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1) Boston Rose 2) Live At The Barrowlands 3) Live At The Parlour Bar, New York 4) My Last Farewell 5) Ordinary Sunday
“From the mean streets of Glasgow to the streets of New York…From West Palm Beach to West Belfast…” In the City of Glasgow one cold February evening in 1993, four young(ish) Irish musicians got together in the Scotia Bar in Stockwell Street. The meeting was to discuss a common idea of forming a professional Irish ballad group that would appeal to the thousands of second-generation Irish living around the city and in other parts of Scotland. Each musician was already performing with successful bands at the time; James and Michael with 'The Blarney Pilgrims', Joe with 'Celtic Connection' and Terry with 'Clantara'. With the help and guidance of Willie Biggam, successful manager of 'The Blarney Pilgrims', they started on a journey that would make them one of the most popular Irish rebel band around. They toured every Celtic/Irish club in Scotland and quickly branched out to England and Ireland. As their popularity grew, they were asked to perform in the USA and Canada and travelled through 45 states from New York to California on over 15 occasions. They have been featured on television, radio and in newspaper and magazine articles across the world. They recorded 6 best selling albums of Irish rebel music and a live concert video. Since those early days they toured and performed constantly all over Europe, the USA and Canada. They were special guests of 'The Wolfe Tones', 'The Dublin City Ramblers' and Paddy Reilly, among others, on many occasions at home and abroad. The original line-up was Joe Bracken from Dublin, Mick Murray, Terry and James McGinley all from Glasgow. This was the mainstay of the bands line-up until January 1999 when James McGinley left. James was replaced by Kevin O'Neill who performed with the group until 2001. Mick Murray also retired then and Joe and Terry performed as a duo for the next two years. After a decade on the road the band finally decided to call it a day. However, they leave behind them a fantastic catalogue of recorded Irish history for us to enjoy. They have earned themselves a place in the history of the Irish rebel balladeer. Sharing Widget |