Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

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The 1970s were a dangerous time in Ireland. An era known as “The Troubles” began in the late 1960s. It was protestants vs. Catholics, British loyalists against Irish unionists, the British army vs. the IRA, the UDA, and other groups…

There were bombings, assassinations, guerrilla campaigns, and roaming paramilitary groups, both official and unofficial.

It saw civil disobedience, riots, mass protests, segregation, and many, many deaths…more than 3500 people, mostly civilians, died before things calmed down in the late 90s. 

July 31, 1975, was one of the bloodiest nights in the history of Irish music…in fact, it rivals some of the worst violence against musicians outside hits involving drug cartels in Mexico and South America…and people are still looking for answers.

I’m Alan Cross, and this is episode 50 of “Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry”.

This is the story of what became known as “The Miami Showband Massacre”.

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