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My abiding memory of the Miami Showband massacre is not the screaming of my band mates being slaughtered, it is the roaring, foul, hate-driven obscenities of their murderers which I now hear being repeated every day on social media. Stop it. Evil will not be defeated with hatred.

Proof, if ever proof was needed, that the sound of the music far, far outlasted the sound of their guns and their bombs.

We reformed as the ‘new’ Miami Showband in November 1975. By June 1976, I had left the band to get my first life back but it was gone forever. ‘The Bass Player; Anthem for the Innocent’ will be launched at Eason, O’Connell St. Dublin at 7:30pm on October 2nd this year.

They had guns, we had guitars.

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RT @MiamiShowband: Watch our Emmy nominated documentary, ReMastered: The Miami Showband Massacre, on Netflix.

As a member of the slaughtered Catholic and Protestant band, from north and south, whose final, self-penned record was titled ‘Love Is’, my question to British politicians who insist that politics has no place in music is, Why didn’t you insist on that 50 years ago?#MiamiShowband

Fifty years ago, the security forces, in collusion with terrorists, murdered a northern and southern, Catholic and Protestant totally apolitical pop group for bringing communities of differing political and religious persuasions together because they saw musicians as the problem.

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Every time I’ve told my story, gave an interview, spoke from a podium, sat at a microphone or stood in front of a camera, I left part of myself behind. I have left a lot on the pages of The Bass Player; Anthem for the Innocent. Perhaps, even more than I intended to when I began.

A great lineup for a great cause _ Irish Cancer Society.

RT @SarahBarr83: @EugeneReavey1's Book .'The Killing of the Reavey Brothers' is a gripping but harrowing read!. Hopefully, this can further….

Kenova/Denton is a masterclass in gaslighting and is intended to be the final and ultimate coverup of Britain’s Dirty War in Ireland. They have no shame.

I look forward very much to speaking with Professor Bill Rolston at Féile an Phobail at St. Mary's University College, Falls Road, Belfast on August 6th.

Delighted to be part of this wonderful project. Great music and great company. Thanks to Gerry, Tony and all at PM. #Hope and #Healing through #Music

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The attack on the Miami Showband had nothing to do with music, it was an attack on a band that brought both communities together.

'I asked The Craftsman, one of the most senior UVF leaders, if Irish ballad groups were ever considered a target but he laughed and said that whenever he went fishing with his friends to Galway, they'd go to traditional music pubs and that he particularly liked The Wolfe Tones.'.

Six years on from this post and not a day goes by that I don’t pray for this great man. Jimmy, who has since gone to his reward, will always be a hero to me and my family. I hope to visit Daisy Hill Hospital on July 31st to thank them for giving me the past 50 years of my life.