"Absolutely brilliant"
Darren Gough
Cricketer, Barnsley lad, Talk Radio Drive-time Host
"The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican were the highlights of Saturday afternoon, lampooning a genre that sometimes takes itself too seriously "
Jeff Robson, The Independent
(Review of The Bar-Steward Sons at Fairport's Cropredy Convention 2018)
" The Barnsley boys left the audience in stitches with exquisitely crafted parodies. Yorkshire's answer to Weird Al Yankovic."
Heather Kincaid
Wolverhampton What's On Review
THE LINKS PAGE
Photo by Graham Whitmore
SCOTT DOONICAN'S BIG NEET IN
During the coronavirus pandemic of 2020-2021, Scott and his partner Amanda, decided to do a weekly online show while the band were unable to go and play live shows in the real world. The result was a zany blend of Doonicans music, mad puppet characters, special guests and new music videos. The entire series of shows are archived HERE for you to re-watch again, along with an extensive archive tool which chronicles every show, created by fans, for fans.
Occasionally Scott & Amanda continue to broadcast the occasional BIG NEET IN or BIG NEET OUT LIVE show so keep an eye on the TOUR page for details.
JOIN OUR OFFICIAL FAN CLUB MAILING LIST
Just add your name and e-mail address and you are on board!
Simple!
THE BAR-STEWARD SONS OF VAL DOONICAN'S
FACEBOOK PAGE AND
FAN CLUB GROUP ON FACEBOOK
Our Official Facebook Page can be found at www.facebook.com/thedoonicans
If you are on The Social Network, why not pop over and give us a 'Like'?
Scott, Björn and Alan are all on Facebook too.
Over 9,800 Doonifans can't be wrong!
As well as our Facebook Page, we have an Official Fan Club Facebook Group. It is actually one of the best places to get all of the latest news about what the band are up to. Scott's rather prolific on Facebook, so you can be sure to get regular updates straight from the horse's mouth!
THE BAR-STEWARD SONS OF VAL DOONICAN ON BANDSINTOWN
Bandsintown is a great way of ensuring that you never miss a Doonicans show near you ever again. We update our website gig dates via this app, so if you click to 'Track' us, you will be notified if we are going to be playing in your area. What's not to love about that?
THE BAR-STEWARD SONS OF VAL DOONICAN ON TWITTER
For those of you that like your social media in more condensed 140 character-sized chunks, then look no further than our Official Twitter page.
We're not quite as interesting (or as popular) as Barack Obama or Stephen Fry, but we're on there, tweeting every now and then, anyway!
www.twitter.com/barstewardsons
THE BAR-STEWARD SONS OF VAL DOONICAN ON BANDCAMP
THE LYRICS ARCHIVE
We have added all of the lyrics to all of the songs from our first eleven studio albums from 2010 to 2022. Singalong with your favourites!
Click HERE!
TANGLEWOOD GUITARS
Scott Doonican is proud to play Tanglewood Guitars. Scott's trusty battered old 1995 Tanglewood TW55 (aptly dubbed 'The Workhorse') has seen him through 950+ shows between 2006-2019 with The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican (and counting). The company's motto is "Trust Tanglewood", and Scott's main acoustic is a testament to that ethos.
He also owns a second TW55 which he bought as a back-up in case anything ever happened to 'The Workhorse' (named Workhorse 2, which he tends to use at home to write with, as it has had never needed to be gigged, thanks to it's older sister being made of such strong stuff!)
As of 2018, Scott is now proud to be an official endorsee of Tanglewood Guitars (he was endorsing them for years unofficially, anyway!), and is now the proud owner of the last ever Tanglewood TSR3 jumbo acoustic to ever be put into production. Designed by reknowned Swedish luthier Michael Sanden, this is one of Tanglewood's most celebrated professional instruments at the highest end of their wide range. It has been dubbed the 'New No. 3' and alongside his trusty TW55 he is putting it through its paces too, during his solo shows.
GOLD TONE INSTRUMENTS
Since early 2019, Björn Doonicansson has become an official endorsee of Gold Tone Instruments.
He has been proud to play his trusty Gold Tone TS-250A Tenor Archtop Banjo during our live shows, since they kindly invited him to join their roster of world renowned artistes.
THE DOONICAN ARCHIVES
The Doonican Archives page, is a place where you can see how the band has evolved since 2006. It contains videos and recordings from all of the band's previous line-ups, and the current one too.
Take a trip down memory lane, and see what it was like when we were younger than we are now!
OTHER THINGS WE LIKE...
This is the part of the LINKS PAGE that transports you to other things we like. These are friends of the family, people we have collaborated with, or folk who do great things. Be sure to check them out.
Maartin Allcock - Maart was a multi-instrumentalist, a former member of both folk-rock leg-ends Fairport Convention and prog-rockers Jethro Tull, and a session musician with 300 albums under his belt. He also lent his experience to record production, and before his untimely passing, collaborated with us on a bunch of Christmas charity singles and other projects too. He will always be in our hearts and minds.
Disc Factory - Quite simply the best CD replication and duplication company we have ever worked with. Their customer service is impeccable, and the quality of their products is great enough to make us look good!
Bak Trak Pedal - an ingenious bit of tech kit that Scott uses every night on stage. Invented by the electronic genius Keith G Jones, Scott can't thank him enough.
Orchid Electronics - all members of the band use Orchid Electronics DI boxes, because they are simply the best. If you are in a band and need bomb-proof gig-ready equipment, John Godsland is your man!
