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Artist
Brendan Quinn
12+ albums
about
Brendan started in the music business as a guitar player with ‘The Malachi Doris Ceili Band’ at age 15. While playing in various Irish showbands like ‘The Breakaways’ and ‘The Signs’, he recorded Kris Kristoffe-rson’s ‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’ in 1969 which recieved extensive airplay in Ireland. 1972 saw Brendan with an Irish no. 1. When he recorded Faron Young’s ‘Four In The Morning’, and in the words of Faron Young himself ‘That Irish boy can sing my songs better than I can sing them myself’! Brendan also recorded a version of Charlie Rich’s ‘Behind Closed Doors’ around this time and BBC Radio 1 presenter Tony Blackburn received it and played it every day for 2 months! it also proved a big hit in Ireland reaching no.3. In 1974 Brendan replaced Gene Stuart in ‘The Mighty Avons’ and left one year later to start his own band ‘The Bluebirds’ (named after a car he was driving at the time a Datsun Bluebird). In 1976 Brendan and The Bluebirds signed with George Doherty’s ‘Emerald Gem’ label and a string of hit records were to follow including 5 no. 1s with the label. Brendan’s first effort in his new surroundings, ‘My Kinda Country’ went on to critical acclaim in England and Scotland.It held hit singles ‘The Door Is Always Open’ and ‘Dreaming My Dreams With You’, including 3 no.1’s, ‘Bandy The Rodeo Clown’ ‘I Dont Want The Money’ and ‘After Sweet Memories (play born to lose again)’. Two more albums with ‘Emerald Gem’ followed, 1978s ‘Relax With’ and 1979s ‘Country Lovi
