Max Boyce

In November 1973, when Max Boyce recorded his first comedy album, 'Live at Treorchy', at the 150 seat Treorchy Rugby Club in South Wales, no one would have believed that 30 years later he would be performing in the other South Wales, New South Wales, Australia at the famous Sydney Opera House in front of 2500 people and a T.V. audience of millions. In the years between are sell-out tours around the world, Silver and Gold discs representing 2 million albums sold, best selling books, DVDs, dozens of television shows, Max Boyce specials on 'This Is Your Life', 'Parkinson', films and just for good measure a meeting with the Her Majesty the Queen to receive his MBE.

His coal mining background and love of Rugby are the inspiration for his greatest songs and stories. 'Duw It's Hardâ' and 'Rhondda Grey' capture perfectly the drama and trauma of the coal mining industry of South Wales, its tight knit communities, their inherent warmth, human sadness and passion.

'The Outside Half Factory', 'The French Trip', 'The Incredible Plan' are legendary tales of the camaraderie and comedy found in Rugby and so popular that in November 2005 EMI brought Max right up to date with a compilation CD 'The Very Best Of Max Boyce'. Supporters from every nation can identify with his tales, and all are united in their ability to laugh at the caricatures of themselves. One of Max's greatest moments was being present when 75,000 voices sang his song 'Hymns and Arias' at the opening of the 1999 Rugby World Cup at the magnificent Millennium Stadium, Cardiff which was then repeated in 2005!!

Max is revered alongside other great Welshmen, Dylan Thomas, Sir Harry Secombe, Tom Jones, but unlike the others, no one can really explain his success. His records, concerts and T.V shows and the affection which his audiences have for him, make him one of the most endearing and well-loved entertainers of our time.

For those of us that know him and have been privileged to see him perform, we are all proud to say 'I Was There'.

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