Party: Daniel Meade & the Flying Mules - Free - Kilkenny Roots Festival

Party: Daniel Meade & the Flying Mules - Free - Kilkenny Roots Festival

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Glasgow's Daniel Meade released his self-recorded, 'kitchen-made', debut solo album 'As Good As Bad Can Be’ in 2013 to critical acclaim in the UK, attracting much radio exposure. This led to a coveted BBC Introducing Session on 'Another Country With Ricky Ross' which showcased a live and very well-received performance.

Since then he and 'The Flying Mules' (Lloyd Reid, Mark Ferrie and Thomas Sutherland) have travelled far and wide, working with and opening for acts such as Old Crow Medicine Show, The Proclaimers, Pokey LaFarge, Willie Watson, Diana Jones, Vikesh Kapoor and Sturgill Simpson.

In February 2014, Daniel was invited to Nashville by Morgan Jahnig of OCMS after he heard As Good As Bad Can Be and viewed his BBC Session online. Jahnig was so impressed that he offered to engineer and produce a new album and proceeded to put a killer band together comprising some of Meade’s favourite musicians, including Cory Younts, Chance McCoy, Joshua Hedley, Chris Scruggs, and Morgan himself. Guest spots were filled by Diana Jones, Shelly Colvin and Critter from Old Crow.

The result was 'Keep Right Away', an exciting, diverse and self assured album that draws on the ghosts of all of his influences, from Hank Williams, Big Bill Broonzy and Jerry Lee Lewis through to the more contemporary throes of Old Crow Medicine Show and Justin Townes Earle. All the while, as with 'As Good As Bad Can Be', Meade's originality as a songwriter and musician shines through and remains intact.

Both albums have received lots of great reviews and are racking up meaningful radio plays, including spins on BBC Radio 2 from Bob Harris. They have been notching up countlesss plays on many shows all over the world and are still going strong.

2015 has seen Meade and The Mules complete two successful headline UK Tours, a sell out nationwide tour opening for Pokey LaFarge and once again being invited to perform live on the BBC as part of the highly succesful 'BBC at The Quay' sessions in Glasgow. Meade also undertook a two week solo stint in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium opening for and backing Diana Jones. As a result, he and long-term guitarist/wizard Lloyd Reid were invited back to the EU for a string of their own dates at the end of August, which were a great success and already there are more EU shows being booked for 2016/17. The band finished off the year on a high, supporting Scottish music royalty The Proclaimers.