Paddy Burgin - Recordings

Released January 2005, Square Peg is an album of 13 original compositions. The eight songs and five instrumentals were recorded at Braeburn Studios in Wellington, New Zealand in late 2004. Along with Tom Callwood on double bass, the tracks feature a number of Burgin guitars, a mandolin, and an electric Hawaiian guitar made by my father in 1946.

The CD includes a detailed booklet containing lyrics and a number of photos of my handmade instruments. The album was recorded by Robbie duncan who specialises in recording acoustic instruments.

This album is can be purchased from me for NZ$ 20.00 + postage. Please contact me to arrange payment (VISA accepted) and delivery.

Live Bait is a lively three piece Wellington band comprising Ruairidh Morrison, Bernard Wells and Paddy Burgin. Between them they play concertina, bass guitar, harmonica, slide and acoustic guitars, wooden flute and whistle. The celtic flavoured album "Gone By Lunchtime" was recorded at Wellington's Braeburn Studios, with most of the tracks being original compositions and from their live repertoire.

"Unhugged" is a collection of fourteen original songs by the alt-country band, the Dunstan Rangers. The core members of the band are Paddy Burgin, Chris Nichol and Peter Parnham. On "Unhugged" they have been joined by Charlotte Yates, Tom Callwood from the Little Bushmen, and Murray Costello and Martin Durrant from Let's Planet. The songs adopt the traditional country music themes of lost love, drinking and men generally not taking responsibility for themselves. They are also tinged with a suitable amount of irony, so they're not your standard country fare.The Dunstan Rangers owe their musical style to the likes of Gram Parsons, John Prine, and Rodney Crowell. Instrumentally "Unhugged" features guitars, sax, slide guitars, electric and double bass, occasional drums and a few harmonies.

My Sweet Town is the brand new CD/DVD that sees Paddy teaming up with Little Bushman's Tom Callwood, guitarist Justin Clarke and Bruce McNaught on percussion.

Paddy"s brand of urban folk takes us on a journey around his home city and other parts of New Zealand, to the sound of acoustic and weissenborn slide guitars , piano, banjo, double bass, percussion and harmonica. The CD is a collection of twelve songs and instrumentals recorded by the band in Level Two Studios in Wellington under the guidance of engineer Troy Kelly. The recording process was as live as possible, with overdubs kept to a bare minimum.

The DVD features a concert by the band filmed and edited by documentary maker Costa Botes.

My Sweet Town can be bought on line from www.amplifier.co.nz or from Slow Boat Records in downtown Wellington.

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Bernard Wells, Ruiradh Morrison, Andy Linton and Paddy Burgin finally get around to recording some of the material that has been in their live set at various Irish pubs around Wellington for a while. Recorded live in the bar at Molly Malones, this disc includes their most requested song, Inglewood, written by Paddy’s brother, Chris Burgin.

Several of Paddy’s songs are featured on the album, along with some wooden flutes, concertina, bouzoukis, harmonicas, guitars and bass. This CD has plenty of aural variety, from the rousing choruses of Inglewood to Andy’s unaccompanied whaling song.