Book review: Surviving a massacre, and the lasting emotional toll it takes

Tipperary-born musician Stephen Travers was a member of the Miami Showband and had witnessed the brutal murders of three of his bandmates by the UVF in Co Down in 1975
Book review: Surviving a massacre, and the lasting emotional toll it takes

Stephen Travers of the Miami Showband, attending the launch of Punks Listen at the Boole Library in UCC in 2022. File picture: David Keane

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025 - 15:00
 Colm o'Callaghan

  • The Bass Player: Surviving the Miami Showband Massacre
  • Stephen Travers with Alexandra Orton and fore word by Yvonne Watterson 
  • New Island Books, €17.95

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