Nobody ever said it
would be easy. Cooped up in a minibus with six or seven
'lads', changing in a toilet or a mineral-bar, dealing with
amorous punters and then facing the long journey home. It's
not a surprise that well over 95% of showband member were
male. On these pages, IrishShowbands.Net turns the spotlight
on the girls who threw in their lot with a showband and
became stars in their own right.
Patricia Pender
from Edenderry fronted The Crackaways.
Tina Reynolds
began her career with The Mexicans.
Terry Mahon
sang with Jim Farley's Band for many years.
A rare being in '60s
Ireland - a female bass-player! Is this Patsy Fayne, later
of Paddywagon?
Dinky O'Day,
singer with Belfast's Banshees .
Tricia Dee
fronted Derry's Barristers
The
Nevada Showband was first launched as a backing band for
Maisie McDaniel
Cork girl
Eileen Kelly
had her big break when she
replaced the injured Maisie McDaniel in The Nevada
