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PublisherIrish Academic Press

ISBN-101785374656

ISBN-139781785374654

eBay Product ID (ePID)19060628283

Product Key Features

Edition2

Book TitleCrazy Dreams

Number of Pages344 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2023

TopicHistory & Criticism, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorPaul Brady

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight14.6 Oz

Item Length7.7 in

Item Width5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal782.42164092

Table Of ContentPART ONEStrabane 1950Early SchooldaysMother' s and Father' s PeopleBeginnings of MusicWhere is Irish Music Hiding?Here Comes SummerSt Columb' s CollegeMusic in My TeensDublin/UCD 1964Chink of LightThe Folk SceneThe JohnstonsThe Move to LondonBoth Sides NowRunning on the SpotSo now, AmericaMeeting Mary ElliottBusted LoosePlanxtyAndy Irvine & Paul BradyBeginnings of MetamorphosisPART TWOGetting Real1979Now or NeverTrue for You/Ridge Farm, Jan/Feb 1982Rory Gallagher and Phil LynottPride and ProgressTouring with Dire StraitsTina TurnerMeeting Bob DylanBack to the Centre& ' The Homes Of Donegal' The IslandPrimitive DanceRDS 1987Trick Or TreatSongs and Crazy DreamsSpirits CollidingThe CastleNot-making-an-albumOh What A WorldThe Paul Brady Songbook at Vicar Street, October 2001RTÉ SeriesAcceptanceHooba DoobaBig ChangesReprieveLooking back and Looking Forward

SynopsisCrazy Dreams is the compelling and highly anticipated autobiography from Paul Brady, a musician whose remarkable career has spanned six decades and who is indisputably one of Ireland's greatest living songwriters. This evocative memoir chronicles Paul's many years at the forefront of the Irish folk scene, from The Johnstons and Planxty through to his seminal work with Andy Irvine and onwards to his own vaunted solo career. Along the way are the many encounters and collaborations with such musical luminaries as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Carole King, Tina Turner, Mark Knopfler and Bonnie Raitt to name but a glittering few. From such celebrated tracks as 'The Island', 'Nobody Knows' and 'The World is What You Make It' to his interpretations of traditional folk songs like 'Arthur McBride' and 'The Lakes of Pontchartrain', Paul has carved out his own unique place in Irish musical history. In Crazy Dreams he tells how it was done and regales the reader with remarkable stories of life on the road and the journey from small-town Tyrone to the world's stage.

LC Classification NumberML420