Paul Brady
Paul Brady | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chart positions Explanation of the data |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albums | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Paul Joseph Brady (born May 19, 1947 in Strabane ) is an Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter .
Life
Paul Brady was born in Strabane, Northern Ireland . He attended St. Columb's College in what was then Londonderry and University College in Dublin . He learned to play the piano and guitar. In 1963 he started working as a bar musician in Donegal . He played rhythm and blues and soultitles with the bands The Inmates, The Kult, Rootzgroup and Rockhouse . In 1967 he replaced Michael Johnston with the Johnstons . They moved to London in 1969 and New York in 1972 to reach a wider audience. In 1974 Brady returned to Ireland and became a member of the folk band Planxty , where he replaced Christy Moore . The band musicians included Andy Irvine and Dónal Lunny . In 1976 Planxty dissolved. Brady then played in a duo with Andy Irvine. Their album Andy Irvine and Paul Brady was very successful and received good reviews. During this time he played guitar as an accompanist on other albums.
In 1978 Brady's first solo album, Welcome Here Kind Stranger, was released. It was voted Melody Maker Folk Album of the Year . Brady decided to go back to work as a rock and pop musician, however, and released albums such as Hard Station, True for You, Back to the Center, and Primitive Dance. His album Trick or Treat was in 1991 by the producers of Steely Dan , Gary Katz, produced. Numerous Brady songs have been covered, including Santana , Dave Edmunds and Bonnie Raitt . Tina Turner's Paradise is Here is also by Brady. In 2001 Brady founded his own record label PeeBee Music.
Honors
- 1993: IRMA Irish Music Awards: "Best Irish Male Artist"
- 2002: IRMA Irish Music Awards: "Lifetime Achievement Award"
- 2006: BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards : "Lifetime Achievement Award"
- 2009: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Ulster for contributions to traditional Irish music
- 2009: Galway University Foundation: "Artist of the Year"
- 2010: Premio Tenco
Discography
Solo albums
- 1978: Welcome Here Kind Stranger (Mulligan)
- 1981: Hard Station ( Polygram )
- 1983: True for You ( Polydor )
- 1984: Full Moon ( Demon Records )
- 1985: Back to the Center (Demon Records)
- 1987: Primitive Dance (Mercury)
- 1991: Trick or Treat ( Fontana )
- 1992: Songs & Crazy Dreams (compilation; Fontana)
- 1995: Spirits Colliding (Fontana)
- 1999: Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady (compilation; Rykodisc)
- 2000: Oh What a World (Rykodisc)
- 2002: The Paul Brady Songbook (Live; PeeBee Music)
- 2003: The (Missing) Liberty Tapes (Live from 1978; PeeBee Music)
- 2005: Say What You Feel (PeeBee Music)
- 2010: Hooba Dooba (PeeBee Music)
- 2015: The Vicar St. Sessions Vol. 1
- 2017: Unfinished Business (Proper Records)
Video albums
- 2002: The Paul Brady Songbook (Live)
Web links
- Media from and about Paul Brady in the catalog of the German National Library
- Official website (English)
- Paul Brady at Allmusic (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chart sources: Ireland (from 2000) / UK charts
- ↑ a b c d biography on the official website (English), accessed January 18, 2012
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Brady, Paul |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brady, Paul Joseph (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish folk musician and singer-songwriter |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Strabane |