Brendan Shine

Brendan Shine is an Irish folk singer and accordion player from Athlone, best known for his songs about everyday Irish life such as "Do you Want your Old Lobby Washed Down" and "Spuds".

Shine originally started off a barman, he set up a pub in Baylough in Athlone, across from St.Comans Park, 'Shine's Bar', He let his wife run the pub, recently Shine has sold the pub but the name remains 'Shines Bar'. He lives now in Moore, on the main road to Shannonbride in an ordinary old 2 story farm house, with a large farm attached to it

Shine has released more than forty albums and has had over thirty-five hit singles.[1] He began by playing in his father's country band while still at school, played in Kieran Kelly’s Ceili Band along with schoolfriend Johnny Dawson (who still performs with Shine in the Brendan Shine Super Band), originally making his name as an accordionist before taking up singing and becoming one of Ireland's best-known entertainers.[1] In 1971, he topped the Irish charts with "O'Brien Has No Place to Go", which stayed in the charts for five months.[2]

He has also presented several television series in Ireland, including Nice and Easy and Shine On as well as appearing on The Late Late Show.[1][3]

In 2004, Shine was banned from driving in the UK for a year after pleading guilty to drink-driving.[4]

In late 2010, Shine is on tour across the UK playing a variety of venues such as the Lincoln Theatre Royal on the 17 November.[5]

Contents

Discography

Albums

Notable compilations

Videos and DVDs

Singles

References

  1. ^ a b c "Celtic Shine", The Weston & Somerset Mercury, 2 May 2007
  2. ^ "When Brendan was Shine-ing", Daily Mirror, 15 June 2006
  3. ^ The Late Late Show", RTÉ
  4. ^ "Singer banned for drink-driving", BBC, 2 June 2004
  5. ^ http://www.lincolntheatreroyal.com/
  6. ^ a b c d Neil Warwick, Tony Brown, Jon Kutner (2004) The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums, Omnibus Press, ISBN 978-1-84449-058-5, p.985
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1
  8. ^ a b c d Brendan Shine at Chart Stats
  9. ^ [1], acharts.us