Belfast

Friends from a well known in early 90-s Moscow based rockabilly band Jailbreakers formed a new band in August 2001. The guys call their style rockapaddy (rockabilly with Irish folklore background). The band leader Sean has written new Russian lyrycs for some popular folk tunes. They perform regularly in Moscow and its surroundings, frequently touring to St-Petersburg, Kiev and other locations.
Check out our video: "Long Black Veil" .
The band Belfast are from Moscow of course. Who self style themselves as "Rock-a-Paddy". So what is "Rock-a-Paddy" you ask? Punked up, old school Rockabilly with a (talented) Steve Jones on lead guitarist, and a kick ass rhythm section playing Irish influenced and traditional standards (Irish Rover, Drunken Sailor, Follow me up to Carlow). The vocals are all in Russian and even though I don't speak or understand a word that doesn't take away anything from my enjoyment. Great band, great CD and their version of "Paddy public enemy 1" is amazing.
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