Biography

George Millar, an immigrant from Northern Ireland was a co-founder of Irish/Canadian folk group, The Irish Rovers. As well as being a songwriter and actor, he was a co-host of The Irish Rovers Show, The Rovers Comedy House, Party with the Rovers, as well as several television Specials. Millar is also the owner of Rover Records, an indie record label that records in both Ireland and Canada.

We went on the show and sang, Whiskey You're the Devil. There were these little five-year-olds sitting on the floor in front of us. Of course the switchboards lit up.

After 45 years, you're wondering what's wrong with these people.

When we began we kept saying, 'Let's give it one more year.'

It was about two o'clock in the morning and all of a sudden on the radio comes our version of The Unicorn. We stopped the car and ran around screaming into the night in the desert because we couldn't believe it.