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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