Eighties rock heroes bloom again for charity
Tuesday May 06 2008
EIGHTY hours of rock straight from the 1980s will be released as a CD compilation called 'Sunflower Nights' in aid of the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF), writes Olivia Kelleher.
Some of the best known Irish rock bands of that decade are featured on the CD.
All of 'Sunflower Nights' was recorded live at Kiely's of Mount Merrion in Dublin between September 2005 and September 2007.
Bands featured on the CD are Full Circle, Bree Harris and the Alias B Band, BeatClub, Big Easy, The Bogey Boys, Rocky de Valera and the Gravediggers, Fit Kilkenny & the Remoulds, Jimmy Faulkner & the Houseshakers, Jump The Gun, Katmandu, The Donal Kirk Band, Stepaside and Rob Strong.
Copies of 'Sunflower Nights' are on sale in Kiely's (www.kielys.com) and online on www.hospice-foundation.ie. The double CD costs €20.
