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Name: Jim Stecher
Email: jpsjcs@sbcglobal.net
Date: 03 Oct 2007
Comments: Excellent website!! We have been following
Tony Kenny, Daniel O'Donnell, Andy Cooney, Michael English, Foster &
Allen and their musicians for years. We are of German
heritage. However we enjoy Irish music very, very much.
Great music. Keep up the great work. Thanks. Jim Stecher.
St. Louis, MO
Name: michael shanagher
Email: mikeshan12003@yahoo.com
Date: 01 Oct 2007
Comments: The grandson of Thomas
Shanagher who played with his brothers in the IVY castle. A strong
tradition of music still in the blood line, from Shannon folk in
Roscommon to Troubadour in blackpool. The sound carries across the
pond. May the road rise up to meet you all
Name: Judi Phillips
Email: jpco@ecentral.com
Date: 29 Sep 2007
Comments: Wonderful to see a
photo of The Pattersons. They played Vail, Colorado in
the 60's and we just had the 45th birthday of Vail celebration -
we'd love to find out what the family is doing these days, to
include in our next reunion book. Also, we're looking
for Michael Mc Guinness - do you know where he is today?
Thanks!
Name: Tom Greeley
Email: greeley.tom@gmail.com
Date: 28 Sep 2007
Comments: Hi. I enjoyed looking
at your website. My name is Tom Greeley and I was in a group called
The Irish Travellers during the late seventys early eightys. Robert
and Richard Harrington were also in the group with me. I also played
with The Ivy Folk in the late sixties, with my sister Mary Greeley,
Billy Buckley, Mike Carroll and Cecil Whitty. I have sopme
photographs that may be of some use to you if you would like to put
them up on the website. Please send me an email and I will give you
more details on the background.
Name: Des Hickey
Email: desmondjhickey@gmail.com
Date: 28 Sep 2007
Comments: Hi. It's me again,
just popping in for another look around.
Name: Ray Kelly
Email: ray.kelly@esb.ie
Date: 28 Sep 2007
Comments: Web page is great. I
am a son of the late Billy Kelly Tuam and have very few photos of my
father as he died in the 70s and would be greatfull to anybody that
has some and might send them to me or a copy of them. Ray.
Name: Janet Wilson
Email: janjac75@aol.co.ok
Date: 26 Sep 2007
Comments: Hi did pat lynch and
the Airchords record the ring my mother wore? My mother sang this
song at our wedding and my sisters sadly she passed away 3yrs ago. I
would love to try and sing it at my daughters wedding but cant get
music. Can u tell me where i can get a copy of them sinning it so i
can get someone to learn the music. Thanx hope u can help Janet.
Name: Marty Walsh
Email: martywalsh@instantemail.t-mobile.co.uk
Date: 26 Sep 2007
Comments: Thank you for putting
a great site together. It certainly brings back some great-and not
so great-memories of my days in the Transit with the bottle of
Guinness between the knees of the flairs. Great stuff! Kaygeep agat
agit. Maygarty.
Name: James Quigley
Email: james.quigley2@jacobs.com
Date: 26 Sep 2007
Comments: Viewing your web site
and especially the pictures of the showbands, it brought back so
many great memories of the times I danced to these bands when I was
growing up in Swinford, Co. Mayo. I travelled all over the west of
Ireland to dance to these bands and I think they were just fantastic
and how I wish the showband and dance hall scene had lived on.
Name: BRYAN COLLUM
Email: BRANEDDIE@BEBO.COM
Date: 25 Sep 2007
Comments: I am a son of drummer
Chris Collum. Some of this stuff is unreal, i would have loved to
have been around to see it.
Name: patrick cassidy
Email: patrickcassidy@hotmail.com
Date: 25 Sep 2007
Comments: Mamas boys started of
as a band named pulse , then supported ufo at the ulster hall in
belfast october 1979 . although they were very good and very young
when pat mcmanus took to playing a violin bow across his guitar the
crowd were less than pleased at his " jimmy page " inpersonation , a
bit unfair as they really played a blinding set .
Name: ricci titcombe
Email: ric@sophisticats.biz
Date: 24 Sep 2007
Comments: Hi, trying to find
info on my uncle guitar player Dermot Maguire I know he played
with a band called Country Code + many other bands does anyone have
any stories photo's etc. Regards, Ricci
Name: JIMMY JOHNSTON
Email: jimmyjcomber@btinternet.com
Date: 24 Sep 2007
Comments: A great site! Keep up
the good work Jimmy.
Name: gerry martin
Email: gerry@gimartin.com
Date: 23 Sep 2007
Comments: Great site! Just
heard about it from a friend in Canada. I played guitar in the
original college Boys from '64 to 72'. I was a great time to be in
the band scene. We had a reunion on stage in 1998 at the Waterfront
with George Jones and some other bands including the Freshmen -
fantastic atmosphere. We were set to continue meeting and playing
when our bass player Wills McKinnie was tragically killed in a car
accident. One of the great benefits of playing at that time was
being support band to some of the legends of the pop era including
Roy Orbison, The Everley Brothers, P.J. Proby, Long John Baldry etc.
and getting to meet with them - some of the best memories I will
ever have. Keep up the good work.
Name: paul mcglinchey
Email: paulmcglinchey40@hotmail.com
Date: 22 Sep 2007
Comments: Just caught this site,
well done!
Name: James T Bourke
Email: Jimmybourke@hotmail.com
Date: 21 Sep 2007
Comments: I would like to have
the words of the song "the swallow" sang by the greatest Brendon
Bowyer
Name: Rosina Donaghy
Email: rosinadonaghy@btinternet.com
Date: 21 Sep 2007
Comments: thanks for showing us
these great photos, hey bring me back nearly 30 years.
Name: Sarah-Jayne
Email: laurajayne1207@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 20 Sep 2007
Comments: me and my sister
really like the irish showbands and i think we might go and see the
showbands at christmas time, we saw them last year.
Name: Barbara Larkin
Email: BarbLarkin10@aol.com
Date: 19 Sep 2007
Comments: You have a lovely site
and I enjoyed viewing it. I visited Doonbeg in Co.Clare this
summer and I am researching Irish history for they area.
Name: S. McGregor
Email: saffronmcgregor@yahoo.co,uk
Date: 15 Sep 2007
Comments: Hi, we saw the Indians
in Scotland in concert in a pub up north(cant remember where) . My
husband and I were really disappointed not to see Noel. Maybe
someday????
Name: P.J.Gannon
Email: pjgannon@ireland.com
Date: 14 Sep 2007
Comments: I am a retired Dr. (ucg
1962).BRILLIANT SITE!! ((Seapoint Salthill, Drumkeen, Palais London,
Barrys Hotel, Enniscrone ,etc etc kept me in good shape (fairly).I
have a photo of Johnny Flynns band in an old Tuam Herald. I knew
Johnny very well. He was a furniture builder in Tuam. .In the
Ffifties he was looking for a new name for the band.I suggested "The
Silver Squadron", however he stuck wit the old name,. The original
name was"John Joe Flynn" If you would like the photo I will
send it.I live in USA now. Johnny was a gettle GENTLEMAN ! Miko
Kelly was his manager never saw a better jiver !.PJ
Name: Bernard Quinn
Email: quinnc2@talk21.com
Date: 14 Sep 2007
Comments: great site its a pity
the Commerical in Dungannon is not going
Name: J J Dunne
Email: jonjodun@hotmail.com
Date: 14 Sep 2007
Comments: Just found your site
while searching for the words of a Red Hurley song. Vey impressed !
Name: Maurice Browne
Email: maur2004@oceanfree.net
Date: 11 Sep 2007
Comments: Brilliant site!! keep
up the great work best regards Maurice
Name: Kate Galway
Email: kayingalway@yahoo.com
Date: 08 Sep 2007
Comments: I am looking for any
information on Billy Brown , who played with Derrick Dean and the
Freshmen, from Belfast. in the sixties.
Answer: We have the story of the
band here.
Name: Belinda McCullagh
Email: belindamac@optonline.net
Date: 08 Sep 2007
Comments: just wanted to say
love the web site, my dad was DANNY PEARSE
Name: Davy Magee
Email: davy@thechevys.com
Date: 05 Sep 2007
Comments: Wow!!! Great memories
Name: Mary B
Email: maryfb45@hotmail.com
Date: 05 Sep 2007
Comments: Congrats on a
fantastic site. It sure brings back fond memories of
unforgetable nights spent dancing to the fabulous sounds of the
showbands in "The Mayflower" in Drumshanbo. I still remember
clearly, the first time I heard "The Mainliners" play. That
was July 1974 at "The Crock of Gold Carnival" in Drumshanbo ( Aaah!!!.....the
good old days of the carnivals!!!) I have been a fan of Big
Tom's ever since and he still is "THE KING" Keep up the good
work.........................and ta for reviving beautiful memories.
I definitely will be a regular visitor to your site. Mary B.
Name: Richie Anderson
Email: richieanderson1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 05 Sep 2007
Comments: It was great to see
some photos of the showbands from the era that I grew up in,some of
the bands I had completely forgotten about.Brilliant site keep up
the good work.Cheers
Name: Tracy McIntyre Clarges
Email: tracymcintyreclarges@gmail.com
Date: 05 Sep 2007
Comments: Hello. I am one
of the late Joe McIntyre's daughters. We still hear the graet
stories about my father from my mother. I would love to ear more
from other people. Regards Tracy Mcintyre
Name: Les Thompson, Derry
Email: leslie880thompson@btinternet.com
Date: 04 Sep 2007
Comments: MAGIC! I'm
already on your list. Its great to see some names that l had
forgotten about and in a way tinged with sadness at the passiing of
great days of our lives. I loved every minute and intend going
out again once l get myself sorted (healthwise). I'm
amazed at the work you all must have put into this great website and
wish you continuing luck and success with it. Cheers,
Les.
Name: Michael O'Hara
Email: michaelhohara'eircom.net
Date: 04 Sep 2007
Comments: Very good site
represents a lot of work and dedication. I still work in Joe
O'Neill's in Glenamaddy and worked for many listed here.
Brought back good memories
Name: Chereen Mc Goldrick
Email: Chereen.mcg@tiscali.co.uk
Date: 04 Sep 2007
Comments: Visit Brian's Fan
website and become a member and discuss everything you enjoy about
his music collection!
Name: Geraldine Dunne
Email: uischebatha@hotmail.com
Date: 04 Sep 2007
Comments: Great to view all the
old photo's. I'm the daughter of Sonny Knowles ( Pacific Showband)
and I'm now living in Australia. All the names and photo's bring
back so many memories of my childhood. This is a wonderful site.
Can't wait to show Dad next time he's out here in Oz....Regards
Geraldine
Name: Don & Cindy Bradley
Email: cpbradley@comcast.net
Date: 02 Sep 2007
Comments: Sandy Kelly,
Congratulations on your new show tour starting today. We saw
George Hamilton IV and Patsy's daughter, Julie, in Winchester today
at the Patsy Cline tribute weekend. He and we all send our
best to you and with our very best wishes for the new tour.
Wish we could all be there to see you. George leaves for
England in the morning! Don and Cindy Bradley
Name: Martin Hennessy
Email: musiclegends@hotmail.com
Date: 02 Sep 2007
Comments: I really enjoyed your
site. I was a member of the Rimshots Showband in the 60 s while
still at school. It was founded by two of Mick Delahunty's nephews
Johnny and Maxie Delahunty with two of their friends Joe Whelan and
Eamonn O'Toole all from Clonmel and all still alive and well. If you
contact me I can supply a photo. I regret that two former members
are now dead, Tommy O Dwyer Sax/Clarinet and Pat Murray singer. We
had great times and as a young boy {on guitar] it was a great
learning experience both musically and for life. Perhaps you could
put this in the archive. PS I now do good business reproducing live
that very showband music and really enjoy it. Hope to hear from you.
Regards, Martin Hennessy Clonmel Co Tipperary
Name: Relle Miell
Email: leatherandlace@people.net.au
Date: 31 Aug 2007
Comments: Hi, this is Relle
from Australia. I came looking for information on the lead singer of
the Indians in 1990' A friend lent me a DVD of the band in concert &
i was blown away.The singer was "Noel Brady' I was saddened to hear
that he has throat problems. i just wanted to let him know that his
voice gave me goosebumps & his showmanship & energy was phenomenal.
I Have'nt heard any other lineups of the band, but i'm sure that
they would be pretty good. If anyone has an address where i can
write to Noel, i would love to write him & tell him how much i
enjoyed his performance. Cheers, Relle from downunder Australia.
Name: harry moore
Email: harrymoore22@eircom.net
Date: 30 Aug 2007
Comments: I loved the showbands,
Congratulations on the website Harry Moore
Name: Patricia
Email: trisha.jc@hotmail.com
Date: 29 Aug 2007
Comments: new to your site i am
trying to find some information about what ever happened to gina
dale haze and the champions
Name: Paul Donnelly
Email: pauldonnelly05@eircom.net
Date: 29 Aug 2007
Comments: Hello There. This is
priceless Thanks you so much for the link. I miss them so much like
all the Irish Entertainment Pillers. Single Girl/Broken Wings was
released on THE Records Tony Hayes Entertainment
Dublin. The very best of luck with site. Cheers, Paul. Co. Louth
Name: Grainne Doherty
Email: kenned-yc@hotmail.com
Date: 29 Aug 2007
Comments: Does anyone out there
know of a Tony Doherty from Kilmacrennan? He died about 4 years ago.
played the accordion. married to Bridget. children: Mary, Geraldine,
Kevin, Noel and Raymond. Granchildren: Philip, Grainne, Evelyn,
Gavin, Damien, Jason, Eamonn, Shane, Arleen, Stephen, Nadine and
Ryan
Name: Meta Maitland
Email: Metamtlnd@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 28 Aug 2007
Comments: I was looking at
photos of the Witnesses in which my brother Walter played drums for
many years. The first 3 photos are all showing Walter(now deceased
on 26 th August 2002) but giving the name Dave Martin as the
drummer. This is definitely Walter I had to correct Walter's photo
previously as it was him ok but giving Joe Clarke's details This was
in memorium site but it appears to have been corrected now.
Just wanted to correct these details. Thanks I enjoy reading and
seeing photographs of all groups, my brother Danny was in the
Matadors(now deceased 4thJanuary 1987)
Answer: Thanks, we have made all the corrections
now.
Name: Kevin Maloney
Email: hilltop_studios@hotmail.com
Date: 28 Aug 2007
Comments: Hi. Just like to point
out one photograph credited as the Niagra showband, is in fact the
Riviera showband. I was the bass player with same. As you point out
Shay Cribben has sadly passed away, and also recently sax player
Malachy Tiernan. r.i.p. Really love your site, brings back lots of
memories. A great site. Thoroughly enjoy looking at all the old
photos, and reading the comments. Passes many enjoyable hours. Keep
up the good work. Regards, Kevin Maloney.
Name: P.J.Gormally.(Patsy)
Email: moiragormally@btinternet.com
Date: 27 Aug 2007
Comments: I loved your website
.Michael Commins is a prolific writer ,reporter, and gentleman. 100%
that's your website, keep it going.
Name: Phil Franco
Email: songs1962@aol.com
Date: 25 Aug 2007
Comments: Interesting site I
love sixties music and am interested in the showbands etc Great to
hear that there are great musicians around Enniskillen
Name: Carmel Murray
Email: crml-murray@yahoo.com
Date: 23 Aug 2007
Comments: Hi from Boston,
I was looking for info on The Miami Showband and came across this
website. Great Job
Name: edward jeffares
Email: curragh63@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 23 Aug 2007
Comments: wish the could
back the 60s and all the great showbands in Ireland .the
where happy times in Wexford and Waterford
Name: Patricia Barkley
Email: patricia.barkley3@btinternet.com
Date: 22 Aug 2007
Comments: Great Site enjoyed
look at the Photos i have a lot of albums of Gene Stuart/Brian Coll
if you would like covers for this website
Name: pat guilfoyle
Email: rapunzel.pat@gmail.com
Date: 18 Aug 2007
Comments: just wondering if i
could get any cds of band, been a long time since i heard any of
their songs.. saw them live a few times... good memories
Name: Ralph McNulty
Email: rc549@charter.net
Date: 17 Aug 2007
Comments: I am looking for an
E-mail address of Eileen King Rafferty.
Name: gerry muldoon
Email: 1212mul@oceanfree.net
Date: 16 Aug 2007
Comments: HI i played guitar
with Maurice Lynch R I P. from 1958 till1966 great times
made alot of friends i still play and i still enjoy it long may it
last
Name: Tom McCaffrey
Email: mccaffreytom@eircom.net
Date: 16 Aug 2007
Comments: It was a surprise to
see the George Duffy Orchestra on your site. I played the
piano, hiding behind Betty Moran, Lady Vocalist. I remember
Peter Brady playing with the band. He was very highly
recommended to George by The Irish Federation of Musicians. We
were based in Dundalk, and Peter would travel to Dundalk or we would
pick him up in Dublin as the venue would suit. The drummer was
Leo Mullen, whose son is a partner in a very prestigious law firm.
Leo was also the brother of the Saxophone player on the extreme
right, Gerry Mullen, and the brother of the famous Louis Mullen who
was the vocalist with Tommy O'Brien in the Crystal Ballroom, Dublin.
Name: Aidan Heggarty
Email: ladamanrock@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 15 Aug 2007
Comments: Seen Brendan Bowyer in
Ardee, Co. Louth this year. He was singing great and his band was
great too. If you have a good drummer in a band its a must. Nice to
hear a drum solo. Not too often we hear them these days. The late
Joe Dean from the Clippertones from Armagh was a top class drummer.
He always did a drum solo. True showband style. Paddy Green was
Keady was also a great drummer.
Name: Mike Whitman
Email: Mikewhitman@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 15 Aug 2007
Comments: Dear Friends: I've
just had a look at all the showbands on your site & its just
wonderful to look back all those years ago & see the many well known
bands that we knew so well. To see all the great work that you've
done to keep the many bands alive in our memories, is a total credit
to you and your team. Even i had forgot the amount of great
showbands & members who are sadly no longer with us! Through your
website, these very talented singers & musicans will live on in our
memories & its wonderful to know that there is someone like yourself
and your contacts who are very dedicated to keeping their names
alive.....These bands & the many members concerned were the true
musicians of our era!!! May I say.....god bless each & every one of
them and may they "rest in peace" knowing that their great music has
never been forgotten!!
Name: Jette Quinn
Email: csjequ@vestamt.dk
Date: 15 Aug 2007
Comments: I am a member of the
Quinn family. I was married with Murty Quinns (Sands Showband)
brother who lives in Denmark. I would love to know what happend to
Murty Quinn. Your website is great.
Name: Sinead O'Brien
Email: sineadlemonade@hotmail.com
Date: 14 Aug 2007
Comments: Great website! My dad
is Brendan O'Brien of the Dixies and it's great to see all the old
photos of him :o)
Name: malcolm smith
Email: malcolmsmith860@btinternet.com
Date: 14 Aug 2007
Comments: I'd like to know if
you can buy emmet spiceland cd,s i know what donel doing now but not
sure if michael&brian byrne are still recording, Heard michael is
into art does he have a web site to veiw any of his work. m.smith
Name: Katrina Dalton
Email: katrina.dalton2@upcmail.ie
Date: 13 Aug 2007
Comments: i would like to
know did dickie rock ever sing a song called my son .and if he did .
did he ever record it
Name: pete kinsey
Email: pete_kinsey@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 11 Aug 2007
Comments: Nice to see a feature
on New Blues, they were a super band, good singers and great
musicians, nice mixture of pop and country, but it was two of the
four girl singers, Lola and Carole who made it for me,Lola charted
with I'm So Afraid in 1974, and an RTE documentary on Carole
was shown on RTE TV o in 1976.Would love to hear from new blues
fans/ personnel.Best Wishes.Pete in Leicester uk.
Name: williesulthewake
Email: williesulthewake@hotmail.com
Date: 10 Aug 2007
Comments: Any information on
Cork folk group Finnegans Wake?
Name: sue mcphee
Email: sueandjohnm@gmail.com
Date: 09 Aug 2007
Comments: hi looking for any
info on Joe cuddy looking for some of his tapes mostly his Jurys inn
with the blue cover help help thanks
Name: stanley clarke
Email: jhsclarke@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 08 Aug 2007
Comments: Brian still the
greatest Long may you reign Thoughts are with you in your
recent bereavement From an exile who is far from Omagh tonight
Name: Peter Gray
Email: peter.gray8@ntlworld.com
Date: 07 Aug 2007
Comments: Many years ago I was
the youngest trumpet player playing the circuit and that was 1971.
I have the odd photograph of the Enarbarts the band which I belonged
to and will have them scanned and sent to you. Great website.
Name: Sarah-Jayne Hunter
Email: laurajayne1207@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 07 Aug 2007
Comments: Me and my sister both
like Irish music. That's why I am looking on your website.
Name: Sheelagh Death
Email: sheelaghdeathe@hotmail,com
Date: 06 Aug 2007
Comments: Great to find this
website. I was searching for information on Kelly when I came across
it. I would be very interested to learn what she is doing now. I was
the original Nevada fanclub Secretary many years ago and loved every
second of it. The gigs and the guys were great. Just to let
you know to my knowledge Bunty is still connected with the music
business. Peter, Bunty and Tom still live in Greystones Co. Wicklow
Name: Tony Murray
Email: a.murray789@btinternet.com
Date: 03 Aug 2007
Comments: Hi there, A great web
sight for old timers like my self. Any info on The Bob Ormsby
Allstars Showband, Des-sets and Des Furlong, The Panama Showband. I
would like to hear from former members. Good Luck to all, Tony.
Name: Robert Major
Email: rmajor@ceiarchitecture.com
Date: 02 Aug 2007
Comments: Hi, My father
George Major, now living in Canada is in a few of your band photos,
"The Gaylords" and "Dan and the Farmers". Nice to see that you have
been able to pull all of that information together.
Name: Tom Gray
Email: smithy@bellabo457.fsnet.co.uk
Date: 02 Aug 2007
Comments: Hi my father recently
passed away and I found some documentation in his house on a band he
was in in the 60s. I believe they were based in Omagh and the name
of the band was The Comet Showband my fathers name was Len Gray and
he played the drums any information would be appreciated. If any
photos are found and you would like me to pass them on could you
also please send some details of who I could send them to. Tom Gray
Name: Gerardine Mearon
Email: rosebine55@yahoo.com
Date: 01 Aug 2007
Comments: Hi Everybody, found
your site by accident. Love to see the story of the showbands being
kept alive. Danced in the seventies and the eighties in Casino
ballroom Castlerea and Ballyhaunis. Great social life and
entertainment from these great musicians. Keep up the good work. Was
wondering about Big Tom what he is doing now. Was the best ever.
Regards Gerardine.
Name: Mike Sullivan
Email: irishmike_02143@yahoo.com
Date: 31 Jul 2007
Comments: Hello from boston usa.
can anyone help me out with a cd i am looking for. its a cd by irish
singer Dermot Hegarty called "Connemara Rose" please feel free to
email me. I will be glad to exchange CDs in the post. Mike Sullivan
Name: Jennifer Pink
Email: jennypink_949@hotmail.com
Date: 31 Jul 2007
Comments: I'm from Australia and
lived in Dublin in 1973 and was a good friend of Tommy O'Flaherty
from Roly Daniels and The Green County. I have wonderful
memories from that time and would love to know anything about where
Tommy is now. I love your website. Thank you.
Jenny.
Name: Richy
Email: RichyD01@hotmail.com
Date: 30 Jul 2007
Comments:
Please help. Has anyone got the song, "21 Years," by Dermot Hegarty.
Email me please...
Name: Craig Houten
Email: craighouten@hotmail.com
Date: 30 Jul 2007
Comments: I'd never seen this
type site - very impressed! How can I get into Buncrana/Donegal? I
can't get in past the guest-book.
Name: Josephine King (nee) Hamilton
Email: j.king3090@ntlworld.com
Date: 29 Jul 2007
Comments: It was great looking
through the list of ballrooms you have created. In the mid
1960s my friends and myself who all worked at the Co-op in York
street, Belfast went to the Astor and Romanos. We also wet to
Milanos in Bangor. It's sad to see that all thes places have
been demolished. We also went to Clarks in Donegal Street
about 1964 before moving to the others. The showbands were
great. My friends were Eiliss Kane, Marie Mc Kibben, Hilda
Broderick, Marie Carson and my sister was Bridge Hamilton who also
went dancing.
Name: Domenico Lo Nigro
Email: d.lonigro@ntlworld.com
Date: 29 Jul 2007
Comments: Love the
website..interested in Miami Showband and in particular a female
vocalist who sang with them from 1982. Caroline Allen. I
met a Caroline Allen at Butlins Mosney in mid 70's who was always
singing and just trying to find out if this is the same person.
Name: jackie kelly
Email: mjsdkelly@hotmail.com
Date: 28 Jul 2007
Comments: very good site ,got
lots of good photos
Name: Glenn Campbell
Email: glencampbell72@btinternet.com
Date: 27 Jul 2007
Comments: Very good website for
Big Tom I think he is a great singer definately the king of country
music i hope he does another album next year does anyone have videos
of his show at the ardowen theatre i could have a copy of let me
know . cheers. glenn
Name: helen_doherty
Email: helenmac52@hotmail.com
Date: 27 Jul 2007
Comments: would like to know the
wherabouts of Paddy Higgins who was a drummer with Dermot Henry and
the Virginians
Name: Nathalie Peters
Email: n-peters@hotmail.com
Date: 25 Jul 2007
Comments: Hey here a message al
the way from holland. I am looking for irene mc elroy, i lost her
phone number and adress. I met her in tenerife whit my mother, and
she joined us in holland in her vacation. Now i see her picture on
this site and tought maybe u can help me to get in contact whit her
again. It would be very nice to talk to her after a long time.
Name: John Sheridan
Email: sheridan@sheridan.tc
Date: 24 Jul 2007
Comments: what a great site
!!!........ it sure brings back memories of the late 60's and early
70's in las vegas and the stardust hotel with brendan, tommy,
jimmy, d.j. frankie. rita and bridget. i can't remember names
anymore because i'm getting too damn old. the amazing thing is many
of us survived those days. it only goes to proove that there is a
god......however, i think stella's prayers carried some weight with
the big producer in the sky. gary richie (since deceased) and i
worked for klas-tv and we discovered brendan, late one night at the
flame restaurant across the street from the stardust. we spent many
a nights with brendan and the boys and girls at the stardust, which
later turned into years. we were all flirting with the grape at that
time ; but, since than i think most of us quit. i know i
did........... as long as i live, i will always remember brendan
bowyer as a talented preformer, a trusted friend and with a
personality you can't buy..... so, on august 22nd
1991 i named my 3rd son, brendan sheridan after
brendan bowyer..
Name: patricia shearer
Email: patriciashearer@talktalk.net
Date: 24 Jul 2007
Comments: I read in the Irish
Star (Mon 23 July) of plans in Cork to establish a Showband Walk of
Fame. Firstly-Well don Cork! It's about time. Does anyone have any
more details? Hopefully it will be a big occasion. Patricia
Name: Harry Martin
Email: henry.martin@ntlworld.com
Date: 23 Jul 2007
Comments: great site.....keep up
the good work. Billy ( snare) Garland is still a great mate.
Name: eamonn o sullivan
Email: eamonn.fontana@gmail.com
Date: 23 Jul 2007
Comments: hi eamonn here,ex
fontana -impact drummer ,great to see your site.it was good to see
the impact shown on your site,brought back memories.keep up the good
work.eamonn
Name: Mary
Email: marybor3@eircom.net
Date: 22 Jul 2007
Comments: I was a huge fan of
Joe Cuddy's but haven't heard anything about him for years, until
tonight, when on your web site, I see that he's still on the road!
Would love to hear him again. My favourite song was "Sometimes
When we Touch". For me, he was the only one who could sing
that song properly! Love your site. I've put it in my
Favourites.
Name: Colette McGivern Brannigan
Email: coletteb@blueyonder.co.uk
Date: 21 Jul 2007
Comments: Hello. Can anyone
help!!! Does anyone know where I can buy a SPOTLIGHT Magazine or any
showband memorablia, as im making a birthday box full of memories
for my fathers 65th birthday. He's from Newry Co Down and any idea's
welcome and very much appreciated. p.s Great site those days
looked great fun.
Name: Patrick Casey
Email: pmcasey@rogers.com
Date: 17 Jul 2007
Comments: Hi: Its a Great Site
Had a few beers With Ollie Cunningham of the Hoot'nanny's, tells
good story's about the Showbands. Again great site keep up the good
work. Love it Patrick Casey
Name: Michael Doherty
Email: mdoherty@lendingforyou.com
Date: 17 Jul 2007
Comments: I am the son of
Des (Doc) Doherty . He was one of the lads who left Joe Dolan and
formed The Times Showband. It is great to be able to look back at
these old pictures . It brings a smile to my face all the way over
here in America . I love you Dad . P.S
Thank you Irish-Showbands.Com
Name: eileen
Email: eileenclv@aol.co.uk
Date: 14 Jul 2007
Comments: Great web site for
information about the showband I think the came over to
Stranraer in the 70s as they were very well known as I used to
listen to them on downtown radio in them days when I was about 14/15
as my dad was a dairyman and milk the cows now I listen to
Hugo Duncan.
Name: Janice O'Rourke
Email: janice_orourke@yahoo.ie
Date: 14 Jul 2007
Comments: I loved looking at you
website and to see a picture of my Dad, Tommy O'Rourke taken in
1966, the same year that I was born. Can't wait to send the website
onto him! Janice
Name: Julie Fageaux
Email: juliefageaux@yahoo.com
Date: 12 Jul 2007
Comments: Where are Dennis
Murray and Tony Kenny mentioned? They were in the band also.
Tony Kenny is still in Ireland and Dennis Murray is in California
now and his son, Damien's band "The Wake" plays contemporary Irish
music, and his other two sons, Roy and Colin are in bands as well.
Would love to see Dennis and Tony mentioned in your updates.
Thank you.
Answer: Both are featured in the Sands Feature on
the site already.
Name: Tony Bevan
Email: bevanheaven@hotmail.com
Date: 10 Jul 2007
Comments: We enjoyed seeing you
in Cork in the 60's
Name: Martin Kenny
Email: mkenny5509@aol.com
Date: 10 Jul 2007
Comments: Best wishes to all
from NY.
Name: Bernie Monahan
Email: berniemon@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 09 Jul 2007
Comments: Patsy Mc Dermott was a
great guitarist and singer with the Everglades and the Travellers.
Where is he now?
Name: John Hayes
Email: pallasp@eircom.net
Date: 09 Jul 2007
Comments: Did Tom Dunphy every
record a song called Millers Cave? John Hayes
Answer from Tiptop: Yes is the answer to your
question. Tom Dunphy had a version of Millers Cave on his Tom
Dunphy Country LP on Release SRL 3005. Issued in 1970 , it is long
deleted and has never appeared (yet) on CD. Hope this helps.
Name: Claudine O'Carroll
Email: cara2925@aol.com
Date: 09 Jul 2007
Comments: I enjoyed looking at
your site and it was nice to see all the photos you have of the
Royal Blues. My dad, Doc Carroll (RIP) passed in 2005 but was
still on the road and played his last gigs in 2004. Its nice
to see all the showband entertainers acknowledged and others
remembered.
Name: Joe McDonagh
Email: jmcdonagh@nhs.net
Date: 07 Jul 2007
Comments: As a very young member
of Dickie Rock fan club as we were being brought up in Scotland my
father and mother spent their honeymoon in Ireland in Culdaf but
from that time till I was born my father and mother sang the songs
of Ireland so when my mother passed away at the age of 35 yrs it was
a great loss to me and dad and sister. When I got married to my wife
carol I told her of our time being brought up on songs and music
about showbands so when we got married the song we chose was, Every
Step of the Way" as my dad sung the great song as it had a place in
his heart and mine. In 2000 my dad passed away so the song lives on
in my heart. one day I will return to Culdaf.
Name: Billy O'Rourke
Email: billiorourke@eircom.net
Date: 07 Jul 2007
Comments: i would love to get
Noreen Bawn on karaoke its my favourite song i cant get it anywhere
please help me find it
Name: Brendan Moulds
Email: brud@mymeteor.ie
Date: 06 Jul 2007
Comments: My Dad was in the Dave
Moynihan Showband for many years but you don't have the photo. I was
looking for his name. He was Jim Moulds. Other members of the band
were Dave Moynihan, his sons Dave, Arthur and Tommy, Oliver Stephens
on drums and Tommy Redmond. I do not remember the rest of the
members. Unfortunately my Dad passed away on the 4th March 2002. He
had MS and was confined to a wheel chair for 6 to 7 years. Thank you
for keeping the memories of the great showbands alive with this site
as I grew up listening to them and hearing stories about showbands
through my Dad.
Name: Mike Sullivan
Email: irishmike_02143@yahoo.com
Date: 05 Jul 2007
Comments: Hello from Boston USA
I am wondering can any readers email me and help me out with 2 cds I
am looking for of Irish singer Dermot Hegarty - 1. Connemara Rose
and 2. What Ireland Means To Me. Willing to exchange cds in the
post.
Name: bobby forsythe
Email: bob.forsythe@btinternet.com
Date: 05 Jul 2007
Comments: Hi guitar Quigley All
Stars 1960/61 Johnny still gigging,Roy Adinell Tp Jackie Flavell/Trixi
Hamilton,bass,Other HEADS still gigging Gerry Rice,Tony Morilli ETC
All still gigging
Name: Oliver King
Email: ollieking1949@yahoo.co.uk
Date: 05 Jul 2007
Comments: I was at work and a
colleague mentioned some of the showbands of the 60's,70's and
up to the present day. So i started a search and came across your
well presented site so good luck its fantastic.
Name: Annette Maguire
Email: annettemaguire3@hotmail.com
Date: 03 Jul 2007
Comments: Love reading your
pages and looking at the photographs I am now in my mid
fifties but still enjoy the Irish Music and Showbands. It is
great to find out what happened to them and if they have retired or
still on the road
Name: ellen mcgovern
Email: emmcgovern256@hotmail.com
Date: 03 Jul 2007
Comments: I would love to see
Johnny Peters and Star Trek again. Are they still around?
Name: Eddie Doris
Email: tav.1ed@btinternet.com
Date: 03 Jul 2007
Comments: Congratulations on an
absolutely fantastic site. My dad, Malachy (RIP), would have loved
viewing this. Keep up the great work Gerry! --Eddie
Name: Pat Ross
Email: pat.ross@hotmail.co.uk
Date: 02 Jul 2007
Comments: hi i love reading what
everyone writes in im older now but love all the nostalgia from
dancehall days im so glad to have been part of the 1960 showband
scene and loved them all often wishing i had their talent to
entertain and big tom was and still is one of the best and i seen
him again in glasgow a few years back still sounding great and my
kids are older than i was on first hearing him so well done to
him and all others still entertaining and giving us all
nostalgic moments to remember i love this site tricia from
glasgow
Name: Michael Meally
Email: theresa_meally@hotmail.com
Date: 02 Jul 2007
Comments: I'm very interested in
finding an old friend of mine, i was wondering if anyone here could
help me or point me in the right direction. Gregroy Donaghy of the
Cadets used to be a great family friend of ours visiting us in are
home in birmigham uk when playing in town. I'd really like to get
back in touch with him and catch up on old times. looking forward to
your reply. - michael meally
Name: Glenice Seal
Email: gssseal@hotmail.com
Date: 02 Jul 2007
Comments: Hi Gerry .great
website thanks for the info on the cotton mill boys and the page on
des wilson .we were sorry to find he had passed away in
1990.R.I.P.des remembered by Glenice and Jon - Majorca 1976.
Name: william larkin
Email: willys_room@hotmail.com
Date: 01 Jul 2007
Comments: i met shay o'hara last
night at a reunion party, , he is a lovely man and still has a great
voice.. i was very pleased to meet him
Name: elizabeth valentine
Email: lizvalentine@ericom.net
Date: 01 Jul 2007
Comments: I was sorry to hear
about Dermot O'Brien died. I knew him when he played in Jury's
Cabaret. I met him there. I work in Jurys Hotel, Ballsbridge - from
Elizabeth Valentine.
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