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a man from capalaba near brisbane with a social conscience and a healthy dose of frivolity! a travelling man, a busker, a bard and believer in peace, love and unity for all!

ADAM RYAN – CELTIC BLUES What is Celtic Blues? – Robert Johnson meets Rory Gallagher then Shane Macgowan comes in and causes trouble. But what does is mean? - Adam’s live show is solo and includes many influences and techniques (foot stomping, guitar percussion, throat singing, open tuned guitar, slide mandolin, and a loop pedal) but the deal is basically this: Old school blues married to Celtic inspired melodies. Adam’s set list is 70/30 original compositions to covers. The covers in Adam’s set are comprised of Robert Johnson, the Pogues, Rory Gallagher, Peter Green, Led Zeppelin and others. For the past 12 years Adam has been living and working overseas. Adam moved back to Australia in December of 2006 to perform and promote “Play 2 B” and the follow-up album tentatively titled “Celtic Blues”. Adam Ryan is a stubborn bugger when it comes to music and has continued to write and perform his own songs for the past 20 or so odd years even though he knew the whole time that its wasn’t