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Paul Loughrey

I've had my ups and downs, like everybody else...

About Me

First of all, my name is pronounced 'Lock-ree', get it right and you're a friend for life!
Having existed as a guitarist in many bands, earlier this year I took the step of becoming a solo artist, and after a couple of frantic open mic sessions I played my first proper gig in March 07... I can mostly be found at the Bank Inn in Sale every other Monday for the Musicians Anonymous night...
There will be some tunes coming soon, although I've been saying it for ages to anyone who's asked, stay with me, it'll be worth the wait, I hope...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/25/2006
Band Website: coming soon
Band Members: Paul Loughrey - vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion, half baked ideas, Apple Mac.Plus friends whenever and wherever needed
Influences: Bob Dylan, Morrissey, Paul Weller, Josh Ritter, Pixies, Cat Stevens, Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, Oasis, Verve, Neil Young, The Clash, Hendrix, Prince, David Gray, Pulp, Ray LaMontagne, The Who, Nick Drake, The Ramones, The Beatles (especially Ringo), Tom Petty, Faith No More, Ben Harper, Beck, Dylan, The Saw Doctors, Counting Crows, Brian Wilson, Teenage Fanclub, James Taylor, the Hawaii five-o theme tune, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Duran Duran, Franz Ferdinand, AC/DC, Muse, Badly Drawn Boy, Bert Jansch, Feeder, They Might Be Giants, Simon & Garfunkel, Weezer, Madness, Tim Burton films, Led Zep, Erasure, John Martyn, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, absolutely no drugs, Arcade Fire, R.E.M. (mostly the earlier stuff), The Eels, Bob Dylan, The Jayhawks, Super Mario Brothers, Crowded House, Ernest Hemingway, Groucho Marx, cups of tea, pints of Guinness, Niall Quinn, Lisa the love of my life, the Simpsons, Coronation Street, the sound of the wind in the trees, cold pizza the following morning, the lousy Mancunian weather and Bob Dylan, anything with meaning, whether intentional or not.
Sounds Like: Me!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

What would Morrissey do?

Take a look at my new blog!whatwouldmorrisseydo.blogspot.com/
Posted by Paul Loughrey on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 01:29:00 PST

Status report

It's the day after my first open mic night as a solo performer, the first time I've sung lead vocals in public, ever. And I feel pretty good! It went better than expected, my setlist ran thus: She Is ...
Posted by Paul Loughrey on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:39:00 PST

Debut solo performance!

On Monday 19th February I'll be getting my solo campaign off to a (hopefully flying) start at the Musicians Anonymous open mic night at The Bank, in Sale. If anybody is in the vicinity, it's free and ...
Posted by Paul Loughrey on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:59:00 PST

Coming soon! Some tunes!

Hello everyone, I'm currently working very hard on some music that will be posted on this site, even as you're reading this I'm probably furiously scribbling away in my notebook or getting my guitar s...
Posted by Paul Loughrey on Sun, 05 Nov 2006 08:27:00 PST

Two-one-two, sausages, pepper

Just testing!!
Posted by Paul Loughrey on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 05:22:00 PST