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Sligo Musicians Archive
Listing as of
Thursday, May 01, 2014
The following is a partial listing of the
musicians from Sligo who played in nationally known (and local) bands during the showband era
(1950 to 1990). If you, or anyone you know is not on the list,
please let us
know by clicking here:
Please
click here to visit our In Memory page dedicated to those Sligo
musicians who have sadly passed away.
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Last, First |
Town |
County |
Instrument |
Bands |
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Behan, Christy |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Those Nervous Animals, Hennigan Blooze Band, Indian |
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Blennerhassett,James |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
Kim Newport Band, Hennigan Blooze Band, Frances Black, Mary Black |
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Brennan, Frankie |
Tubbercurry |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Clefonaires Showband, Montrose (Frankie sadly passed away in Oct.,
2003) |
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Brennan, Mickey |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Trombone |
Clefonaires Showband, Jack Ruane Showband, Victors, Jazz Ladds |
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Burns, Stan |
Strandhill |
Sligo |
Sax |
Capitol Showband, Jack Ruane Showband, Patch |
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Cavanagh, Kieran |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
New Blues |
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Carty, Rip |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Heartbeats Showband |
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Clancy, Frank |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Keyboards |
Stylos Showband,
Fleet, Gerry & The Ohio, Magic Band |
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Conlon, Kevin |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Dingle Spike |
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Conlon, Tommy |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Dee Leydon & The Powermen, Heartbeats |
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Devins, Sam |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
Tokens Showband, Foremost |
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Doyle, Tony |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Clefonaires Showband (passed away) |
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Duggan, Gerry |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar/Vocals |
Duggan Brothers/Brotherly Love/Family Band
(Sadly passed away 13 Sept, 2008) |
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Duggan, Ian |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Keybrds/Voc |
Duggan Brothers/Brotherly Love/Family Band (name
changes) |
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Duggan, Joss |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums/Vocals |
Duggan Brothers/Brotherly Love/Family Band (name
changes) |
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Duggan, Vinnie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass/Vocals |
Duggan Brothers/Brotherly Love/Family Band (name
changes) |
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Dunbar, Michael |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
The Ladds |
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Dwyer, Johnny |
Riverstown |
Sligo |
Drums |
Cathal Dunne and Stateside (died in the 90's we
think) |
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Ellis, Barbara |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Duskey Sisters, Sandy Kelly Band |
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Ellis, Philomena |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Fairways, Duskey Sisters. Sandy Kelly Band (a.k.a.
Sandy Duskey/Kelly) |
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Ely, Pat |
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Vocals |
Savoy Swing 7,
Smokey Mountain Ramblers, Rocky Tops |
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Fallon, Bernie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Smokey Mountain Ramblers, Rocky Tops, Tokens (sadly passed away) |
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Feeney, Gerry |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Keyboards |
Dee Leydon & The Powermen |
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Foley, Joe |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
Kim Newport Band, Showband Boys |
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Gallagher, Gerry |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar/KeyB |
Ritchie Fitzgerald Ceili Band,
Magic Band, Kim Newport Band, Aquarius, Sundown |
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Gallagher, Kim |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals/Keyb |
Kim Newport Band (a.k.a. Kim Newport) |
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Gallagher, Michael |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Kim Newport Band, California, Patch |
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Garvey, Pat |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Tokens Showband |
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Gillen, Roddy* |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Clefonaires Showband, Jazz Ladds |
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Gilmartin, Liam |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass/Gtr |
Ray Lynam Band, Hennigan Blooze Band, Stockton's Wing, Jargon, Foremost |
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Gilmartin, Michael |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Heartbeats, La Bamba |
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Gilmartin, Sean |
Grange |
Sligo |
Keyboards |
Roly Daniels Band, Philomena Begley's Ramblin Men, Brian Kennedy Band |
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Gordon, Dave |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Dave and the Friends (sadly passed away). |
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Gorman, "Flukie" |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Generation Gap, Jivenaires, Jazz Ladds, etc. |
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Haran, Sean |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Accordion/Vcl |
Clefonaires Showband |
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Healy, John* |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Trumpet |
Savoy Swing Seven (John sadly passed away) |
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Henry, Dermot |
Ballymote |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Dermot Henry and the Virginians, Entertainers |
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Higgins, Tommy |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Keyboards |
Smokey Mountain Ramblers, Pat Ely & The Rocky Tops |
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Keane, Ken |
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Sax |
Heartbeats Showband |
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Kelly, Billy |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Stylos Showband,
American Pie (emigrated to USA) |
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Kerins, Aidan |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
Stylos Showband, Tom Kelly Sound, Fairways |
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Kilcullen, Noel |
Enniscrone |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Abilene Showband, Fairways |
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Lee, Eddie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
Those Nervous Animals |
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Lenehan, Francie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Stylos Showband,
Ranchers, Twink Band, Cotton Mill Boys, American Pie, Rocky Tops |
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Lenehan, John |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
American Pie |
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Leydon, Dee |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Lincoln Express, Dee Leydon & The Powermen |
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Lynch, Phillip |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Students,
Dee Leydon & The Powermen (passed away in 2008) |
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Lynott, Dick |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Fairways, Quarrymen, Kim Newport Band |
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McDaniel, Masie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Fendermen, Nevada Showband (once married to Fintan
Stanley-passed away) |
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McDonogh, Joe |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Bass |
Dee Leydon & The Powermen |
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McGowan, Seamie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Kim Newport Band, Those Nervous Animals, Shelley River Band |
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McLaughlin, Seamie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Dee Leydon & The Powermen |
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McManus, Paul |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Sax |
Stylos Showband,
Chessmen |
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McWhirter, Willie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Foremost, Tokens Showband |
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Meehan, Pauric |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Those Nervous Animals |
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Middleton, Francie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Trumpet |
Stylos Showband, The Plainsmen |
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Morrison, Noel |
Tubbercurry |
Sligo |
Bass |
Clefonaires Showband (Noel sadly passed away) |
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Moore, Tom* |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Pumpkinhead, Midnight Well |
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Mulligan, Dorothy |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Tokens Showband |
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Neilsen, Carl |
Strandhill |
Sligo |
Trumpet |
Clefonaires Showband, Jazz Ladds |
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O'Donnell, Liam |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Tangents, Trinity, O'Donnells |
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O'Donnell, Michael |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
Tangents, Trinity, O'Donnells |
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O'Donnell, Tony |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar/Keybrds |
Savoy Swing 7,
Dee Leydon & The Powermen, Fintan Stanley & Maisie McDaniel |
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Potter, Pauric |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Clarinet |
Clefonaires Showband, Ohio, Jack Ruane Showband, Victors, Jazz Ladds |
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Smith, Dominic* |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Drums |
Clefonaires (Dominic sadly passed away) |
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Stewart, Noel |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Guitar |
The Relations, Showband Boys |
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Summers, Vinnie |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Sax |
Dee Leydon and the Powermen, Plainsmen |
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Verdon, Liam |
Sligo |
Sligo |
Vocals |
Stylos Showband |
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