Charlie and the Bhoys are a

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band from Scotland. They formed the band in the 1980s in

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in the East End of Glasgow and played their first concert at the Squirrel Bar in the Gallowgate,

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in 1989. They branded themselves as the "No.1 Glasgow Celtic Band in the World" in their early years but have since dropped this. The band have played the Glasgow Barrowland Ballroom 28 times. In February 2015, the band wrote a charity song for Celtic superfan Jay Beatty for the charity Downs and Proud which reached the top 100 of the UK iTunes charts and top 10 of the iTunes Country chart.

History

In 2011, the band was due to play a

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gig at the

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Civic Centre but due to "safety concerns" raised as the result of an organised campaign by Rangers fans,

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cancelled the event. It was later reorganised and held at an undisclosed location on Blantyre after accusations of a "witch hunt" against them. In 2013, they participated in the Ardoyne Fleadh. In 2015, concerns from residents in Cambuslang over the holding of a concert at the council-owned Cambuslang Institute, which sparked protests from members of the Loyalist community who stated the band sang "pro-IRA" songs.

Discography

Charlie and the Bhoys have released 10 albums to date + 1 official DVD): *''Charlie and the Bhoys (Yellow Album)'' - 1996 *''Live at Glasgow Barrowlands'' - 1998 *''Unplugged'' - 1999 *''The Greatest Celtic Album in the World Ever!'' - 1999 *''Dedicated'' - 2001 *''The Very Best Of'' - 2003 *''Raised on Celtic'' - 2005 *''Hail Hail The Songs Are Here'' - 2006 *''Dreams and Songs to Sing'' - 2007 *''What The Hell Do We Care'' - 2009 *''25 IN A ROW'' - 2014 ---- *''DVD - Live at Glasgow Barrowlands 2005''

Band members

*Charlie Boyle (not Devlin!) (founding member 1989 -) *Jimmy (founding member) *Rab (1999-) *Tam (2004-) *Frankie (founding member) *Wardie (1991-)

Charity work

The band were the first to fund the charity for the Celtic legend Tommy Burns. A five-figure sum was donated to the newly formed charity. The band auctioned (1 of only 2) 20th anniversary banners in 2010 through eBay/Oxfam for the Haiti earthquake disaster. Paul Morrison of Condorrat, Cumbernauld won with a top bid of £255. Paul is now the only person outside the band to have this banner, the other one will always remain with the band. In September 2009, the band wrote a song on behalf of friends and family of the late Kevin McDaid who was killed in Coleraine. The song was placed on IndieStore as a download which shot to number 1 in the IndieStore charts. All proceeds were donated to the family. In New York in 2007, the band appeared for the local Celtic Supporters Clubs to raise $5000 which was donated to the Glasgow Cancer Hospice. The band were honoured back in 2004 to head over to Sligo to headline an event to help raise money for the

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Statue. The band also helped the James Connolly Johnstone CSC with gigs in Bothwell for the (Jinky)

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statue in Viewpark, North Lanarksire, Scotland. In 2001, with The Brazen Head, a night was arranged with a selected audience for Bobby Murdoch. Bobby was the first Lisbon Lion to die. With guests including

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and Tony Roper £12,000 was raised for Bobby's family.

References

Sources

Doc Milligan’s, Review
– Doc Milligan's, Canada
Philly Newspaper Article
– The Philadelphia Inquirer

http://www.charlieandthebhoys.com
West of Scotland double standards - Fanzone
- Fanzone

– Belfast Telegraph
Ardoyne Fleadh, Belfast
– UTV News
Downs and Proud Charity Song - The Celts Are Here
– The Celts Are Here
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Song– Musix Match
Sarnia, Canada Event
The Observer
St.Patrick’s Concert Cancelled by Rangers fans
– Scottish TV News
Norway Celtic Fans Yearly Event
– Celtic Supporters Club Norway
The Bhoys are in town
- Canarian Weekly News
Ghost in Barrowland crowd
- Glasgow Live

External links

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Charlie and the Bhoys on Reverbnation
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