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Broadcast # 070623 - Information Page

Broadcast # 070623 Play List.

Neil Tobin - Jokes
Johnny McEvoy - Staten Island
Mary Black - Lovin You
Declan Nerney - Among The Wicklow Hills
Celtic Clan - The Scotsman
Foster & Allen - Songs Melody
Procol Harum - A Whiter Shade Of Pale
Brendan Grace - Jokes
Johnny McEvoy - Rich Man's Garden
Mick Flavin - Songs Selection
Brendan Shine - Songs Selection
Erins Melody - Coat Of Many Colors
Batt Burns - Jokes
Mary Black - I Just Want To Dance With You
Declan Nerney - I Still Miss Someone

 

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Neil Tobin

Johnny McEvoy

Mary Black

Declan Nerney

Declan Nerney was born in the heart of Ireland in Drumlish Co Longford, at a unique period of time in the music scene worldwide. A revolution in rock and pop brought us The Beatles, Elvis, and the Rolling Stones, while here in Ireland the magnificent showband boom was about to explode.

A young man growing up at that time, Declan was being heavily influenced by these greats and indeed was getting the rare opportunity to see most of the top showbands appear in his native town of Drumlish. He would cajole his mother into seeing Joe Dolan, Big Tom, Philomena Begley, The Capital Showband, and many more perform when the appeared at the marquee at the end of May and early June. From his vantage point close to the stage, he would absorb every move made by the guitarist in the bands, watching his fingers slide along the strings, hoping that one day he might be up there performing just like Dan O'Hara or Seamus McMahon...

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Celtic Clan

Procol Harum are an English psychedelic rock band, formed in the 1960s, who built a heavy foundation for what would become progressive rock. They are best known for their hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", though they have had a devoted cult following throughout their career.

Some of the roots of Procol Harum are in a live band led by Gary Brooker and Robin Trower called The Paramounts, popular performers in the early 1960s. They signed to Parlophone in 1963 (see 1963 in music) and released "Poison Ivy", a moderate British success in 1964 (see 1964 in music). They were unable to recreate this success, however, and the band fell apart in 1966 (see 1966 in music).

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Brendan Grace is an Irish comedian. He played the part of Murphy in the 1995 movie Moondance, and in 1996 he appeared in the Irish TV sitcom Father Ted as Father Fintan Stack. Brendan Grace's work for children's charities has won him many accolades. Grace was appointed president of Ireland's Performing Artists Trust Society, and he also received an honour which was bestowed on him by former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey, making him a Commissioner Of Peace in Ireland. Brendan's career has spanned over 35 years and he has worked with such legends as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr. and Liza Minnelli. The late Mr. Sinatra referred to him as his "man in Europe".

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Mick Flavin grew up in a thatched farmhouse in Ballinamuck, Co. Longford. Working on a farm and running wild through the fields was a favourite part of this country boy's young life. His early home life was centred around an old record player and this influenced his interest in music and in people like Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran, Hank Williams and Tex Ritter. On his way to the well for water he always held the bucket over his head so he could hear the reverberation of the sound when he sang.. His first guitar cost the princely sum of £4 and he learned to play it from a Guitar Tutor he bought in Denniston's Music Shop in Longford. From the expertise he acquired playing his guitar and singing, he received an offer at sixteen years of age to play in a local band, which lasted two years. To support his music he acquired a trade and concentrated on qualifying as a carpenter. Based in Dublin, he availed of every opportunity to see his favourite Country and Irish Bands playing at The National, Ierne, Irish Club, Garda Club, etc.

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Batt Burns, an elementary school principal in the village of Sneem, on The Ring of Kerry, began a second career as a Seanachie ( storyteller ) after he had won The All-Ireland Teachers Talent Competition in Dublin in 1983.

Prior to that he had worked to make significant changes in the curriculum of Irish Primary Schools by his experimental work in Environmental Studies and this led him into writing a series of textbooks on this topic.

As a youth in the Kerry Hills, he was surrounded by storytellers, and he spent invaluable years with his storytelling grandfather, Michael Clifford.

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