Sean McCabe - "Ships Are Sailing"
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**This is Sean’s solo project.
The McCabes - "Live At Paddy Reillys"
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This was The McCabes’ first ever CD. We recorded it one week before St Patrick’s Day in 2001 at the legendary New York Irish club, Paddy Reillys. A lot of bands got their start here, which some have called the CBGB’s of Irish venues. For example, Black 47, Eileen Ivers, Speir Mor, Rogues March, Tony de Marco (who still runs a session there every Thursday-New York’s longest running session), and many others.
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We started our residency in Paddy Reillys' at the beginning of 2001 and such was the response to our shows that owner Steve Duggan suggested that we do a live recording. We needed no further prompting. We got the recording gear in and had the soundman press 'record'. We left it at that. We didn't edit a thing, not even wrong notes...! The result was 'Live At Paddy Reilly's', and yes we did add a bonus studio track called 'Have A guinness Everday' which was written by myself and then drummer Lez Warner (formerly of The Cult'). Some of the songs on this album are now staples of the Irish scene around the country, being performed often by other bands and singers. We have made better recordings of some of these songs ourselves but what is best about this album in my opinion is the 'live' spirit. Everyone is having fun, including the crowd, and more so as the night goes on (I wonder why!). The album went out of print for a few years but because of the consistency of demand for a reprint I finally decided to do it this year 2008, with my return to New York.
And to this day, 'Live at paddy Reilly's' by The McCabes, remains the only live album ever recorded by a band in that famous venue.
Cheers,
Sean.
The McCabes - "Dark Before The Dawn"
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The McCabes have been around for six years. We have played about a thousand gigs, most of the earlier ones in bars, many of the recent ones at festivals. We are very popular in New York. People have been known to get very drunk while listening to our band; don’t know why but that’s a fact. That’s why bars are always calling us up.They kow folks will buy a lot of beer. We enjoy playing bars but we really like playing festivals; it’s the smell of the grass and the sound of the birds in between sets, and hanging out with other bands on the bill. Makes you realize why you got into playng music in the first place. ‘Dark before The Dawn’ is our third cd, recorded in one day. You might be able to hear that while you listen; I would call the sound on this cd rough but spontaneous. I think Paddy’s Day is one of my best songs. It’s a description of the vibe in NYC on Paddy’s Day
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The last song, 'Wish I didn't but I do (love you)' is also one of my better songs, in my opinion. It describes the love/hate relationship that existed betwen my girlfriend (now fiance) and I at the time. Sometimes you don't want to be with someone but you have no choice. It's kind of like that with music too. Sometmes you don't want to be doing it but you have no choice. It has you by the balls. Call it love!!
Thanks,
Sean.
A Good Deed and Other Stories by Sean McCabe
Printed Version: 150 pages, 6″ x 9″, perfect binding, black and white interior ink
“A Good Deed and Other Stories” is a series of seventeen interconnected short stories charting the adventures and misadventures of youngster Eoin Grady as he navigates his way to maturity in the fictional town of Baile in the Irish midlands. From an episode selling programmes at a Gaelic Football match, to a first confession that goes disastrously wrong, to piano lessons unwillingly received from a knuckle-slapping old nun in a convent, the stories paint a humorous and evocative portrait of small town life in the Ireland of the 1980′s.
About the author:
Sean McCabe was born in County Meath, Ireland in 1968. He studied at Trinity College and earned a masters’ degree in English Litterateur. Sean lives in New York and works as a professional musician. He has issued four CD’s with his band “The McCabes”. Several of Sean’s short stories have been published in Ireland’s Own, Ireland’s Eye and other popular magazines.
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A Good Deed and Other Stories by Sean McCabe
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“A Good Deed and Other Stories” is a series of seventeen interconnected short stories charting the adventures and misadventures of youngster Eoin Grady as he navigates his way to maturity in the fictional town of Baile in the Irish midlands. From an episode selling programmes at a Gaelic Football match, to a first confession that goes disastrously wrong, to piano lessons unwillingly received from a knuckle-slapping old nun in a convent, the stories paint a humorous and evocative portrait of small town life in the Ireland of the 1980′s.
About the author:
Sean McCabe was born in County Meath, Ireland in 1968. He studied at Trinity College and earned a masters’ degree in English Litterateur. Sean lives in New York and works as a professional musician. He has issued four CD’s with his band “The McCabes”. Several of Sean’s short stories have been published in Ireland’s Own, Ireland’s Eye and other popular magazines.
