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| Paddy
Cole is in the center of the back row
Paddy later played with TheCapitol Showband and The Big 8 and is still leading his own band The All Stars |
The guy with the glasses standing in front
of
young Paddy Cole far left is John Beattie , who played organ/piano with the Mainliners and created that distinctive sound they had |
The Maurice Lynch Showband was an Irish Showband based in Castleblayney
Co Monaghan.
The band enjoyed great success throughout the 50s, 60s & early
70s and toured
Ireland, England United States, Canada and enjoyed a fantastic success
in Scotland.
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| Jazz Session | Maurice & his Brother Frankie |
The Maurice Lynch Showband from
Castleblaney
The Boys from Castleblaney put
on a highly professional show,
playing everything from hard driving
rock 'n' roll to sentimental Irish ballads,
intermixed with top-ten pop, singalong
standards
and country and western numbers.
Some musicians believe, probably
with justification,
that Maurice Lynch founded the
Country 'n' Irish tradition
which has been popular for so long
Maurice Lynch the Band Leader died
September 3rd 1987
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From John Bairds collection
bairdart@iol.ie
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