CD albums below:
Style: American Folk, Country Blues, Americana.
Born in
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
then emigrated to Canada
during the late sixties and become a singer and songwriter.
By the early seventies returned to the UK and moved to the Isle of Arran
on the West Coast of Scotland... learning and growing.
Returned to Ireland and moved to the magical 'Kingdom of Kerry' for a
few years before moving to Dublin with current band at that time "Stagalee".
After a few years of great music in a funky/soul vein with Stagalee,
Errol moved into a bluesier vein with a band called "The
Business" inherited from Paul Brady's 'Hard Station'
album.
'Stagalee' and 'The Business' benefitted from the remarkable talents of
many of Dublin's leading musicians of that period (Jimmy Faulkner, Pat
O'Farrell, James Delaney, Tommy Moore, Fran Breen, Don Baker, Declan
McNeilis, Dave Gaynor, Carl Geraghty, John Forbes, Greg Boland, Dave
McHale, Eoin O'Neill, Phillip Donnelly) and a few talented Scottish
imports from Glasgow band Cado Belle (Colin Tully, Maggie Reilly and
Gavin Hodgson). There was even a short lived exploration of rock meets
folk with leading Irish female singer, Mary Black! Mary eventually
recovered from the shock, refined her needs and continued her upward
trajectory to international stardom.
The eighties saw Errol in London where he founded several new bands
featuring, at different times, legendary pedal steel player, B.J.Cole,
ex Sutherland Brothers sidemen Tim Renwick and Willie Wilson and
virtuoso Dublin born guitarist Ed Deane.
In the nineties 'Coyotes' enjoyed considerable success in the
'Americana' genre including appearances at major Americana festivals and
a 'Best Album 1997' award at the BBC television 'British Country
Music Awards'.
That same year Errol found himself in Nashville, in a studio with some
of Nashville's finest from Kieran Kane's 'Dead Reckoning' stable. The
resulting album 'Waltzin' In The Water' won the coveted 'Northern Lights
- Spirit Of Antrim' award for contributions to the Irish music industry
(previous recipients included Brian Kennedy and Liam O'Flynn)
Today, Errol lives in Belfast in Northern Ireland where he continues to write and play sporadically and make the occasional foray to gigs and festivals abroad.
Web links for further study:
www.errolwalsh.co.uk/ (Main artist web site)
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Errol Walsh is available as a solo performing artist and upwards through to full band line-up featuring highly respected players from today's Irish music scene.
Tends to have a habit of hand picking band members according to the musical mode he's in. These band members usually turn out to be amongst Ireland's elite!
Summary;
High standard professional performance.
Good rapport with audience using subtle humour and stories about the song.
Sounds like: Country but not to be confused with!
Think Bob Dylan, Jesse Winchester, John Prine, Taj Mahal, Lowell George and we're kind'a getting there!
Song: Original articulate compositions with occasional eclectic cover song.
Influences:
Bob Dylan, The Band, Levon Helm, Taj Mahal, Merle Haggard, Delbert
McClinton, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, John Fogerty, Guy Clark, John Prine,
Steve Earle, Ry Cooder, Bill Withers, Eddie Harris, Boz Scaggs, Randy
Newman, Stephen Bruton, Jesse Winchester, Ry Cooder, The Staple Singers,
Willie Nelson, Lowell George, Mississippi John Hurt, Dr John, Lucinda
Williams, Steve Reilly & the Mamou Playboys, Mary Gauthier, Joel
Sonnier, Leon Russell and so many, many more...
Venue type: All - festivals to intimate club preferably a seated audience such as culture house, cabaret.