Chessmen

One of the most adventurous Irish showbands from the mid-60s, the Chessmen featured vocalist Alan Dee, who was simply also a solid songwriter. It had been almost unprecedented for the showband to create their own materials, but Dee penned many hit songs such as for example ‘Fighting with each other’ and ‘What In The Globe Has Arrive Over You’. His ideal success, however, was included with an evocative ballad of emigration, ‘Michael Murphy’s Boy’. Using its haunting chorus (‘My name is certainly Patrick Joseph, I’m Michael Murphy’s Youngster’) the tune was played often on Radio Eireann and reached #4 4 in the Irish graphs in the summertime of 1966. The Chessmen appreciated the privilege to be maintained by Noel Pearson, a talented impresario who composed and was in the board from the Abbey Theater and manufacturer of such acclaimed Irish movies as My Still left Foot as well as the Field. However the Chessmen had been a promising action, they felt limited with the showband regular and fragmented in the past due 60s following departure of Dee.