The Days of Pearly Spenser ~ David McWilliams.

 The Days of Pearly Spenser ~ David McWilliams.

Probably the best song recorded by an Irish artist during the nineteen sixties (1967), and from the middle of the showband era, the above song was later recorded by Marc Almond and there are a number of versions of it on Youtube. David McWilliams was born on the 4th of July 1945 and died on the 8th of January 2002. The song was banned by the BBC because of its connection to pirate radio and is unusual in that its chorus is said to have been phoned in from a telephone box. Fine piece of work. The showband era in Ireland then makes today's entertainment scene look very tame indeed and the talent of the artists then was the equal of anything else at the time. Thousands would flock every weekend to county towns and carnivals where today you'd be lucky if you got a few hundred. Loaded by tryton111 and with thanks.