austin my favorite track is dont
close your eyes would love to buy some more ballards by her. can any
one help please. p.s i am living in the uk.thanks
Name: Therese Symons(Harkin)
Email: bobatdevon@talktalk.net
Date: 17 Apr 2008
Comments: I am Brian Harkin's
sister. It is great to see these pictures on your web site they
bring back very happy memories of my brother. Brian would have
been 65 years old this week on 19th April if he was still with us.
We will never forget him. Regards to all his friends. Therese
Name: Laura
Email: lovelylaura244@hotmail.com
Date: 17 Apr 2008
Comments: hello there. id just
like the say i absolutely love the indians. i remember going to see
them about 10 years ago in the dear park CO antrim and noel was
singing and so was his son. i think they are amazing. i am now 17
and still listen to their DVD which was made at pointons holliday
center. its amazing. i think their the best band of all time. Noel
was the best and hopefully his son will make him proud. Love them
all. Laura
Name: Brendan Mc Carthy
Email: justmac4@gmail.com
Date: 16 Apr 2008
Comments: Hi, Do any ex showband
members remember the Star ballroom in Cappamore Co.Limerick owned
and run by Pat Mc Carthy who is in his 80s and still going strong,
and misses those great dance hall years.The Star still stands but
unfortunately no longer as a dance hall, it closed its doors to the
dance world in 1976.
This is a great site to revisit those great years , different times
from today, but very exciting for everyone in the business and
especially the patrons who flocked to the dance halls to see and
enjoy their favourite bands week on week Thanks for the great site
and keep up the good work. Brendan Mc Carthy Limerick
Name: archie melville
Email: archie985@btinternet.com
Date: 15 Apr 2008
Comments: Great site
would like more information on other artists ie
jimmy bucklely martin cuffe brian coll.
Answer: Hi Archie, so would we....but only artists
who played in bands between 1950 and 1990.
Name: Bridget Carley
Email: bcarley@oceanfree.net
Date: 15 Apr 2008
Comments: Sorry to hear of death
of Barry Scully. My sister Marie was a friend of his from the
Donaghmeade days she was the female singer with the band there in
late 70s. She continued to use her stage name of Donna for years
while singing in cabarate in the 80s. Marie then formed a
group with myself and her brother called Donna and the sensations
which Barry wrote the dots for all our songs. I have clear memories
of meeting Barry in canteen in C. I .E . at the back of clearys.It
was there he gave us the dots to our songs I still have them today
signed by Barry himself. Sadly Marie passed away on nov 13 2007 aged
47 strange as it seems she died the same way as Barry did . It was
trying to locate Barry to tell him of Maries death ,I
found out about Barrys passing. I have great memories of my sister
Marie , one of the best was singing Argentina with
Barry and the lads of ORANGE the resident band in Donaghmeade
inn ,she was just a small young girl with a huge voice. I miss her
voice. A sad sister, Bridget
Name: john mannion
Email: john@2849.com
Date: 14 Apr 2008
Comments: Joe Dolan was one of
my favourite singers/entainers. I did meet him onetime in the MOGUL
resteraunt in All Saints in Manchester,that was in the early 70s. I
still remember it well,we were sat with Matt Monro 9another great
artieste)and Chic Taylor who owned the Bossanova night club in
Manchester. I did not believe my eyes when Joe Dolan walked in but i
cant rember who was with him,what a great night/morning we had
drinking champagne & brandy.The memory lives on of those great years
when i saw Joe first at a Carnival in Mountbellew,his singing,the
songs & the Drifters.I sure he is in Gods group of singing
angles.Long may his memories live with those who rember Joe & The
Drifters.God rest you in peace... (John Mannion)
Name: Marie Johnston
Email: ledwidge1@msn.com
Date: 14 Apr 2008
Comments: Hi, Just to let you
know in one of the bands you have posted on this site ---THE ODEON
SHOWBAND --- Left to right John Fennessy(drums) Horst Henchel (RIP)
Alan Gregory Paddy Byrne Fergie Gibson Jack Bayle --the Unknown band
member is Jimmy Ledwidge-- i know this to be fact he is my uncle
Great site. Marie Johnston
Name: Brian Hand
Email: brianjhand@eircom.net
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Comments: great site! would love
to know more!!!
Name: Brendan McCrthy
Email: brendanmccarthy7@hotmail.com
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Comments: I remember as a kid in
Dublin in my mothers when big tom and the mainliners boyswould visit
my mothers on their way to record in a studio in lesson street at
the time. Seamus Mcahon was married to my cousin, who was a
beautiful woman but is sadly no longer with us. Will never forget
the lads and the good times. Thanks for the memories lads. Brendan
McCarthy from Ranelagh
Name: Tony McKenna
Email: antomckenna@hotmail.com
Date: 12 Apr 2008
Comments: Many thanks for the
chance to look back
Name: david hughes
Email: cruise40@hotmail.com
Date: 11 Apr 2008
Comments: used to watch rock
stewart in the pier hotel portnablagh dunfanaghy co donegal in the
80s great band
Name: john martin
Email: johnw.martin@btinternet.com
Date: 10 Apr 2008
Comments: So sad to hear of
another legend who has joined the other legends in the sky, may
brendan o' brien breathe softly.
Name: jon
Email: ponkaton@aol.com
Date: 10 Apr 2008
Comments: hi my mom
had a bar in the 1970's in linden n.j. the willie
lynch trio played there. i have an album of
the divil is dead but i realy need a copy of the deep
set "hello amy" any ideas were i could find this
record? or is it availible 4 download somewhere? this is a
realy intresting site i have enjoyed the pictures and such
thank u ,jon
Name: Marie Swords
Email: swordsm@hotmail.com
Date: 10 Apr 2008
Comments: I was so sad
about the death of the legend himself Joe Dolan. many a great
time was had dancing to Joe and The Drifters, he was the best .Also
sorry to hear Brendan O'Brien also died. May they rest in Peace. I
haven't been on this website in a while ,but its great to browse
through it . Keep up the good work its a wonderful site and looking
ay photos of bands we danced to takes us back. I will be viewing it
more often it takes me back to the good old showband days. I wonder
if anyone has C.Ds of Sandy Kelly . I cannot get her c.d.s anywhere.
Ithink she is great . I will pay for any discs or cassettes.
Name: Michael Ryan
Email: mrmbryan@hotmail.com
Date: 08 Apr 2008
Comments: Your column on
Showbands revived so many memories of my childhood in Nenagh. Like
most of my friends of that time , we were in our early teens, thus
unable to gain admission to the various dance venues. However we
would stand outside to watch the band members arrive and be
awestruck by the attire, musical instruments, equipment and
personality of all the ' Celebrities ' On numerous occasions we
would sit on the flat roof by the side of the scouts hall, Now
the Nenagh post office and watch the bands and dancing. I still
remember listening to Billy O Brien play, Jack White singing etc.
Strange how you have revived all those beautiful childhood memories.
I left Nenagh with the rest of my family to live in England, in
1963. Looking back to those happy times, it's sad to day that we
have lost that beautiful innocence of the showband era
Name: Declan Cassidy
Email: deccass2005@hotmail.com
Date: 08 Apr 2008
Comments: Hi my dads name is
Brendan cassidy AKA Keith kelly from, Keith kelly and kanses city.
He died in 1998, id just like to say thanks he would
have been tickled pink to know the band have pic's on the net......
thanks.
Name: mike landers
Email: michael.landers@comcast.net
Date: 06 Apr 2008
Comments: Love the site!
Name: Ann Foley
Email: amff@oceanfree.net
Date: 06 Apr 2008
Comments: Your web site is very
interesting. It is giving people an in sight into Tina.
I recently met Tina so I did a search and found your website. Anne.
Name: brian cluterham
Email: texas@adam.com.au
Date: 06 Apr 2008
Comments: fabulous music, i have
an old tape and love it. please come back.
Name: Conor O'Brien
Email: conoro_brien@hotmail.com
Date: 05 Apr 2008
Comments: Just looking up stuff
about my Dad, he just died, I'm devastated!
Name: Sinead O'Brien
Email: sineadthornton@rogers.com
Date: 05 Apr 2008
Comments: Hello, My name is
Sinead O'Brien the youngest child of Brendan O'Brien. He will be
greatly missed as he was a fantastic Dad!
Name: nuala conboy
Email: nualaconboy@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 05 Apr 2008
Comments: Brendan was a great
favourite in County Mayo. May he rest in peace.
Name: Alick Locke
Email: alick.locke@bigpond.com
Date: 05 Apr 2008
Comments: Excellent material,
just love it keep it up.
Name: pete kinsey
Email: pete_kinsey@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 05 Apr 2008
Comments: Still can't understand
why the showbands never made it big in the uk, as they were just as
good as some of the british uk bands. Would still love to hear from
John Mcmanus, Irelands greatest ever drummer with New Blues and The
Cotton Mill Boys, he was a good pal and introduced me to Guinness
too, would love to hear from anyone who remembers me from the
showband days, or from the North Star where I stayed in Dublin from
1975 to 1984.Keep up the good work Gerry.Best Wishes, Pete.
Name: Nicola O'Driscoll
Email: nicoladriscoll@hotmail.com
Date: 05 Apr 2008
Comments:
Hi my name is Nicola
O'Driscoll. I live in turners cross in cork city ireland . I really
think the dixies is really good and i think joe mac is very good in
it . My mum and dad - mary & neil know him very well since i was
small . I would love cd of the irish showband dixies music . It
think it is really good . I goes to see joe mac in the briar rose
pub in cork with my dad now and then. From nicola in ireland
Name: Paul Howourth
Email: paj121@hotmail.com
Date: 05 Apr 2008
Comments: Stiff little Fingers
are a brilliant band, so if you get the chance to see them live, Go
for it.
Name: M Ann Harte
Email: marogers@memphis.edu
Date: 04 Apr 2008
Comments: I enjoy all of your
music - especially "Back to Castleblayney" given to me by my father
Johnny Harte R.I.P. many years ago. Always, Ann Harte, Memphis
Blayney is my home town where I was born.
Name: Michelle O'Sullivan
Email: michelleosullivan@gmail.com
Date: 04 Apr 2008
Comments:
Great site. I was
scrolling through your listings of all your showbands clicked on
Fontana showband, Cork. My dad was the drummer with the band, Eamonn
O'Sullivan.
Name: Michael
Email: michaelmaye@gmail.com
Date: 04 Apr 2008
Comments: Heartbroken at the
news of my beloved Brendan's death. Colette Browne, Letterkenny,Co.
Donegal.
Name: Eamonn O'Sullivan
Email: eamonnfontana@gmail.com
Date: 03 Apr 2008
Comments:
Enjoyed your pages on
Irish showbands keep up the good work from Eamonn the drummer of the
late Fontana showband Cork. Miss the sixties
Name: Eugene McGrail
Email: eugenemcgrail@btinternet.com
Date: 02 Apr 2008
Comments: just thinking of all
the bands ,does anyone know of any cds of gina dale haze and the
champions.
Name: Biff the Dude
Email: bflannagan@gmail.com
Date: 02 Apr 2008
Comments: A tremendous journey
down memory lane which brought me back to the 50s & 60s, and a
renewed appreciation of the times we were gifted to experience
I am looking forward to introducing the site to my children ,who by
their furtive grins at each other when I reminisce of these times
obviously think that I have lost the plot and gone Ga Ga ..
Know all little git's ! this will show them , they like most of this
generation tend to know the price of everything , and the value of
nothing. My congratulations to all concerned for what for me
has been an instant trip back to my youth , and in many ways
happier times than than the ones we now live in .Many thanks .
Brian.
Name: tony breen
Email: find_tc@yahoo.com
Date: 01 Apr 2008
Comments: Hi I'am living here in
Brighton an grew up listening to good Irish folk music music. I
would really love to know as much as I can about MOVIN HEARTS.
Name: deirdre brennan
Email: derdobrennan@hotmail.com
Date: 01 Apr 2008
Comments: hi love the site .my
brother played with the senators ,dave glover ,the cousins and a few
other bands over the years.... kevin brennan is his name and is now
strumming away in the u.s.a....we had a laugh at the pic of the
senators he had just joined and had'nt yet got his suit....and where
he got the check suit from i don't know hahah.D
Name: Philip Andrew Walker
Email: philratoath@gmail.com
Date: 01 Apr 2008
Comments: Dear sir / Madam,
While researching my Grandfather Who was a Drummer in the Johnny
Quigley All Stars, i have found that he is listed as Liam
Griffiths.... His Surname is actually Griffin, (William Griffin) He
died on feburary 26th 1992. He was taught the drums by Stan Feeney,
who is currently living in New Jersey in New York, and married Stans
Sister (My Grandmother) Elizabeth Feeney (became Elizabeth 'Lilly'
Griffin)..... Lilly Griffin Died in november 2003. I hope you find
this information useful.
Name: Vernon Herro
Email: myherro65@sbcglobal.net
Date: 31 Mar 2008
Comments: TONY I hope to see you
in our area california(Bay Area) before you decide to retire.
Vernon&Emily Herro.
Name: Jim Tobin
Email: thecartwrights3@verizon.net
Date: 31 Mar 2008
Comments: I'm a big fan of irish
music,great website keep up the good work.
Name: Thomas MacDonald
Email: handdss@donegal.net
Date: 31 Mar 2008
Comments: hi susan my wife is
looking for an album of yours called river road as her mother used
to play it all the time but we cant get it in the shops do you know
where we could find it but not on the net as i dont have a credit
card this is very important to her as her mother has died i would be
graetfull if you could get back to me. Thank you
Thomas MacDonald.
Name: sharon grant
Email: sharongrant@donegal.net
Date: 31 Mar 2008
Comments: hi im looking for
susan album with down river road song as it is my mothers fav song
but i cant get it anywere do you know where i can get it
Name: David Keane
Email: davidkeane65@aol.com
Date: 29 Mar 2008
Comments: Hi, I'm david keane
son of vinny keane from the hoedowners, would like to hear from
anyone connected to the band.ie brian dunphy who i hear is active in
the music industry.
Name: Marie
Email: marie769@btinternet.com
Date: 29 Mar 2008
Comments: My father was a band
member in 40s 50s his name was Matt Flanagan. I would like to hear
from any one who can remember them then. Or any photos from that era
with him on it. I have nothing of my Fathers
Name: jackie
Email: tandjwhelan@yahoo.com
Date: 29 Mar 2008
Comments: i love spud
Name: Don Hanna
Email: donhanna@hotmail.fr
Date: 27 Mar 2008
Comments: Thank you, thank you,
thank you for this wonderful nostalgic trip. I was an inveterate
jiver between 1960 and 1963, with a special interest in Dave Glover,
ranging from The Astor and The Technical College in Belfast, to the
Portrush ballroom and Caproni's in Bangor, where I also saw a wide
range of other bands. To see Jim "Kit" Carson and Dave Martin again
gave me a lot of pleasure A big moment in my life was seeing the
Royal Showband in Drogheda circa 1961, while I was the Rock and Roll
Redcoat at Butlin's Mosney. I now live in Paris where I'm glad to
say jiving is still alive and kicking! Congatulations on a brilliant
site! Don Hanna
Name: liam
Email: liam_littledevil@hotmail.com
Date: 27 Mar 2008
Comments: i think the
pictures of joe were very good
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