For the Irish handballer, see Paul Brady (handballer).
Paul Brady
Background information
Birth name Paul Joseph Brady
Born (1947-05-19) 19 May 1947 (age 65)
Origin Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Genres Folk, pop, traditional Irish
Occupations Musician, songwriter, record producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano, mandolin, bouzouki, tin whistle
Years active 1965–present
Associated acts Planxty, The Johnstons
Website https://www.paulbrady.com/

Paul Joseph Brady (born 19 May 1947)[1] is an Irish singer-songwriter, whose work straddles folk and pop. He was interested in a wide variety of music from an early age. During his career he has passed through several major bands and on to a successful solo phase. Initially popular for playing traditional Irish music in a duo with Andy Irvine and later with Tommy Peoples and Matt Molloy, he later turned to a more rock inspired electric style with poignant political lyrics. Among his most popular songs are "Crazy Dreams", "Nothing but the Same Old Story", "The Island", "Night Hunting" (covered by Santana), and "Steel Claw" and "Paradise is Here"(covered by Tina Turner). [2]

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Background [link]

Brady was born in the small town of Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the border with County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. His father Seán Brady was a music teacher teaching the flute. Brady was educated at Sion Mills Primary School, St. Columb's College, Derry and University College Dublin.[3] He is prominently featured in the documentary film The Boys of St. Columb’s. He began learning piano around age six and by the age of eleven he had begun to play guitar, spending hours of his school holidays learning every tune the Shadows and The Ventures recorded, and was also strongly influenced by Chuck Berry. In 1963, Brady began performing as a hotel piano player in Bundoran, Donegal. He attended University College Dublin in October 1964 and performed with a string of RnB groups, covering songs by the likes of Ray Charles and James Brown. The first of these was 'The Inmates' (late 1964-about April 1965), who evolved into 'The Kult' (about April–December 1965), featuring Brady, Jackie McAuley (ex-Them, and future Belfast Gypsies and Trader Horne), Brendan Bonass, and Dave Pennefather. Brady can be seen in the film Charlie Is My Darling waiting outside Dublin's Adelphi Theatre for the Rolling Stones' 3 September 1965 concert. He next joined 'Rootzgroup' (late 1965-May 1966) and 'Rockhouse' (about May–December 1966).[4]

Musical career [link]

1960s and 1970s [link]

During his time at college in Dublin, the country saw a huge rise in interest in traditional Irish music. Brady joined the popular Irish band The Johnstons when Michael Johnston left in May 1967. They moved to London, UK in 1969 and subsequently to New York City in 1972 to expand their audience. Despite some success, Brady returned to Ireland in 1974 to join the Irish group Planxty. This was the band that was to launch the solo careers of Andy Irvine, Liam O'Flynn, Dónal Lunny, and Christy Moore. Planxty dissolved and from 1976 to 1978 he played as a duo with Andy Irvine, a relationship which produced Andy Irvine and Paul Brady. The album was hugely successful and garnered much critical acclaim. The next few years saw him establish his popularity and reputation as one of Ireland's best interpreters of traditional songs. His versions of ballads like Arthur McBride and The Lakes of Pontchartrain were considered definitive and are still popular at concerts today. In 1975 in New York he recorded three albums for Shanachie Records as guitar accompanist to resident Irish fiddlers Andy McGann, Paddy Reynolds and John Vesey. He also recorded a 1976 album for the same label with Irish fiddler Tommy Peoples.[5]

Solo career [link]

In 1978, Brady released his first solo album, Welcome Here Kind Stranger.[6] It won him critical acclaim and it was awarded the Melody Maker Folk Album of the Year, however, it would prove to be Brady's last album with traditional material. He decided to delve into pop and rock music, and released his first album of this genre in 1981, Hard Station. The completely self-penned record received mixed reviews, some fans of his older traditional material were not convinced, while the majority recognised his great talent of writing rock music. Brady released a number of successful solo albums throughout the 1980s, True For You (1983), Back to the Centre (1985), and Primitive Dance (1987). By the end of the decade, Brady was recognised and accepted as a respected performer and songwriter. His songs were being covered by a number of other artists, including Santana and Dave Edmunds. For a full list of artists who have covered his songs see his own website https://www.paulbrady.com . Contrary to what is often written, Brady doesn't write for other artists but for his own self-expression. Other artists pick up on his songs because of the inherent quality. When Tina Turner heard a demo of his song 'Paradise Is Here' she recorded it for her Break Every Rule album of 1986. By now he was a favourite songwriter among such artists as Bob Dylan and Bonnie Raitt, who would do a duet with Brady on his 1991 LP, Trick or Treat. A couple of Brady songs soon appeared on Raitt's album Luck of the Draw, including the title track.

Bob Dylan was sufficiently impressed by Brady's work to name-check him in the booklet of his 1985 box set "Biograph'. The actual quote was “..people get too famous too fast these days and it destroys them. Some guys got it down- Leonard Cohen, Paul Brady, Lou Reed, secret heroes,- John Prine, David Allen Coe,Tom Waits. I listen more to that kind of stuff than whatever is popular at the moment. They’re not just witchdoctoring up the planet, they don’t set up barriers…". Again, contrary to what has become accepted fact, Bob Dylan never said that Paul Brady was 'one of the five artists worth getting out of bed for'. That was a paraphrase of the original quote by a journalist in an 80's UK music paper.

Since his Hard Station album (1981) Brady has been on various major labels until the late 90s when he started his own label, PeeBee Music. He released three albums in the 1990s, Trick or Treat, a remixed compilation of earlier songs 'Songs And Crazy Dreams' and Spirits Colliding. They were met with critical acclaim. Trick or Treat was on Fontana/Mercury Records, and received a lot of promotion. As a result, some critics considered it his debut and noted that the record benefited from the expertise of experienced studio musicians as well as producer Gary Katz, who worked with the rock group Steely Dan. Rolling Stone, after praising Brady's earlier but less-known solo records, called Trick or Treat Brady's "most compelling collection."

To date (Nov 2010) Brady has gone on to record several other albums (15 in total since he went solo in 1978) and collaborated with Bonnie Raitt and Richard Thompson to name but two. For a complete list of his many collaborations see his own website. In 2006 he collaborated with Cara Dillon on the track The Streets of Derry from her album After the Morning. He has also worked with Fiachra Trench.

He performed Gaelic songs as a character in the 2002 Matthew Barney film Cremaster 3. He also played tin whistle on the single "One" by Greg Pearle in 2008, from the album Beautiful You a collaboration between Greg Pearle and John Illsley. This song "One" featured in the 2008 film Anton, directed by Graham Cantwell.

Brady's fifteenth studio album 'Hooba Dooba' was released in March 2010.[7] Widely acclaimed as one of his finest (see reviews on his website) he continues to tour, record and collaborate in a variety of creative projects around the globe.

Awards [link]

In 2009 Brady received an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Ulster in recognition of his services to traditional Irish music and songwriting.[8][9]

Solo discography [link]

With Andy Irvine [link]

  • Andy Irvine and Paul Brady (1976)

With Tommy Peoples [link]

  • The High Part of the Road (1975)

With Matt Molloy and Tommy Peoples [link]

  • Molloy, Brady, Peoples (1977)

With Andy McGann and Paddy Reynolds [link]

  • Fiddle Duet (1976)

With Andy McGann [link]

  • It's A Hard Road to Travel (1977)

With John Kavanagh [link]

  • The Green Crow Caws (1980)

DVDs [link]

  • The Transatlantic Sessions Series 3 (2007) (various artists)
  • The Paul Brady Songbook (2002)

External links [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ Psychology Press. 2002 "Brady, Paul" in International who's who in popular music. p. 58
  2. ^ June Skinner Sawyers. 2001. Celtic music: a complete guide. Da Capo Press. p. 266-67.
  3. ^ Barry Egan (December 23, 2007). "'I'm another thing on stage'". Irish Independent. https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/news-gossip/im-another-thing-on-stage-1253236.html. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  4. ^ "irishrock.org". https://www.irishrock.org/irodb/bands/kult.html. 
  5. ^ Kenny Mathieson. 2001. Celtic music. Hal Leonard Corporation. p.14
  6. ^ Arminta Wallace (March 20, 2010). "'I've never been fashionable'". The Irish Times. https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0320/1224266688914.html. Retrieved March 20, 2010. 
  7. ^ Kevin Mcguire (March 18, 2010). "Paul Brady’s crazy dreams and the luck of the draw". Galway Advertiser. https://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/23593. Retrieved 20 March 2010. 
  8. ^ Honour for musician Paul Brady University of Ulster
  9. ^ University of Ulster Graduation Ceremonies Summer 2009

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Paul Brady (handballer)

Paul Brady (born 20 September 1979) is an Irish handball and Gaelic football player. Born in Cavan, he won his fifth Men's Singles title in a row at the 2015 at Calgary, Canada. He defeated Killian Carroll from Cork in the final as the Irish dominated the singles with the four semi final berths taken by Irish players. World Handball Championships. His rivalry with Luis Moreno has been likened to the Federer–Nadal rivalry in tennis but the question must now be asked is there now a changing of the guard. Brady will probably attempt to achieve the record of 12 US National singles titles, which will take him to 2017 and just weeks short of his 38th birthday and at that point may be tempted to retire. By the next World Championships in Alaska he will be 39.

Underage handball career

Brady was introduced to the sport as a 12-year-old by Fr John Gilhooly, a teacher in St Patrick's College, Cavan. While he showed an early aptitude and won an All Ireland Feile title in 1993, Brady didn't win his first "full" All Ireland title until the age of 16, partnering Pauric Kiernan to the U16 doubles crown in 1995. In 1997, he defeated Meath's Carl Browne in an all-Irish 17 and Under final at the World Championships in Winnipeg, Canada. The win was a mild shock at the time, and marked Brady out as an outstanding prospect. The following year, Brady landed the prestigious Minor Singles title, defeating Dublin's Eoin Kennedy for the first time in a marathon final in Roscommon.

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Podcasts:

Paul Brady

ALBUMS

Hooba Dooba

Released 2011

Say What You Feel

Released 2005

The Paul Brady Songbook

Released 2003

The (Missing) Liberty Tapes

Released 2001

Oh What a World

Released 2001

Songs & Crazy Dreams

Released 1992

Trick or Treat

Released 1991

Primitive Dance

Released 1987

True for You

Released 1986

Back to the Centre

Released 1986

Full Moon

Released 1984

Welcome Here Kind Stranger

Released 1978

The Paul Brady Songbook

Matt Molloy, Paul Brady, Tommy Peoples

Andy Irvine Paul Brady

Hard Station

Spirits Colliding

Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady

The High Part of the Road

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Dancer In The Fire

by: Paul Brady

The last time I saw you
Was the spring of '75
And way back then I was afraid
to look you in the eye
Yes even then I found it hard to
To look you in the eye
Come a running to me with your soul in your hand
Like a child who knew no fear
With such a need to be alive
I was scared to get too near
With such a need to be alive
I was scared to get too near
You burned so bright into the night
A dancer in the fire
I wished I had your nerve back then
But I was scared to walk the wire
Yes i was scared to walk the wire
I was afraid to walk the wire
And now it's three years later
You're still eager for the game
But your eyes can't hide the times you tried
To live too near too the flame
Your eyes can't hide the tears you cried
When you got too near the flame.
But to you it makes no difference
Just how many times you fall
For you've seen the freedom through the flame
And you can't resist the call . . .
you've seen the freedom through the flame
And you want to taste it all
You burn so bright into the night
A dancer in the fire
I wish I had your nerve right now
But I'm still scared to walk the wire
Yes I'm still scared to walk the wire
I'm still afraid to walk the wire
The last time I saw you
Was the spring of '75
And way back then I was afraid
Of dancing in the fire
And even now I can't reach out




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