Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, John Lennon, credence clearwater revival, the band, The Pogues, U2, Johnny Cash, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, rufus wainright, Leadbelly, Rori Gallagher, Elton John, Guns n' Roses, AC/DC, "the legend"steve duffy, jezzebelle, rebecca howles, cilian foster, xavier cardriche, wayne brennan, wayne o'conner,The Darkness,Ray Heffernan, Ray Heffernan, Ray Heffernan and loads more i cant think of at this time . . . .
Sounds Like
It's acoustic. . . . or folk rock, I've heard it been called somewhat Dylasnesque with a bit of radiohead thrown in and Neil Young. That's as good as I can explain it . . . .
. . . . . . . . INFINITE RESPECT AND MANY THANKS TO;
Jaquiline @ the International, Dublin
Jazz @ bruxelles(the zodiac sessions) Dublin
Tom Anderson @Sarsfields(bagfull of songs) Drogheda
OLD RED --> PAUL KIRWAN AND ANTO MCELROY
PAUL KIRWAN: I've been playing the guitar now for probably about 12 years collectively,the harmonica for about 5 years and the piano for about three years ,I started off as a drummer for DUBBED, we played dorans and the mean fiddler and a few smaller venues. I've been in many bands that never saw a stage, bar two:DUBBED and MOANY LISA(both with a lot of potential but fell apart) my first real solo gig was in Austrailia, Coffs harbour, The Coffs Hotel ,in 2003, when I got home I tried around the Dublin suburbs without any real progress, lots of experience but nothing else. I then gained the confidence ti play songs I had written, people seemed to like them . . . .
My first obsession was with the beatles (John in particular), so I learned from them for a year or two, who better to be inspired by than the best, then I came across neil young, who can write THE most beautiful songs n never changed his views for no one!! . . Jimi Hendrix came next, where I started ti play abit of lead guitar, his phenominal talent just blew me away, anything he put his hand to was just so cool and attractive to the ear, (let alone his historical set at woodstock), then I dicovered Bob Dylan . . . . and everything changed for me, my perceptions, my songwriting, "tangled up in blue" hooked me in and I've never looked back since, I've learned so much from him, I consider him a mentor more than just someone I like ti listen to. . . I have loads of other influences, but these four are the main ones . . . . .
Things started to change when I played at "Dollyfest" in Mitchels, Slane, I opened up for some really great bands. It was a great day.
then I got in to the "Bagfull of Songs" in Sarsfields, Drogheda. Absolutely brilliant venue, Where your treated wih respect. I played on my own in mcPhails in Drogheda, a charity event, that was cool. I've played the "bagfulls" then and really had a great time, its a very welcoming place. The second time I had Bolger with me, I saw him play with a band called Shuffler, Excellent band, I think it was around mid 2006, he was brilliant, I knew I need to play with someone who had that carisma n fearlessness on stage, he brought punk to Old Red, and played with me for about 3 months,we've since went our seperate ways, now i'm working on recording my album . . . .
ANTO MCELROY:I've been playing bass for about a year now . . . I played guitar for years and have been in a few bands . . I'm a rocker and a punk at heart, but I love all types of music. I was in one or two bands with Paul many years ago . . . now we travel and promote the band as best we can all over Ireland and America, supporting Counting Crows was a very big step for us . .
PAUL KIRWAN:I've gotten a lot of experience from playin round in ,the zodiac sessions(bruxxelles), the international, sin e, the bagfull of songs(sarsfields, drogheda, co.louth), the osta sessions(sligo) and many more, recently I was put on to the Potential collection 2, which is 13 people who play the zodiac sessions . . . massive repect to me aul mate jazz for that, he's a legend!
I've learned a lot from playin these places and from the people withwhom I've shared the stage, some really talented people and from the stage itself, its a constant learning process and I love every bit of it and just live to write!!!
"I dont know what I'm doin, I'm just doin what I know".................................
cheers
old red.....................................................................................................
"Its a poor whore who doesn't learn something every day" live @ THE ZODIAC SESSIONS, BRUXXELLES
promotional video, day 1, recording"THE POTENTIAL COLLECTION 2"@RAth studios . . .cheers to barry "jazz" finneagan
low and to the left but i'm gettin that seen to. i'm attemptin to climb the sound engineerin ladder and becomin poverty stricken in the process but its all good. you stayin in malahide or where r you? sweet to see you've got an album together. you recordin the whole thing here? have you got an irish number or anythin? we should get out for a beer or 2. duno how long its been but id say its wel overdue. peace
amazing, we loved it, we are still trying to settle back home but its very very hard! did the ruby sessions last night then zodiac tonight, would love to see ya dude while your home! anyway we did alot of gigs, recorded, met some great musicians, got a provisional l.a manager, made some dvds and made some crazy friends! plus hung out at the beach went on roller coasters and wrote some new songs for album number 2. its a completely different world over there. what bout u? how is new york treating ya??
what's the craic mate? long time. i hear your married and all these days. sounds like alls goin well. give us a shout and let me know how your gettin on. peace
Woop Woop! story Paulo! thanks for the gig in Brooklyn. had a great time. sorry I did'nt make it back the following week. would have liked to hang out a bit more but New York was a very busy holiday :) keep in touch and keep me posted. hi to Anto too cheers stace stace
hows life treating you over the northside...no wait sorry over in the states man? Say Czesc to your significant other for me! i hope all is well...absence makes the heart grow fonder...i dont know how much more fondness or absnce for that matter that my heart can take!
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