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Viv Youell

About Me

For Dublin born singer songwriter, Viv Youell, the release of her debut album Firelogic was all about passion and dedication - to the songs, to herself and to the story.Please feel free to add the 7 digital widget to your own profile, tell your friends, family and familitars orAdd Viv Youell tracks to your library on Last.fm www.last.fm/music/Viv+Youell ............................................................ ............. and on "Lets tweets again like we did last summer", Viv will be writing updates on Twitter leading upto the Glastonbury Festival, live from the site from 22nd June and, of course in the aftermath! ............................................................ ........................................... Please be patient - this widget has a wind up mechanism ............................................................ ...........................................

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Member Since: 20/07/2006
Band Website: www.vivyouell.com
Band Members: Viv Youell on guitar & vocals Richard Murray on guitar * *** * FIRELOGIC WAS RECORDED BY: VIV YOUELL - vox and acoustic guitar. RICHARD MURRAY - vox, acoustic & electric guitars, mandolin, bodhran, dobro, fretless bass, percussion. NIC FRANCE - drums and percussion. MARTYN SWAIN - bass. SPENCER BROWN - double bass.Engineered by - IAN TOMPSON. Mastered by - GARETH WILLIAMS. Manufactured by Sound Recording Technology.B/W Photography- PATRICK YOUELL. Graphic Design - PAULA KEOGH.
Influences: Influenced?...Occasionally and only by the best. The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Chrissie Hynde, Dolly Parton, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Eva Cassidy, Cat Stevens, Jeff Buckley, Genesis, ACDC... and from this point on it gets more bizarre, more eclectic and possibly more confusing for even me to understand! Gloriously fascinated with the classic writers Gershwin, Cole Porter, Kander & Ebb and especially the very clever Stephen Sondheim and Elvis Costello. Then there's all the rest...although none of this is in any particular order - Elvis, The Beatles, Doris Day & Rod Steward for his writing rather than tight trews!
Sounds Like: Guinness drunken out of the Ryder Cup
Record Label: Viv Youell
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Glastonbury here I come - T minus14

It's the final count down and I'm panicking. I've got the last bit of packing to do and here I am tapping away on the keys!The Pharmacy shift rota has been sent out to me now for the Festival Medical ...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:21:00 GMT

Seriously rock & roll folk, motorcycle video

My seriously Rock and Roll, folk, motorcycle video is now up on youtube. Last summer I toured with the a Chimeras MC to Scotland and was inspired to try to capture the experience of how it feels to be...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 12:39:00 GMT

The Ultimate Glastonbury question

The Ultimate Glastonbury question:How long will you wear your Glastonbury wristband for?As I arrive early and occasionally 'festify' before most people arrive, I've had a wee bit of time to ponder the...
Posted by on Fri, 22 May 2009 10:45:00 GMT

Glastonbury Essentials

Glastonbury Competition Glastonbury essentials competition and a little more for your entertainment pre-fest. Hold your ticket, enter the competition, click your heels and make a wish"There's no place...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 11:27:00 GMT

Time and tide

"Time and tide wait for no man" - there's nothing in that to suggest that I can't stop for a wee while and watch the progress of either, and it's very much in need at the moment.Glory this feels like ...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 12:25:00 GMT

Viv Tweets in her sobriety on Twitter from Glastonbury

I'll be there, I'll be there  - at Glastonbury blogging, glugging, plugging and tweeting with or without sobriety and as usual, covering a few shifts for the Festival Medical Service. Oh, I haven't re...
Posted by on Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:03:00 GMT

Brave New World meets Dawn of the Dead

I've been contemplating an article in the Sunday Times newspaper today about artificial memory enhancement and wish that I had the where with all to write a book. It would be a great story along the l...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 08:35:00 GMT

The UK is oppressed, suppressed and dispossessed -and inflamed

The short wee fella with the pointy ears put it so succinctly: "Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering." (Yoda in Star Wars, of course) Th...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jan 2009 00:13:00 GMT

Favourite lyric of the day

Favourite lyric of the day: "You're a microscopic cog in his catostrophic plan. Designed and directed by his red right hand" Nic Cave  - sheer lyrical beauty on an album that I'm sure was wr...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:34:00 GMT

Snow, songs, stories and, did I mention... snow?

As the nights have drawn in the muse has risen. First port of call was to a review my song blogs and  to then go cut & paste crazy to put them up on the website. Creativity beg...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:09:00 GMT