The music & writing of Paul Connolly

I just did a gig played at the RopeTackle in Shoreham by Sea on Tuesday 10th January 2012. I’m was backed by the fabulous Tom Walker Band. Great fun amd thanks to all that came along on the night. www.paul-connolly.com

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During the second half of the nineteenth century in 1950 onwards there were radical socialist changes happening in America as well as in Europe. With the onset of Industrialisation, young people flocked to the cities to discover their fortune through … Continue reading →

There are many interpretations of what defines a Rock and Roll song. In the book “Rock Music” by Peter Wicke (1991) he says that ‘Rock Music is in fact an industrial product and therefore in the first instance follows the … Continue reading →

HARRY by Paul Connolly – March 2010 Harry should’ve have walked out years ago. He was currently reading “The Games People Play” a book on Psychology by Eric Berne and it hadn’t really helped. The book said that people took … Continue reading →

The origins of the recording industry began in the nineteenth century. In America in 1897, the recording industry had grown into an intense rivalry between the phonograph, which used entertainment cylinders and the gramophone which used discs. In 1914 in … Continue reading →

I’ve just been down under to one of favorite places in Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales. Australia. I played a few gigs and wrote some new songs whilst meandering up the coast thru’ Green Point, South West Rocks and Surfer’s Paradise in Queensland. What a beach flipping heck…!! Continue reading →

This song is about a road in the USA know as Highway Triple Six which has a bad reputation for car crashes. Is it just coincidence or something more sinister…?

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