‘Good Old Boys’ by Randy Newman was released in 1974. It is a thought-provoking, humorous, sometimes scathing portrait of the Deep South. It is full
We had a great night at The Academy in March. Watch a few videos uploaded to YouTube. We want to thank everyone for coming out
In 1981 The Vipers released “Take Me” on the Room to Move E.P. This was a collaboration with the fledgling Energy Music record label, Mulligan
Academy Rehearsals, 2021 In November 2021, Paul, Jake, and myself met up for our first Blades rehearsal in almost two years. And what a strange
I only learned yesterday of the sad passing of Paul Boyle, lead singer with my old band the Vipers. We had lost contact with him
The Ministers were unusual in the fact that they had three different lead singers and the music was very quirky with odd, jazzy chords, melodic
The Mountain Climbers……Scaling New Heights When The Blades broke up in 1986 I got a call from my old Vipers comrade, George Sweeney. He was
Dave Fanning interviewed Paul Cleary on the RTE TV show Visual Eyes in 1987. Paul discusses the break-up of The Blades and his new band,
As yet unfinished, The Blades – The Sound Of Raytown film will chart the story of the band from their origins in the summer of
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