Brendan "Brush" Shiels is an Irish

Ireland

Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 musician from County Dublin

County Dublin

County Dublin is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Dublin Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the city of Dublin which is the capital of Ireland. County Dublin was one of the first of the parts of Ireland to be shired by King John of England following the...

, best known for being the frontman of Gary Moore

Gary Moore

Robert William Gary Moore , better known simply as Gary Moore, was a Northern Irish musician from Belfast, best recognised as a blues rock guitarist and singer....

'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

Louis Walsh

Louis Walsh is an Irish music manager and judge on the British television talent show The X Factor.-Band manager:...

. He now appears regularly providing musical accompaniment on the Joe Duffy

Joe Duffy

Joseph "Joe" Duffy is an Irish broadcaster employed by Raidió Teilifís Éireann . A Jacob's Award winner, he is the current presenter of Liveline, which is broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1, Monday - Fridays between 13:45 and 15:00.Duffy has a history as a student activist; he was President of the Union of...

 Liveline

LiveLine

Liveline is an Irish radio interview and phone-in chat show broadcast on RTÉ Radio 1 each weekday afternoon between 13.45 and 15.00. The programme, which is currently presented by Joe Duffy and known for its slogan "Talk to Joe", seeks the public's opinion on various questions, normally one or more...

radio programme on RTÉ

Raidió Teilifís Éireann

Raidió Teilifís Éireann is a semi-state company and the public service broadcaster of Ireland. It both produces programmes and broadcasts them on television, radio and the Internet. The radio service began on January 1, 1926, while regular television broadcasts began on December 31, 1961, making...

 and still performs live around venues in the UK and Ireland.

Brush also enjoyed a brief spell as a footballer representing Bohemian F.C.

Bohemian F.C.

Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...

 in the 1960's. Shiels has helped Bohemians recent times by making appearances at fundraising events to try and ensure the survival of his former club.

With Skid Row

• Skid (CBS, 1970)
• 34 Hours
  34 Hours
  34 Hours is a 1971 album by Irish blues-rock band Skid Row. It was the band's second album, and takes its title from the fact that it was recorded in 34 hours.-Track listing:#"Night of the Warm Witch"#"First Thing in the Morning"#"Mar"...
  
  (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.'), (demos recorded 1969, released 1984)
• Skid Row (a.k.a. 'Gary Moore/Brush Shiels/Noel Bridgeman'), (third album 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)
• Mad Dog Woman (originally titled Skid Row Revisited, 2009)

External links

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