The introduction of Frank Duff on trumpet and Paul Grimes on trombone to the band was exciting but it also came about due to another
The Brown Van, the White album and the Long and Winding Road. It was almost like a storyline from the sitcom ‘Only Fools and Horses’.
Watch The Blades play “Boy One” live at the Olympia Theatre, December 14th, 2013.
Released in 2017, ‘Red Letter Day’ is the debut album from Dublin recording artist, Boy One. The man behind Boy One is none other than
In January 2020 Tanis Smither featured Boy One in Hotpress, Ireland’s leading music magazine featured the release of the single and video for ‘Broken Skies’.
Top Hat and (Tall) Tales In October 1978, I was playing bass with the Vipers when we got a support slot with The Jam on
The second version of The Vipers, or as we might call it today Vipers 2.0 was active from July 1978 to September 1979. The band
The first track on the album ‘Watch This Space’ was based on just four chords. I was listening to the charts at the time and was amazed
The complete session was recorded by The Vipers on 13 February 1979 for the John Peel show on BBC Radio 1 and broadcast on the
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