#showbands

The following year, 1963, Johnny Cash and June Carter played in Granada on October 9th. I bet that was a night to remember! #The100DayProject #100DaysOfOldDays

"Nightingale" 

Irish showbands began performing at weddings, receptions and dancehalls in Ireland in the 1950's and quickly caught on in Irish America. These groups would feature an instrumentation more closely resembling an early rock band than any traditional or Irish orchestra band that came before them.  The main objective of the showband was to get the crowd dancing.  The showbands in Boston played all types of popular music from that era- early rock n' roll, country, and some old dixieland jazz in addition to Irish-American favorites such as "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen," or "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling."  Of course, a lot of traditional songs made the cut as well.

The Shannonaires were a Boston-Irish showband formed by Finbar Storer, who had previously played in some of the more prominent Irish orchestras.  You will hear him play the saxophone on this one, joined by his brother Frank on bass, guitarist Frank Lavelle and drummer Artie Porier.  This was their first album from the early 1960's.