Thanks for the message. Unfortunately I don't have plans to visit Germany just now. But I am sending the lyrics you asked for to your email address. Enjoy!
Paul B.
Thanks for the message and glad you enjoyed the Belfast gig. So did I! Pleased too you like the album. Keep her lit! Paul
I love the song 'Once in a lifetime on your new album. But I'm struggling to gei one chord. When you sing 'Real love waits its moment.real love wont play games, You Play G D Em and what's the next chord ? Thanks Eamonn
Re your query, it's not really a chord.. more a passing movement between Em and C. The shape is kind of a G9 with a D bass. On a piano the notes G & A and the B below them are played together by the right hand with a D octave D on the left hand. Hope that helps! Paul
I’m a long time follower of your music and your virtuoso guitar playing. Love the new Unfinished album and paricularly the traditional songs. Am currently visiting South Africa with an iPod to help the journey. As a kenn but very amateur guitarist I am intrigued at the Cocks are Crowing accompaniment. Can you tell me whether you have tuned differently and the wonderful subtle chord change that goes through the song. I am a long term struggler with Arthur McB.
Hope to catch you in the UK in 2018. Many thanks.
Ps my sister in law lives in Stepaside (Lettie McCarthy) where we visit her often. Yet to bump in to you in the Step Inn but that will be a relief for you!
First found your Arthur McBride on a mix Tape my brother gave me and it wasn't for many years until I knew who you were and dove into your catalog. The "thing" you have above most of the artists out today beside your considerable craft is emotional honesty. I believe every word you sing whether it's a traditional folk ballad or one of your own beautifully written songs. They touch me deeply. Thanks so much for keeping at it.
Brendan Moir
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Come to LA!
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I really love playing that venue. The sound is so 'heavenly' !!
Glad you enjoyed it. Have a great 2018!
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I would like toget in contact and ask you, if you are going to visit germany soon. And especially I am looking for the lyrics of your great Johnstons- Hit "Continental trailways bus" - Thank you very much - I like all your songs.
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Looooove the music! Keep it up!
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Thanks Ellen! Doing my best! Paul
Hi Paul, so good to see you at the gig in Belfast a few moths ago. Absolutely fantastic gig and then met up with some of the guys outside which just finished the night up. Enjoying the new album and enjoying some of the old ones again. Hope to see you out there again very soon.
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Hi Eamonn. Sorry this took a while. I intended answering some weeks back but the site was undergoing updates at the time. Then it went on the long finger, I'm afraid.
Hallo Mr Brady. I was just watching a video of you and Andy Irvine playing Arthur MacB in 1977, and feel that your guitar style, then as now, is the perfect kind of achievement- just a bit beyond my own skills, but with a rattling soul that keeps it in touch with common realities. Saw you at Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall in 1992 with my girlfriend Sally, and we felt part of something special. Can I post here a lyric of a song I wrote at Oxford Irish folk club in 1985 which might spark some interest in the Irish-English connection? I feel that story has been rather overblown by Enterprize narratives when the song I wrote was more about the Marxist connection. Thanks. Peter
Hi Paul
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Hi Nigel, forgive the long delay in replying. I use orthodox guitar tuning on guitar for Cocks Are Crowing. The middle and end instrumentals are also in orthodox tuning. Glad you like the song. It's one of my faves on the record. is your sister Lettie a councillor here? Best wishes, Paul
Hi Paul, all the best for 2018! Any plans to come to Germany eventually in 2018? We follow you since the early "Back to the Center" in `85 and never had the chance to see you live so far.
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Hi Uwe, thanks for the message and apologies for the delay in replying. It seems like I'm not going to get back to Germany in the near future. I guess I took my eye off the ball there and that market never developed for me. I regret that, but life goes on! Best wishes, Paul
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Thanks Brendan. Glad it works for you. I am keeping at it! Taking a little break from live work for a few months but still writing away.
If my husband and I could be said to share any music it’s Spirits Colliding which we always play when we go on any driving holiday. Love it! Can’t see how to get on your mailing list. Please add me. Thanks for all the hours of enjoyment listening to you. Val
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Hi Val, thanks for the message and glad you like Spirits Colliding. Try the latest album 'Unfinished Business'. Different but hopefully rewarding too! I don't really have a mailing list but I frequently post on Facebook....'Paul Brady Music' and those posts appear on my website home page.
At Cork Opera house concert and had a fabulous night. Thank you
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Thank you too Malachy. I enjoyed that gig a lot!
Daar Paul, here a message From the Netherlands. I got your. New album for Christmas . Great Album Keep on Going ! I,m a great fan. I even so you play in Waterfront Hall in Belfast. I think we were the onlangs Dutch. !! See you zoon somewhere. Greetings. Hans
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Hi Hans, so glad you like Unfinished Business! really appreciate your support. Hope you have a great 2018! Paul
Paul Didnt realise you were playing St Canices I hope you are planning some gigs in 2018 and maybe Waterford might feature. All the best for the festive break and 2018. Cheers Paulo
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Thanks Paulo! No plans to play Waterford just now but lets see what the year brings!
It was great to see you in Kilkenny on the 16th Dec. It was a great gig. We particularly loved " Nothing But the Same Old Story" on the night..............to say it was performed with passion is an understatement!!!
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Thanks, Guys,
Have been a fan for many years going back to the 70s. You just get better with. Thanks for the songs
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Thanks Diarmuid. I'm grateful to still be able to do what I do and love.
Just wanted to say thank you for giving me a year of great music and memories. Came to Dublin in May for the 40th anniversary tour, Saw you in September in London at Cadogan Hall and just flew over to Dublin again for tonights gig with the band- all were really fantastic events. Now have 15 of your CD's and your music is a constant companion - which song, depending on which words match my mood. Thank you so much for all the pleasure you bring to so many peoples lives including my own. Hope you get some rest before tomorrow nights gig.
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Hi Lusia, thanks for the message. I'm finally coming up for air after what was an exhausting but hugely enjoyable tour. So appreciate you came to all those concerts! Happy too that you're getting such pleasure from the songs. Paul
Hi Paul. Saw you for the 1st time in the Basement in Sydney the same night Crowded House were doing their farewell concert on the steps of the Opera House. Made the right choice in going to see you. Have been to a lot of your gigs in between and was in UL last night. It was even better than the 1st time - pure magic. So thanks - and congrats on getting better with age.
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Thanks Vivienne. I remember the Sydney gig well. It's been a while since I've played Australia. We all really enjoyed the UCH Limerick gig. It's fun to play with a band again. Paul
What a show last night in the Opera House in Cork for the new tour of the new album Unfinished Business. A mixture of new and old songs. It was brilliant.
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Hey! Thanks Kieran! It was the first gig on the tour so we were a bit raw but that sometimes makes it more 'real'. Glad you had fun! Paul
great show in cork opera house last night love the new music band were so good 10 out 10 well done come back soon
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10 out of 10? High praise indeed Denis. I'd give the same score to the audience in Cork. One of my fave cities in the world to play! Paul
Hi. Paul. While your version of Busted Loose will ever be bettered, the Chuck Farley Band make a pretty good effort at it. Worth a look on Youtube
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Had a look indeed Derek. Great version! Thanks for the message. Guitarist Steve Simpson was in the first band I put together in London 1981. That's where he learned the song! Paul
Any plans for gigs on UK mainland ?
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None right now, David. Sorry. Taking some time off early next year to make headway with writing a memoir. Maybe later in the year! Paul