Episode 3 features Pat Kelly, whose career spans over fifty years; playing with some of Ireland’s most popular bands, including The Cowboys, Tweed, Louise Morrissey, Mick Flavin, Michael English and Robert Mizzell, among others. Here, Pat gives a unique and fascinating insight into The Showband era and why country music, in particular, still endures, almost unchanged, over the years.
Episode 2 of ‘Showband Heroes – Dancing in the Dark’ features two of Ireland’s greatest musical emissaries, Paddy Cole of The Capitol Showband and The Big 8, and Sandy Kelly of The Fairways Showband, who had her own TV series and toured and recorded with Johnny Cash.
Episode 1 of ‘Showband Heroes – Dancing in the Dark’ features Fr. Brian D’Arcy, the unofficial chaplain to the Showbands, Frankie McDonald, trumpet player with Joe Dolan since the late sixties, and Eamonn Keane, band leader with The Casino Showband and with The Indians, one of the most enduring bands… Read More »Showband Heroes 1: Fr Brian D’Arcy, Frankie McDonald, Eamonn Keane