Music and Mayhem (eBook)

One Man's Journey Through the Golden Era of Irish Music

Keith Donald (Autor)

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2025
279 Seiten
The Lilliput Press (Verlag)
9781843519379 (ISBN)

Infos

 
Music and Mayhem charts the immersive and explosive life of one of Ireland's most important musicians, and the golden decade of Irish music he was at the very centre of.   
Keith Donald's story begins in Unionist east Belfast, hurtling through vivid memories of a childhood as a musical prodigy, first performing at the BBC aged ten. His story takes him to the classics department of Trinity College Dublin in the early 60s, a hotbed of new ideas, before he becomes enveloped in the beauty of tenor sax. Jazz clubs by night and studying classics by day, Donald soon felt the early onset alcohol addiction, fueld by childhood PTSD. From university he joined the booming showband scene with The Federals in Belfast and The Greenbeats in Dublin, touring the dancehalls and marquees of the Irish country.   
The 70s saw Donald building a music career in Dublin and Europe, coping with addiction, a crumbling marriage, and forging a separate life as a qualified social worker. It was the 1980s however, when his greatest breakthrough came to pass withthe formation of the Celtic rock supergroup Moving Hearts. With the Hearts Donald was manager, star performer and inspiration, alongside bandmates including Christy Moore and Donal Lunny. Their fusion of jazz, rock and traditional music created the soundtrack of an era and paved the way for a generation of Irish musicians.   

Autor

Keith Donald is a renowned saxophone and clarinet player who has played with some of the biggest names in Irish music, including Van Morrison, Ronnie Drew, Moving Hearts and   Christy Moore. Over a six-decade long career, Donald has played   alongside hundreds of artists, and recorded over 20 albums. Keith is also a composer for theatre, film and television. Keith was also part of the team that won a BAFTA award for United, a film which was conceived as a commentary on the divisive issue    of parades in Northern Ireland politics. In addition he has composed music for many BBC documentaries and a BBC film called Great Journeys.   

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 20.3.2025
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater
• Schlagworte: 1960s • 1970s • 1980s breakthrough • addiction • age ten • alcohol addiction • Artistic Innovation • bandmates • BBC performance • Belfast • Celtic rock • childhood memories • Childhood PTSD • Christy Moore • classics department • Collaboration • coping mechanisms • crumbling marriage • Cultural impact • dancehalls • Donal Lunny • Dublin • Dublin music scene • European music scene • explosive life • generation of musicians • golden decade • immersive life • Inspiration • Ireland • irish country • Irish culture • Irish Music • Irish musicians • Irish Rock • Jazz Clubs • jazz fusion • marquees • Mayhem • Moving Hearts • music • Musical Creativity • musical evolution • musical prodigy • music career • Music Fusion • musician • music scene • new ideas • Night life • Performance • Personal Struggle • professional success • Resilience • Rock Fusion • Saxophon • separate life • showband scene • social worker • soundtrack of an era • star performer • studying classics • Supergroup • Tenor Sax • Tenor Saxophone • The Federals • The Greenbeats • Touring • tour manager • traditional music fusion • Trinity College Dublin • Unionist east Belfast • university life
• ISBN-13: 9781843519379 / 9781843519379