The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican

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The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican
l–r: Dave Doonican, Alan Doonican #2, Scott Doonican, J.R. Doonican, Mo-Jo Doonican
Background information
Origin	Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England
Genres	Folk music, parody music, pastiche
Years active	2006–present
Labels	Moon-On-A-Stick Records (their own independent label)
Members	Scott Doonican (17 June 2006 – present) Alan Doonican #2 (25 October 2014 – present) Jeremiah Rickenbacker Doonican III (10 February 2024 – present) Mo-Jo Doonican (10 February 2024 – present) Dave Doonican (10 February 2024 – present)
Past members	Danny Doonican (17 June 2006 – 17 March 2011) Alan Doonican #1 (24 June 2006 – 4 October 2014) Andy Doonican (8 April 2011 – 17 June 2016) Björn Doonicansson (20 April 2014 – 16 December 2023)
Website	www.thebarstewardsons.com

The Bar-Steward Sons of Val Doonican are a British comedy folk and parody band from Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Formed in 2006, they claim to be the hardest working comedy band in the UK, having played over 1300 shows throughout the UK. They are best known on the UK's festival scene, having played at major festivals including Glastonbury Festival, Cambridge Folk Festival, Beautiful Days, Bearded Theory, Rebellion Festival, Wychwood Festival, Kate Rusby's Underneath The Stars Festival, Towersey Festival, Wickham Festival, Shrewsbury Folk Festival and to an audience of 20,000 at Fairport's Cropredy Convention in August 2018, for their 900th show and again in 2022. Playing mainly acoustic folk instruments, they take popular songs and replace the lyrics with their own comedy reworkings, often on themes completely unrelated to the original song. They have independently released eleven studio albums (containing over 125 song parodies in total), and a large number of live albums. Presenting themselves as the long-lost children of Irish entertainer Val Doonican, and claiming to be "on a mission to keep their late, great spiritual father's legacy alive", the various members of the band have adopted the singer's surname for their shows, and wear brightly coloured hand-knitted tank-tops in tribute to Doonican's traditional knitwear.^[1][2][3]