brian mcdade: News

been working out on the far far remote reaches southwest Ireland on the coast a place called ballinaboy on the Atlantic coast,14 miles from belmullet Town, if the weather soaking wet, the warmth of the people made up for it, building a natural gas plant, the first on ireland, not without the protest of not only locals but also folks from all over britain,who have dealt with large oil companies a lot longer and know about the envirenment issues that these projects bring along with them,but i stuck it for four and half months,and met a lot of smashing folks along the way especially at mc Donnells pub in belmullet, which brings me here safe n sound back home, work on my songbook is in good progress,with erin mc grath on griphics and john quin, steady at the helm, should be ready soon, sad news is while in gallway few weeks back ii got an e mail from stick davis with the news that bary byrd burton had passed away, stick told me when we were due to start recording love bayou, once you meet byrd youll never forget him iits true i even have my song byrd on the album to remind me of how wondeful a guitar player he was, he was sam phillips protigy at the legendary sun studio the in house producer, he worked dolly parton and other greats in nashville,id say he was one of the best guitarists in america,if you dont believe me check out love bayou,

wednesday 7th may the great John Irish Earle the saxaphone player passed away suddenly i called him the peoples sax player. in london (music capitol of the world) during the eighties there was no busier player,everyone wanted Irish on thier records. he was the dogs bollocks.he could play a gig for Ian drury and the blockheads or thin lizzie at the Albert hall,to a sold out audience,then go on to play a wee obscure club with a struggling singer like myself for a couple of beers that was his style, aye he liked his beer but man when he played his sax he made a lot of people happy, so tonight folks on cloud nine,heres a new guy we have, on sax, John "Irish" Earle...

things are slowly falling into place,a few local gigs,the recording where and when? trying to keep music fresh,mabye getting an artist to wrk on the guitar clown drawings of my,songbook at last,Cha said keep on keeping on, ok Cha, happy valentines everyone....B

hi folks been a time since i posted owt, been building an airport called T5 in London,since sep 05 sound wafting through room from radio right now is :from me to you:by The Beatles when i think about that was a point where i started this journey,thanks lads. sad news this week is Cha burns friend and musical buddy passed away,a great original guitarist when i think of him a smile comes to my face,his music will never be forgotton, been keeping up my musical chops in london playin some wee gigs, plans to record a solo album voice n guitar keep you posted ok fungi dont keep it so long,till next time

we have just signed up with digital download company itsaboutmusic.com so the music is available to service the downloaders,

Jeff Stick Davis flys into Glasgow Tue 16th aug.for our gig at Glasgows Clutha vaults,Thursday 18th August, we played there 2 months back, hey if they dont like you in glasgow they let you know, ask ol' blue eyes, or read his story, our band rocks blues, country, rock n roll the idea for my new album Love Bayou was concieved in The Clutha, which means the River in Gailic, the pub stands by the River Clyde, we were in there one time, Stick asked me what my new album was going to be about, i said its where the River Clyde meets The Mississippi, on the Love Bayou, and thats the album cover, but its also representitive of the music, where Scotland meets Americana, and creates a new word i conjured up "Scotiana", so this is an important one for us,