The official site for Irish Rock ‘N Roll trailblazer Shane Walsh!Tumblr (3.0; @shanewalsh)http://www.shanewalsh.com/<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/0GgcOeOTFug?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>This was a pretty amazing moment for me. </span></p> <p><span>Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová the Oscar winning singer/songwriters from the movie ‘Once’ invited me onstage to play a song during The Swell Season’s show in LA. </span></p> <p><span>I played my song ‘Kissing’ on Glen’s famous Takamine acoustic ‘The Horse’. That’s Marketa and Glen you can see sat behind me on the steps. I got a big hug at the end from both of them and </span><span>in real life, just like in the movie. they are the loveliest people you could ever hope to meet.</span></p> <p><span>I want to thank both Glen and Marketa so much for being so gracious and receptive to me!</span></p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/17728331778http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/17728331778Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:57:56 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WCtn2XPRwNc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Me covering Big Star’s ‘I’m In Love With A Girl’.  Big Star are one of my two favorite ever bands (the other is Nirvana).  </p> <p>After being introduced to them at eighteen by my friend Dave Gillespie I’ve scratched my way through about four copies of their double album Radio City/# 1 Record.  Some of the greatest music I’ve ever heard can be found on these two records.  </p> <p>This band was never rewarded with the acclaim they deserved when they came out in the early 1970’s but I’d like to think the passage of time has been kind to them, slowly working to redress the balance and turn on younger generations to their incredible melodies.</p> <p>If you’ve seen ‘That 70’s Show’ you’ll know who they are as their song ‘In The Street’ (covered by Cheap Trick) is the theme tune.  </p> <p>They should have become one of the biggest bands in the world but I guess in some ways it’s cooler that they didn’t.  And that’s the whole point of Big Star:  their own struggle makes our own struggle that much more bearable and beautiful.</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/17649494502http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/17649494502Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:33:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nY7jG7VWykc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Hey folks,</p> <p>Check out my live version of The Everly Brothers’ rocker ‘Lucille’.  Enjoy! :)</p> <p>Shane</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/7032573292http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/7032573292Tue, 28 Jun 2011 23:26:43 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1MJOzorgE-4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Join me this weekend for a couple of sure to be rockin’ shows!  Saturday night I’m at The Nose in Pasadena and Sunday evening I’ll be playing with the sublimely talented Colin Devlin at Bar Lubitsch in West Hollywood!  Onstage both days @ 9PM!  If you twist my arm, i’ll play this… :)</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/5601240608http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/5601240608Wed, 18 May 2011 03:06:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljtlc1mQgG1qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span>Come on down to my show </span><span>with Taylor Cornell</span><span> in Santa Monica  tonight (Sunday April 17th) @ Renee’s at 8.30PM. 522 Wilshire Boulevard, CA 90401!  It’s gonna be a great one!</span></p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/4702706437http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/4702706437Sun, 17 Apr 2011 19:31:09 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lj4adlrZ5x1qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Show this Thursday April 7th, Club 1616, Downtown LA 9PM</p> <p><span>1616 East 15th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90021</span></p> <p><span><span>Come on down folks.  Only $5 to get in and experience some quality rock ‘n roll!</span></span></p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/4334879360http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/4334879360Mon, 04 Apr 2011 03:34:32 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_liszv2YbbQ1qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Please check out the series of photos I just shot for Takamine.  Feel free to comment!</p> <p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150117999520163&id=632090162&aid=280532" target="_blank">http://www.facebook.com/album.php?fbid=10150117999520163&id=632090162&aid=280532</a></p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/4178693741http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/4178693741Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:13:48 -0400<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bP3S_QiPRUg?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Trying to get some more views for my video of The Everly Brothers’ ‘Dream’ on YouTube.  Please let me know what you think! :)</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/3387673939http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/3387673939Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:42:33 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lfd7apz4ei1qakwd8o1_r1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>Hey folks,</p> <p>Please join me this Friday Jan 21st at 9PM at The Ace Hotel, Palm Springs for some rock ‘n roll fun!</p> <p>701 East Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs, CA 92254.  Two sets live in The Amigo Room. First set starts at 9PM!</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/2854952541http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/2854952541Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:52:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcfbnhv5Wb1qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Live @ Villain’s Tavern, Downtown LA, 9PM, Tuesday Nov 30th</p> <p>Folks!  Why not extend the merriment all the way until next Tuesday 30th November when I will be playing a free show at 9PM at Villain’s Tavern in Downtown LA?!  </p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/1676964011http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/1676964011Wed, 24 Nov 2010 23:40:29 -0500<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/xrh6ROhb39o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Here’s my version of Ricky Nelson’s Lonesome Town.  Hope you enjoy it! </p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/1547352484http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/1547352484Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:04:10 -0500Ricky Nelson Lonesome Town Ricky Nelson Lonesome TownShane Walsh music Shane Walsh cover<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6nwk23b701qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Free Show!!!!</strong></p> <p>Wednesday August 11th, 8PM</p> <p>Crane’s Hollywood Tavern</p> <p>1611 North El Centro Avenue</p> <p>Los Angeles, CA 90028<br/><span><br/><br/>Come on down to Crane’s next Wednesday evening at 8PM to have a drink and be fully entertained for free! <br/><br/>Times are tough as we all know, so what better way to unwind than with some cheap beer and great, free, live music!  This show comes with a guarantee that if you are not fully entertained you will be fully refunded your admission price! <br/><span class="text_exposed_show"><br/>This is going to be a magical little night so I hope as many of you can make it as possible. Have a drink, have a smoke, chit the chat with me afterwards and we’ll be alright. <br/><br/>Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future, so choose your poison and I’ll see you at the bar!</span></span><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/><br/></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/906130980http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/906130980Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:31:00 -0400<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2l3a7lsEgFM">The Fall Guy</a>: <p>One of my favorite memories of my childhood in Ireland was looking forward to <em>The Fall Guy</em> every Monday night at 9PM (I think) on RTE.  It was undoubtedly the most incredible thing I had ever seen and despite my then paltry 60 months of age, I was allowed special privileges to stay up and watch it.  </p> <p>This was, of course, a simpler time when there were only two TV channels available in our house/the whole of Ireland.  </p> <p><em>The Fall Guy</em> was a two-fingered salute to the bog-boring fields of <em>Glenroe, Bracken</em> and <em>Emmerdale Farm</em>, and I loved every second of it.</p> <p>Sometimes, if I was really good and hadn’t thrown any stones at passing cars that week (a Limerick City, youth pastime), my Dad would come home from the job site with a Mars Bar for me.  </p> <p>This could only be unwrapped later in the evening once <em>The Fall Guy’s</em> opening credits began rolling.   I’d take my first bite out of the Mars, anxiously waiting to see what crazy villains would face Colt, Howie and Jodi, marveling at the fact that it was the simplest things in life that brought the greatest pleasures.</p> <p>Cut to twenty or so years later and I find myself living blocks away from some of the locations in <em>The Fall Guy’s</em> opening sequence.  </p> <p>I’d always wondered where my desire to be in Hollywood came from.  Looking up <em>The Fall Guy </em>on YouTube recently, I got my answer.</p> <p>Even in the harsh, HDTV light of day this still stands up as a phenomenal show featuring, arguably, one of the greatest theme tunes ever written.  </p> <p>There’s nothing else to say really, except…</p> <p><em><span>I’m never seen with anything less than a nine, so fine</span></em></p> <p><span><em><span>I might fall from a tall building, <br/>I might roll a brand new car. <br/></span><span>‘Cause I’m the unknown stuntman that made Redford such a star</span></em></span></p> <p><span>Celebrate <em>The Fall Guy</em> with me this Wednesday 16th June, 8PM at Crane’s… in Hollywood</span></p> <p><span><br/></span></p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/700306715http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/700306715Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:00:33 -0400<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l419ymI1lH1qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>Live at Crane’s Hollywood Tavern, Wednesday June 16th, 8PM</strong></p> <p>Hello folks,</p> <p>Please come join me for some fun on Wednesday at Crane’s in Hollywood as I play the Beachwood Rocker’s Society night.  </p> <p>There are always fantastic bands playing on this bill and the best part is, it’s free!  </p> <p>I will be on at 8PM so please get there early.</p> <p>Crane’s is an excellent hidden gem in the heart of Hollywood that serves strong drinks at moderate prices.  I hope to see you down there!</p> <p>Slainte</p> <p>Shane</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/699431253http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/699431253Mon, 14 Jun 2010 22:08:46 -0400<iframe width="400" height="320" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/egVKa_eEUFI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Ship To Sail, Live at Libertine, Hollywood, 2010</strong></p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/696336250http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/696336250Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:02:36 -0400Shane Walsh liveShane Walsh concertShane Walsh musicIrish singer/songwriter Shane WalshKCRW featured artist Shane WalshIrish rock 'n rollShane Walsh fans<a href="http://jhnmyr.tumblr.com/post/554610743/twitter-isnt-over-im-over-it">one forty plus: Twitter Isn't "Over", I'm Over It. </a>: <blockquote> <p>Last week in Los Angeles I participated in a live Q&A as part of an ASCAP expo on songwriting. When the topic of Twitter came up, I explained my waning interest in it being part of my daily life. By no means do I think it’s over as a medium altogether, but I do think that the days of “Twitter: The…</p> </blockquote>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/684351637http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/684351637Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:36:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l3jfjzSyId1qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Good times to be had over the next 5 days in New York.  Big show at Spike Hill on Sunday at 7PM, then onto various house parties and jams with beer and sightseeing thrown in for good measure!  Ah, bars that close at 4AM - what a fantastic idea!</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/666166223http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/666166223Sat, 05 Jun 2010 06:52:47 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l08tj79PEL1qakwd8o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>‘Runaway’ live at The Hotel Cafe, March 10th, 2010!</p>http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/490928450http://www.shanewalsh.com/post/490928450Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:40:19 -0400