Loading ...When We Were Brave ~ by Paddy Nash & the Happy Enchiladas
I got my hands on this CD on Friday and have been listening to it all weekend and I am not tired of it yet. The more you listen to it the more you hear. There isn’t a weak track on this album. You know the songs are really good when you have them on as background music and they force you to listen to them. There is a nice variety here too from the tongue in cheek send up of pop songs Billy Bragg Jeans to the melancholy tribute to a lost childhood friend Martin to the you-go-girl, preemptive dumping anthem that is Barefoot in Verona, these songs run the gamut of real life experiences of everyday people.
This CD hits the perfect balance of being musically rich and lyrically intelligent. The songs tell tales of love and loss and life that are based in the imperfect real world that the listener can identify with. They prove that you can be knocked around a bit by life and come out stronger and smarter than you were. I can’t recommend this album enough. The songs were written by Paddy Nash but the rest of the band is not to be overlooked. The Happy Enchiladas are Diane Greer, Johnny Nutt and Liam McGuigan. They were joined on this CD by several other talented musicians from Northern Ireland who are also outstanding – particularly Wally on the drums.
If you are a fan of the Saw Doctors you will love Paddy Nash & the Happy Enchiladas. The CD will soon be available on both cdbaby and Itunes. I will post updates as soon as they are up. In the meantime, you can purchase it through Paddy’s website www.paddynash.co.uk
They accept paypal. I will post their reverbnation widget at the end of the post so you can hear some samples from the cd. You can also listen at his website and myspace http://www.myspace.com/paddynash
Paddy Nash and the Happy Enchiladas will be touring a bit in the US in the fall. I will keep you posted on that too.
Song List
1 BT48
2 Damsel in Disguise (Drunken Love Song)
3 Barefoot in Verona
4 Other Side of the World
5 Martin
6 Turned Up
7 Every Inch
8 Billy Bragg Jeans
9 Cushialitee
10 Sailing Out
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Outstanding!!! Both the songs on the new album and your praise for the quality and variety of the music. This group and this album are on their way up the charts for sure. DianeS