Northern Ireland supergroup pay tribute to 90s singer songwriter
Ian Stewart is an ex-international footballer for Northern Ireland, who now works for the Irish Football Association. Ian has always been a keen follower of the music scene and in late 2019, having written some songs for football projects, Ian put a band together with his friend Philip McCarroll.
With McCarroll on lead vocals the duo assembled some of their favourite Northern Ireland musicians - Matthew Wilson, Eamon Lenehan, Jonny McGuinness, Phil Edgar and John Wilson - to become ‘The Back Four’
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One of Ian’s friends in his London days was musician Matthew Ashman, who sadly died in 1995, at only 35 years old. Ian felt that his ongs had been unfairly forgotten, and upon discovering a cassette demo, he became determined to give these tracks a new lease of life.
The Back Four got to work on updating the tunes and the limited-edition picture disc can be purchased at thebackfour.bigcartel.com.