Career
Until his departure in 1995, he was the group"s front manitoba He plays guitar, banjo, mandolin and tin whistle. Born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Millar formed a Calypso Band, Kalypso Kews, that performed for two years in Toronto"s Yonge Street at the Calypso Club.
Millar moved to Calgary, Alberta and hosted a children"s television show as well as forming an Irish folk trio. He brought them on his television show and started performing with them at Calgary"s first folk club, The Depression.
Under the guidance of Les Weinstein, Millar"s manager, he took the new group to San Francisco and after an audition they made the Purple Onion in San Francisco and the Ice House in Pasadena their home base club In 1968, under the production of Bud Dant of Decca Records, the group"s recording of the Shel Silverstein song "The Unicorn" went to #1 in Canada and #3 on the Billboard popular chart in the United States. and became the " signature song.
Between 1970 and 1973, Millar travelled back and forth between Ireland and Canada to manage an Irish Georgian manor and to host a television show.
In 1995, Millar, after 30 years of leading the grew restless to pursue other creative interests. He formed a new band called Some Mad Irishmen and released two CDs and toured extensively with his creation of the stage production of "Ireland.where the song and dance began". He also appeared semi-regularly on The Red Green Show as Jimmy McVeigh, a postman who was trying to repair a boat.
At this time he devoted a good part of his time to develop his first love of Artist
Since his departure from the, Millar has produced six solo albums. Four Celtic instrumental CDs were released by Chacra Music, The Lark in the Clear Aire, Celtic Seasons, Celtic Reverie and Journey of the Celt.
Two of these albums went Gold in Canada. Millar has published two books, Children of the Unicorn (published by McClelland and Stewart) and Messing About in Boats (published by Whitecap Publishers).
The latter made it to the top ten in The Globe and Mail"s non-fiction list.
Today Millar"s Art hangs in many Galleries across Canada and also back in Ireland. His annual Gallery Shows have become very popular.
