Things they say about

"The best thing to come out of Barnsley since the A61 to Sheffield"
Jarvis Cocker

"The world's greatest
'acoustic-comedy-classic-rock-cheesy-pop-hair-metal-folk-blues-beat-combo' ever to hail from Barnsley Rock City."
Sir Michael Parkinson

"The Bar-Steward Sons' legend will live on long after a lot of living legends have died"
Keith Richards

"Simply the best"
Tina Turner

"Absolute genius... like a chip off the old block"
V. Doonican
The Waterford Times
(no relation)

 "Playing everything from Judas Priest to Vera Lynn, they certainly had it covered".
Sister Wendy Beckett
Kerrang! Magazine

"They do for popular music what the 'Sound Of Music' did for hills"
J. Andrews

"Unbelievable."
That guy out of E.M.F.

"The best 60 seconds of my life"
A fan

Hailing from Barnsley Rock City in't north, The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican formed in 2006, when estranged brothers Scott and Danny Doonican, met by chance for the first time on-board a local mobile library, whilst both trying to research the origins of their family tree. Little did they know at the time, that their efforts at genealogy would reveal to them a very well kept secret. This revelation led them along the righteous garden path towards making their mark on the world of music and (very) light entertainment.

In the same way in which they were driven together, they were both compelled to follow in the footsteps of a legendary TV musician and entertainer, very close to their hearts.
Determined to follow in these immortal footsteps, they naturally began to perform other famous people’s songs complete with new lyrics about life in't North. To complete their squeaky-clean image, they became instantly recognisable for their immaculate hair and their stylish dress-sense.

Coincidentally, on that fateful day, on-board the mobile library, the duo was very soon to become a threesome (not in the biblical sense). The driver of the aforementioned book-bus, Alan Doonican, happened to share in their love for trendy knit-wear and had learned to play accordion from one of the books on his bus. It was no coincidence that brother Alan became an honorary member of the band, and Scott and Danny went on to become honorary members of the library.

Sadly, in March 2011, tragedy struck the band when Danny Doonican discovered a problem with the validity of his birth-certficate. Realising his true identity, the son of a sheet-metal worker from Sheffield, he went into exhile in Marbella. However, further family-tree research led the remaining Doonicans to locate another wayward Bar-Steward brother, former lion-tamer Andy Doonican, who they met for the first time, by accident in the easy-listening section of Barnsley's HMV store.

Together they continue their mission to keep their retired father's legacy alive.
The rest, as they say, is history...

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