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Massachusetts

MAKING SMILES ONE SONG AT A TIME

JIM MURRAY - Manager and singer. Jim plays the guitar, mandolin and the Irish Bodhran Drum. Jim started his music career in musical comedies with various regional and semi-professional theatre groups around New England. Jim now is the manager, promoter and entertainer for three musical groups, one of them The Boston Rovers. His baritone voice lends a certainly quality to the musical performances . Jim has participated in musical performances in various locations around the world from England and Germany to Beijing and Shanghai ,China. While on his last tour of China, Jim and The Boston Rovers played at the Beijing International Folk Festival. The highlight of this tour was the unique pleasure of performing at two (2) of Beijing  Universities; where as always, Jim and The Boston Rovers were received warmly and with great pleasure by the universities  student body.


Taylor Whiteside performed for many years both as a solo folksinger and in the Irish band Northeast Winds, which opened for The Clancy Brothers on their US tours from 1985 through 2000. He also played backup for Tommy Makem during Tommy's solo years. He also is a member of The Brandywine Singers, a folk quartet that was big in the Sixties, (now we're all well over sixty – no, scratch that) and performs frequently with The Shaw Brothers (New Hampshire's "ambassadors of folk"). For several years he performed in Newfoundland in clubs and on the CBC. He has also worked with Irish tenor John McNally, The Kingston Trio, Crystal Gayle, Peter Yarrow and Paul Stookey, Maloney, O'Connell and Keane, The Highwaymen, The Brothers Four, Jim Kweskin, Patrick Sky, Norman Blake, Dave Mallett, Utah Phillips, Josh White, Jr.

Larry Young (aka Tobias Tripp) graduated from Dartmouth College where he majored 
In music and studied violin with Andrew Jennings and music history with Charles Hamm. 
Performing on violin,viola,guitar,cittern and voice and regularly runs Irish Sessions at O’Neils Irish  Pub in Salem every Friday and Sunday night.

Mike Whitney 
Lead and harmony vocals ,guitar,mandolin and fiddle. mikes musical journey has crossed through the genres of folk,Irish,country and bluegrass.He has recorded and performed with as The Cros Flies,Traditional Brew,Mo Fanny& Loose Shoes ,Down Dog,and Stone Soup among other projects.
Mikes musical North Star has always been about the music being upbeat,fun and engaging.


From the Boston Herald November 2015

As the crowds slowly poured through the gates on Yawkey Way and the excitement began to build outside of Fenway Park, the music seemed to get louder and louder and the band kicked it into another gear.

You could hear the accordion from a mile away. And, as you pushed through the turnstiles, you felt as if you had just walked into Ireland. An environment designed for baseball activities effectively transformed into an Irish festival.

Not one person inside the gates was complaining.

The five-member band Boston Rovers played harmoniously on the sidewalk, the crowd around them growing. The Wilmington-based Celtic band played some favorites — "Valparaiso," among others — but when they started playing "Whiskey In The Jar," things got serious.

As spectators sang and even danced along, Jim Murray, the band's bodhran drummer, selected people from the crowd, tapping them on the shoulder to come up and sing in front of a crowd.

"Are you having a good time?" he asked one woman.

Good times were truly had by most yesterday at Fenway, where Irish men and women traveled from far and wide for a hurling match between Irish giants Dublin and Galway, the first of its kind at Fenway in 61 years.




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    Stephen Hewitt

I'd give them 10 stars for talent! The Boston Rovers absolutely made our event. Great mix of songs and styles. They were exactly what we needed to honor my dad's wishes.

And bonus! They were a great group of guys

The Boston Rovers know how to get a crowd going!!

Boston Rovers were top notch. 

They really sent the tone for an awesome birthday for my mom. 

Very prepared, professional, easy to work with and the music was excellent!

Boston Rovers at Fenway Park November 22,2015

Irish Rover

Soliders Joy And Liberty

Leaving of liverpool

Sailors Hornpipe

Martin Greigh

Sailing Home to Connemara

Liverpool

Water is Wide

Irish Band

Celtic Band

Wedding Band

Finnegan's Wake

Rattlin' Bog

Fields Of Athenry

Courtin' In The Kitchen

Molly Malone 

Caledonia

Inisheer

Smash the Windows/ Donnybrook Fair

Swallow Tail/Kesh

Tripping To the Well / Maggie in the Woods

Johnson's Motor Car

St Ann's Reel

Si Bheag Si Mhor

The Mermaid

Maggie May

Star of the County Down

Four Green Fields

Irish Lullaby

Red is The Rose

Butcher Boy

Irish Eyes 

King of the Fairies

Off She Goes

Speed the Plow

Mason's Apron

Charlie on the MTA

Wild Rover

Th Unicorn Song

The Wild Rover

Isn't Grand Boys

Hills of Connemara

Nancy Whiskey

Gypsy Rover

Forty Shades of Green

Brennan on The Moor

Rosin the Bow

Whiskey in the Jar

Black Velvet Band

Danny Boy

All Around My hat

Wild Colonial Boy

Old Maid in the Garrett

I'll tell Me Ma

Irish Rovers

Leaving of Liverpool

The Wild Irish Rovers played at the gathering after our Dad's funeral.  When he passed, Dad always said he wanted a big party with Irish music and that's what we did.  The Wild Irish Rovers were great - and we had a wonderful celebration of Dad's life.

I've had several comments about how much people enjoyed them.  I'll definitely keep them in mind for future parties.

thanks again,
The Family of Ed Casey

The Wild Irish Rovers were exceptional at our Wilmington AIM group on Tuesday March 13.  The members loved the selection of music and raved about their performance.  We hope to have them back again next year...Thank again to Jim and Al for accommodating us with such short notice...You Rocked!

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