Spotify Release Info
Track: Star of the County Down
Artist: The Irish Rovers
Album: The Irish Rovers' gems
Artist Bio
Name: The Irish Rovers
Spotify Genres: sea shanties, celtic, celtic rock
Followers: 176,654
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Biography
Canadian band comprised of Irish ex-pats formed in Toronto by George Millar and Jimmy Ferguson soon after emigrating to Canada with George's cousin Joe Millar. After a couple years they went out to Calgary to join with George's brother Will and officially launched as a full band there. Best known for their international television series, and contributing to the popularization of Irish Music in North America. Owned the record label [l=Potato] and publishing company [l=Antrim Music Publishing Co.]. Best known for songs "Drunken Sailor", "The Unicorn", "Wasn't That A Party", "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer", "The Orange and the Green", "Whiskey on a Sunday" "Lily The Pink", "The Black Velvet Band", and "The Dublin Pub Crawl". Used the name [a=The Rovers (3)] for a few years in the early 1980s. [B]Current members:[/B] [a=George Millar] – vocals, guitar, bouzouki (1963–present) [a=Ian Millar] – vocals, bass guitar, guitar (2005–present) [a=Fred Graham (3)] – drums, bodhran, bones, vocals (2007–present) [a=Geoffrey Kelly] – tin whistle, flute, vocals (2008–present) [a=Gerry O'Connor] – fiddle (2013–present) [a=Davey Walker] – keyboards, vocals (2019–present) [a=Shane Farrell] – banjo, mandolin (2021–present) [a=Jimmy Keane] – accordion (2021–present) [B]Former members[/b] [a=Jimmy Ferguson] – vocals (1963–97; died on tour 1997) [a=Joe Millar] – vocals, accordion, harmonica, bass guitar (1963–68 / 1969–2005; died 2023) Vic Marcus – vocals, bass guitar (1963–64; died 2019) Doug Henderson – vocals, banjo (1963–64) [a=Will Millar] – vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin, tin whistle (1964–94) [a=Wilcil McDowell] – accordion (1968–2020; retired from touring 2018) [a=Kevin McKeown] – drums, bodhran, bones, vocals (1984–2002) [a=John Reynolds (21)] – vocals, guitar, harmonica (1995–2012; died 2021) [a=Wallace Hood] – mandolin, Irish bouzouki, cittern, tenor banjo, guitar, tin whistle (1995–2005) [a=Sean O'Driscoll] – mandolin, tenor banjo, bouzouki, box, vocals (1997–2021) [a=Paul Lawton (2)] – drums, bodhran, bones (2002–2005; died 2005) [a=Morris Crum] – accordion, keyboards, vocals (2012–2021) [a=Kevin Evans (7)] – vocals, guitar (2021–2023/4)
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Check this outPopular Tracks on Spotify
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1.Drunken SailorDrunken Sailor
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2.I'll Tell Me MaSongs for the Wee Folk
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3.The Jolly Roving TarAnother Round
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4.Star of the County DownThe Irish Rovers' gems
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5.Finnegan's WakeHardstuff
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6.The Dublin Pub CrawlDrunken Sailor
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7.The UnicornThe Unicorn
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8.Whiskey in the JarThe Irish Rovers 50 Years - Vol. 2
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9.Haul Away Joe40 Years a-Rovin'
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10.Donald Where's Your TrousersThe Irish Rovers' gems
Discogs Release Info
Release: The Irish Rovers - The Irish Rovers Collection
Year: 2002
Genres: Folk, World, & Country