Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Pentangle, Damien Rice, Roy Harper, Crosby Stills and Nash, John Martyn, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Jose Gonzalez, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci.
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A sing on Durban beach in 1989, Anti-Apartheid is what we must decide
Born In the sunny town of Blackpool, my family moved to Kirkby Stephen; an awesome little town west of the pennines when I was 2 years old. In hindsight i cant imagine growing up anywhere else, living in an area where, after two minutes walk in any direction you can find little rivers, waterfalls open fields, small forests etc. I feel that growing up in this sort of environment has had a positive effect upon me. Once i attended the secondary school in kirkby Stephen, music started playing a more prominent role in my life. I was listening to more types of music and playing more. it wasn’t long before some friends and myself set up a band. Generally doing kinda-rocky songs, but we did try to be different. As I went through secondary school i started experimenting with other types of music. Having so many friends who played instruments helped. When we’d meet up on weekends, we’d have a smoke and then just spend the whole time jamming. Awesome Fun! Whilst completing my GCSE’s I found new artists who just inspired me so much I couldn’t contain myself listening to them. It was like a new path had just appeared in front of me: Roy Harper, Bert Jansch, John Martyn, Nick Drake. I wanted to take music further and took up a BTEC National Diploma in music at Kendal College of Arts. This environment was just perfect for creating music. I found alot of friends at Kendal College, brought together by our love of music. Many Good bands were set up whilst we were all at college: Kwan Yin, K2, and the longest survivng act to date: Paddy and Jack! Well that was two years ago and since then i’ve been filling my time, writing, gigging and ramblin’. Great fun!
After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on myspace...
Poem (cum song) 2 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (please see my blog): WALKABOUT WITH MY PEN
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Once drove an old sedan, up north, From a place in Sydney to Cairns; Then to Kuranda I went forth, By train, to look without set plans.
I browsed through the trendy market, With fresh fruits of tropical kind; Walked to the creek through lush thicket - Nature’s hand giving peace of mind.
I dined in a scenic cafe; Then, outside, as I wrote for yen, Some passing Kooris called-out: “Hey, You go walkabout with your pen.”
Request or question, I don’t know - Assured voices, elderly men. That’s now several years ago, And I’ve seen the world - with my pen.
Paddy Rogan has been played on the It's A Frog's Life Acoustic Podcast Show 73 - Instrumental Rewind VI - featuring the show's last nine instrumental bedding tracks played in full. There's music from Matt Stevens, Dick Gaughan, Barry Mc Cabe, The Persephone, and Kutumba. Two of the tracks are different mixes from the ones I originally played, and two of the tracks are introduced by members of the Association of Music Podcasting as part of the Hopping All Over The World feature.
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Hey Paddy, how've you been? Hopefully see you all over the Christmas Holidays at some point...be good to catch up and swap a musical yarn or two. Cheers.
Alright Pad. Was just listening to some of your stuff for the first time in ages. Awesome as always, I'll have to try and see you play some time in the new year. Hope all's good like
Paddy has been played on the It's A Frog's Life Acoustic Podcast Show 67 - Penny for the Guy. This special show features nine tracks for Guy Fawkes Night - or Bonfire Night as it's more commonly known here in the UK. There are tunes from Tracey Browne, Steve Tilston, Leon Rosselson, The Mountain Firework Company, Simon Connor, The Sleeping Years, Jody Cooper, Guy Taunton, Aidan Jones, and a bedding track called Guy Fawkes from Paddy Rogan.
To listen to the show follow the link above to this specific show or the link below to the general shownotes page. ..
Last year saw Andy C reign supreme once more as he was crowned Best DJ by Drum & bass Arena for the 6th successive year; a record for the drum and bass industry. He has been voted 28th in DJ mags top 100 poll of the worlds best DJs and MIXMAG voted him into their top 10 of the most influential people in UK clubland. Not often a DJ with accolades of that calibre drops into Carlisle and we are very honoured to have him here so make sure you come down for this once in a lifetime opportunity.
Cheers Paddy, there will be other good things happening not just knitting (although we would love to see you try!)... music in particular...watch this space!
