Member Since: 24/04/2007
Band Website: www.paulbradleymusicemporium.com
Band Members: pol o'brollochain (voice, guitar, bass, mandolin, zither, piano, cello, violin, glockenspiel, low whistle, melodica, harmonica, drums, whistling, swanee whistle)
Influences: my beautiful wife (ellen baby hawksmoor hughes), my mammy & daddy, my polymath-&-saintly-patient mother-in-law kate, frank kane, george claridge, michael kearney, mark bradley (& all my siblings), mr kelly, alaistair macmanus, michael rice, kieran molloy, paddy mcwilliams, sammy storey, paul donaghy, the aunts (nelsie, bridget, sally & peg), ronan maguire, kevin byrne, gill newlyn, gina griffin, sean o'neill, david vernon, colin tully, garett quigley, pete judge, jim barr, sheldon king, chris powell, robbie hannon, gavin o'connor, neil smith, jason collins, lorcan & naoise bradley thompson, maire saoirse hughes bradley, michael boyle, alaistair kirk, geraldine mcalinden, peter curran, marc madden, somhairle macmanus, kathleen mccorry, stephen magee (RIP), ken bain (RIP), toby pascoe (RIP), john mead (RIP), dessie field (RIP), walter spence, brian harrington, baljit kumar, helen onion, kathy jarvis, nancy murphy, wendy smith, jane broadbent, jane pritchard, sarah davies, miss briggs, jackie mells, margaret (& leo) gilmore, rosaleen (& joe) crozier, eoin maguire, frank (& john, elizabeth, jane, catriona & alma) crilly, frank & betty kane -and the merely musical/cultural ones (that YOU might have heard of):-js bach, hildegard of bingen, todd rundgren, elvis costello, television (the NYC band, not the fernseh), ug of alp, turlough o'carolan, monteverdi, gesualdo, lv beethoven, james connolly, cole porter, stephen sondheim, mel brooks, charles chaplin, peter lorre, wilfred bramble & harry h corbett & ray galton & alan simpson, alfred hitchcock, roger corman, dylan thomas, BBC2/colour tv, eric thompson, planxty, horslips, reginald dwight, mike oldfield, pete townsend, pink floyd, g mahler, john mclaughlin, steve howe, joni mitchell, prince rogers nelson, gus pirelli, ver beeatlees, henry cow, fred frith, brian eno, david byrne, mark hollis et al., david bowie, charlie tully, stephen georgiou, patti smith, david & davy jones, mickey dolenz, donald fagen & walter becker (& jeff baxter, denny diaz, larry carlton, michael mcdonald, doobie bros etc.), laurel & hardy, buster keaton, harry langdon, marty feldman, jerry lewis, jerry lee lewis, tom & jerry, dick emery, les dawson, 1970s ufo-hype, ennio morecambe & norman wisdoman, edgar allan poe, bram stoker, ian fleming, jrr, the waltons, broccoli/saltzman, fritz lang, sean o'riada, mike oldfield, paddy moloney, paul brady, charles ives, bill frisell, john martyn, james jewel osterburg, john lydon, ray davies, franz lizst, franz schubert, wolfe tone, james joyce, samuel beckett, brian o'nolan, kurt vonnegut jr (RIP), rowan & martin's laugh-in, spike milligan/peter sellers, the goodies, monty python's flying circus, TW3, not only but also/pete'n'dud, the woodentops, pogles wood, andy pandy, 800 years of violent national subjugation & political tragedy in my country, penda's fen, john barry, bernard herman, shakespeare, charley patton, robert johnson, duke ellington, louis armstrong, bessie smith, billie holliday, willie mctell, al jolson, paul robeson, john mccormack, bing crosby, charlie parker, miles davis, ivan morrison, jackson browne, charles ives, benny hill, groucho, chico & most of all harpo. the list really & truistically is endless.
Sounds Like: gyorgy ligeti & charlie drake; geoff buckley (I'm told); milton nascimento, bill frisell; "the smiths & gong"; "one of the truly most original performers and composers in the country" (venue mag, bristol 2006); "undiscovered genius" (jazzwise mag 2006); klaus nomi; ray/roy buchanan
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Type of Label: Indie