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Barry Mc Cabe

Rockin' Blues with a Celtic Twist!

About Me


Perhaps we should let the facts speak for themselves.
Barry Mc Cabe comes from Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland but has travelled the world to bring his music to the people. He has been working extensively on the European mainland for over the past ten years and has also toured in such far away lands as Egypt and the US.
Barry’s music can best be described as rock & blues with a Celtic twist!
Barry collaborated with Davy Spillane to release the critically acclaimed CD "The Peace Within". This was the birth of Celtic-Blues. Davy Spillane is the well-known uilleann pipe player who played in Riverdance. He has also played with Bryan Adams, Van Morrison, Chris Rea and many others.
Barry played support to Rory Gallagher on his last European tour, which included the Paradiso club (where part of the Rolling Stones "Stripped" CD was recorded).
He appeared last summer with Status Quo & ZZ Top at the Montereau Festival in Paris, France.
He also headlined the Waterpop Festival in Holland for 20,000 people.
Mick Taylor (former Rolling Stones guitarist) was Barry’s ‘special guest’ for the release party for the “Beyond The Tears” CD and since then they have been working together when their respective schedules allow.
Barry’s version of the Fred James song Full Moon On Main Street won the Sheheshe Music Award.
Barry’s own composition One Of These Days was voted one of the top six blues songs in the world by the Backas Jazz Society in Helsinki, Finland.
Last Spring Barry undertook an extensive tour of the Netherlands playing 12 concerts in 12 days in all the 12 provinces. This was to help raise money for the War Child charity. Since then he has continued to collaborate with War Child on several other projects. He has also worked for the following charity organisations; The Irish Youth Foundation (IYF) and the Red Cross.
Barry has played on festivals/clubs with Status Quo, ZZ Top, Molly Hatchett, Walter Trout, Stan Webb, Rory Gallagher, Dr. Feelgood, Roy Rogers, Canned Heat, Ten Years After and The Sweet to name but a few and is currently working together with Mick Taylor (ex-Rolling Stone).
Barry’s music has been played on radio stations in Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Croatia, Australia, Japan, France, Spain, Finland, Ireland and the UK and is currently being played on over 150 stations in the US as we speak.
Barry’s follow up CD to The Peace Within is called Beyond The Tears. It features special guests: Mark Feltham on harmonica (Rory Gallagher Band), Johnny Fean on guitar (Horslips) and Pat Mc Manus on guitar (Mamas Boys & Celtus).
Contact information: E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.barrymccabe.com
All CDs can be ordered via cdbaby.com or www.barrymccabe.com
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/7/2005
Band Website: barrymccabe.com
Band Members: Recorded live in the Riverfront Hotel, Virginia, Co. Cavan, Ireland on the 21-12-2006 with 'special guest' Pat McManus. The track is called "In The Dead Of Night" and is from the Beyond The Tears CD.

Recorded at: Abtei Gymnasium, Brauweiler, Germany by: $20 Bill. This piece of music comes from The Peace Within CD and is called "The Emigrant"(dedicated to Rory Gallagher).Interview with Bluesy W (Blues Encounters of The Dirty Kind- Local FM) in Breda, Holland on 30-10-2005. The film-clip was made by Diana Frijters.
Influences: I don't know if all these guys could be classified as 'influences' but I sure love their playing...Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Thin Lizzy, Horslips, Moving Hearts, Davy Spillane, Jackson Browne, The Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Elvis, Paul Brady, Planxty, Johnny Fean, Deep Purple, Keith Richards, Brian Setzer, J.J. Cale, Eric Clapton, Mick Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Jimmy Lafave, a whole bunch of blues players...I'll think of more later!
Sounds Like: Rockin' blues with a Celtic twist! - sounds like Rory Gallagher meets Thin Lizzy with a bit of Riverdance thrown in for good measure. Why not check it all out at www.barrymccabe.com
Record Label:
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Playing Bospop Festival in Holland

Just got the news that we’ll be playing Bospop festival in Holland in July. What a line-up of top class acts. I reckon I’ll need about ten eyes to catch them all. What do you think of thi...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:17:00 PST

Uploaded 2 extra songs off "Beyond The Tears"

Hi All,Just uploaded 2 extra songs off "Beyond The Tears". Hope you enjoy them. They are "In The Dead Of Night" (already a firm favourite in concert) and "Bye Bye Johnny - Be Good", which I have yet t...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:31:00 PST

New Year Resolutions

I hope you all managed to survive the holiday period and are all revved up and ready for the New Year. I suppose a lot of us will be making (or at least thinking about making) New Year resolutions. Th...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:12:00 PST

Three albums now in CD Baby’s top sellers lists!!!!

We've had to keep amending this news as first "The Peace Within" hit the top spot then that was followed about a week later with "Absolutely Live Vol. 1" hitting the top spot and now "Absolutely Live ...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:03:00 PST

"The Peace Within" CD tops the CD Baby best sellers list

...and the other albums aren't too far behind either. I thought you might like to know a bit about how my CDs are doing at CD Baby (the biggest online distributor in the world). "The Peace Within" is ...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 01:02:00 PST

Review of a recent gig...with Mick Taylor

This review was posted in the Brabants DagbladMonday 3rd September 2007 - DONGEN (Holland) - Ex-Stone Mick Taylor is a real diesel engine for the blues. The 21st season of the Blues Promotion Dongen...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 08:11:00 PST

Rockcrew Festival in Oldcastle

Sorry, I know I've been sort of 'missing in action' over the last while and haven't had a chance to write anything here in the blog in ages. I'll write a few words now about the Rockcrew Festival in O...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 08:11:00 PST

Why Music? - a book and photo exhibition

This might be interesting for you if you live in Holland or more specifically in the province of Limburg in the south of Holland. Ron Bosmans and Brendan van den Beuken are two Dutch guys who write a...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Fri, 20 Apr 2007 06:07:00 PST

Playing with Mick (not jamming with Edward)

I'm happy to report that everything went according to plan as regards the CD presentation gig in Amersfoort, Holland with Mick Taylor as 'special guest'. As soon as all the details were agreed, includ...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Thu, 22 Mar 2007 06:36:00 PST

Playing with MICK TAYLOR

It's difficult to put into words how it feels to have Mick as my 'special guest' for the CD presentation show in De Noot on the 10th of March. I'm already on record as saying that in my opinion the St...
Posted by Barry Mc Cabe on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 08:10:00 PST