COUNTRY BOY AT HEART: Art Supple at home on the family farm in Gortroe, East CorkI loved my show band life — ArtWHEN primary school teacher, Miss Glavin, took one of her six-year-old pupils, Arthur Supple, to Cork Opera House to see a musical. “My two sisters played the piano, but that was it.”He seemed destined for life on the family farm but said: “When I was at school in the CBS in Youghal, I joined a local band, Pat Irwin’s All Stars. “This young, tall, good-looking guy who auditioned for us, Art Supple, was just what we needed.”And he could sing. Warts and all.”Rolling back the Showband Years, with the Legends of the Cork Showband Era, is at Cork Opera House September 29/30. Art Supple is recording a new CD, South Carolina Rose, available soon.

Source: Evening echo September 29, 2018 11:48 UTC