Brendan "Brush" Shiels (born in 1952, in Dublin) is an Irish musician from County Dublin, best known for being the frontman of Gary Moore's first band, Skid Row. Brush Shiels had a TV show on RTÉ called Off yer Brush and was at one point managed by Louis Walsh. He now appears regularly providing musical accompaniment on the Joe Duffy Liveline radio program on RTÉ and still performs live around venues in the UK and Ireland. He is soon to be managed by Alan Quinn.

Discography

With Skid Row

• Skid (CBS, 1970)
• 34 Hours (CBS, 1971)
• Alive and Kicking (RRL, 1976) (Brush and Noel Bridgeman in live album without Gary Moore or previous Skid Row songs, just well known covers with a rather large band)
• Skid Row (a.k.a. 'Dublin Gas Comy.'), (recorded 1969 as demos released 1984)
• Skid Row (a.k.a. 'Gary Moore/Brush Shiels/Noel Bridgeman'), (recorded 1971 released 1989)
• Live And On Song (Hux, 2006) (first two singles on Song label recorded 1969, plus BBC 'In Concert' from 1971)

Solo

• Brush Shiels (1977)
• Old Pal (1986)
• Fields of Athenry (1988)
• BadBob's Country Boogie (1990)
• Wrapped Silage (1994)
• Celtic Road Warrior (1997)
• 18 Celtic Rock Classics (1999)

External links

• Official Site
• Unofficial Site
• AMG page on Brush Shiels

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