September 8th 2011.. ALLY HARRON and MARIAN CURRY Regular entertainers at our club when in England, Ally and Marian, as expected, gave us another show to savour with lots of good old country songs and Irish numbers, some hardly ever heard here. Early songs in the concert included Merle Haggard's, It's Not Love But It's Not Bad, Billy Jo Spears', 57 Chevrolet, Johnny Bond's, I Wonder Where You Are Tonight, Connie Smith's, Once A Day,Norma Jean's, Ramblin' Man and Hank Williams', Wedding Bells. Irish ditties fewatured were, Take Me Back To Mayo, Sing Me Lovely Leitrim, Your Wedding Day and Isle Of Inisfree and others. Their performance was non stop throughout and amongst the forty - six songs they delivered were, Alcohol Of Fame, a song recorded by Stonewall Jackson and Jerry Lee Lewis, Christy Lane's, One Day At A Time, Porter Wagner's, Blue House Painted White, Buck Owens', For Ever and Ever I Love You and Love's Gonna Live Here Again, Dr. Hook's, The One I'm Holding Now and Ricky Skaggs, I'll Take The Blame. Our members enthused about both Ally's and Marian's lead vocals and each other's harmonies and their guitar and keyboard skills and with such great entertainment, they will always be welcome here. Cyril Insley October 29th 2009 ALLY HARRON and MARIAN CURRY
There is always a warm welcome for tonight's artistes and this evening's visit from Ally and Marian was part of one of their frequent tours in the U.K. As always their concert was full of popular country songs and others less familiar to our members, all a complete joy. Amongst the better known numbers were Don Williams' We Should Be Together, Johnny Cash's, Ring Of Fire, Billie Jo Spears, Blanket On The Ground, Ricky Skaggs, I Wouldn't Change You If I Could, Tammy Wynette's, Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad, Hank Williams' I Can't Help It, Merle Haggard's, Somewhere Between, and Roy Acuff's, Wabash Cannon Ball. There were lots to that I cannot recall hearing before in our club, examples included Ally's latest c.d. single, a cover of George Jones', Wild Irish Rose, Crystal Gayle's, Before I'm Fool Enough To Give It One More Try, Vernon Oxford's,This Woman Of Mine, Australian Trio, The Wolverines, You're Never Too Old To Sing A Country Song, Porter Wagener's, Same Way You Came In and Stella Parton's, You're Easy To Love. A few Irish songs were also performed including, Galway Bay,Take Me Back To Mayo and a mandolin medley consisting of one of Ally's own compositions, Macalpine's Fusiliers and Stack O' Barley. Ally and Marian maintained the standard set by pevious concerts and as expected produced another show to savour Cyril Insley
June 4th 2009...ALLY HARRON and MARIAN CURRY
Following the success of their first excellent show last year,it was inevitable that Ally and Marian would be invited back to entertain us again. I can only confirm that tonight's performance was of the same high quality with lots of different songs, all of which our members applauded appreciatively. Immaculately dressed, they started this evening's concert with Crystal Gayle's, Wrong Road Again,George Jones', Someone I Used To Know, Hank Locklin's, Geisha Girl, Vernon Oxford's, Shadows Of My Mind, Buck Owens', Loves Gonna Live Here Again, and Don Williams', I Wouldn't Want To Live If You Didn't Love Me.
Songs new to our club included, Gene Watson's, You Sure Make Cheatin' Seem Easy, I'll Be All Smiles Tonight, which was covered by Kitty Wells, Roy Clarke and others. Numbers from their native Ireland were also featured including Jimmy Buckley's, Your Wedding Day,If We Only Had Old Ireland Over Here and Fields Of Athenry both have been covered by artistes too numerous to mention. Popular Country classics dominated throughout with Ally and Marian sharing lead vocals. These included Glen Campbell's, Rhinestone Cowboy, Keith Whitley / Laurie Morgan's, 'Till A Tear Becomes a Rose, Charley Prides, All I Have to Offer You Is Me, Merle Haggard's, Somewhere Between, Holding Things Together and Today I Started Loving You Again and Carl Smith's, Betcha My Heart I Love You. With such superb shows as this Ally and Marian will always be welcome at Northern Renegades. Cyril Insley May 1st 2008.. ALLY HARRON and MARIAN CURRYMaking their first appearance at our club tonight, the Enniskillen, Northern Ireland based Duo of Ally and Marian certainly endeared themselves to our members with a superb concert of good, old fashioned country music.
Having first met in the local choir of Derrylin, County Fermanagh when only teenagers, each persued a career in music, Ally ventured into Country whilst Marian chose Rock music. Each played in various bands and combos, both singing and acquiring instrumental skills, Ally on guitar, Marian on keyboards and mouth organ.
They were reunited in 1997 and decided to join forces, devising their own caberet act with the emphasis on Irish and Country music.
Tonight they were splendidly attired with Ally taking lead guitar and Marian on keyboard and / or harmonica, with each taking lead vocals and the other harmonising in fine style.
Starting with the Carl Smith 1951 hit, If Teardrops Were Pennies, they continued with Johnny Rodriguez's, Pass Me By and Buffy Saint Marie's, I'm Gonna Be A Country Girl Again.
The evening continued in similar vein for all three sessions with great vocals and instrumentation, to lots of songs not heard in our club before. These included, Woody Guthrie's, Reno Blues, also known as, Philadelphia Lawyer, Tommy Collins' / Merle Haggards, High On A Hilltop, Marty Robbins', Walking Piece Of Heaven, Tex Ritter's 1949 hit, Jealous Heart, Marie Osmonds 1973 no 1, Paper Roses, Hank Locklin's, This Song Is Just For You, Norma Jean's, Truck Driving Woman, Porter Wagner / Dolly Parton's, Forty Miles From Poplar Bluff ,and Bob Wills', Betcha My Heart I Love You.
Several Irish songs were also delivered and both listeners and dancers were more than content with the duo's excellent non - stop performance.
Tonight we witnessed one of the finest concerts of real Country Music, and I can only recommend highly that you go to an Ally / Marian show whenever the opportunity presents itself. I for one certainly look forward to seeing them again
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