Old Red playing “The Pride Behind” at The Zodiac Sessions open mic night, Dublin, Ireland. Acoustic Compilation CD available to buy from Website. www.TheZodiacSessions.com http www.youtube.com www.bebo.com OLD RED Paul Kirwan: I’ve been playing the guitar now for probably about 12 years collectively,the harmonica for about 5 years and the piano for about three years ,I started off as a drummer for DUBBED, we played dorans and the mean fiddler and a few smaller venues. I’ve been in many bands that never saw a stage, bar two:DUBBED and MOANY LISA(both with a lot of potential but fell apart) my first real solo gig was in Austrailia, Coffs harbour, The Coffs Hotel ,in 2003, when I got home I tried around the Dublin suburbs without any real progress, lots of experience but nothing else. Things started to change when I played at “Dollyfest” in Mitchels, Slane, I opened up for some really great bands. It was a great day. then I got in to the “Bagfull of Songs” in Sarsfields, Drogheda. Absolutely brilliant venue, Where your treated wih respect. I played on my own in mcPhails in Drogheda, a charity event, that was cool. I’ve played the “bagfulls” twice to date, but really had a great time, both times. The second time I had Bolger with me, I saw him play with a band called Shuffler, Excellent band, I think it was around mid 2006, he was brilliant, I knew I need to play with someone who had that carisma n fearlessness on stage, he brought punk to Old Red, we havent been mates a long …

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