A Little Bit of Ireland Interviews ep33 - Charlie Landsborough

his playlist contains all the interviews filmed in 2010 / 2011 by Mike Walker Camera for The O'Brien Media Group for a program called "A Little Bit of Ireland". This TV show was broadcast on the Sky Showcase channel and also on Freesat. This episode features country music singer/songwriter Charlie Landsborough Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, Landsborough was the youngest of 11 children. Soon after he was born, his mother (Aggie) moved the family back to Birkenhead after the World War II bombing raids. He was reared by the docklands of Birkenhead near the dumps, railway lines, coal wharf, and oil factories. He left school early and worked intermittently as an apprentice telephone engineer, on the railways, and in the flour mills before joining the army. He left after four years, in the early 1960s, and joined a group, The Chicago Sect, in Dortmund, Germany. Returning to England, he married, played in local bands, and worked in a variety of jobs before becoming a teacher[1] at Portland Primary School on Laird Street, Birkenhead. While working as a teacher, he wrote songs and continued to perform on a semi-professional basis, with limited success. However, in 1994 his song "What Colour is the Wind", which tells the story of a young blind child’s attempts to envision the world, began to be played in Ireland after a TV appearance on RTÉ's Kenny Live show. The song was used as the title track of one of Landsborough's albums. Following the album's success in Ireland, Landsborough appeared on several TV shows in the UK. Since then, he has released ten additional albums, including originals, greatest hits and double CDs of previous releases. Overall, sales of his albums have exceeded 700,000 units. He also has had two number one singles in the Irish pop chart, and several of his albums have topped the British country charts. In 1996, he converted to Catholicism. One of his most successful releases, Still Can't Say Goodbye was recorded in Nashville in 1999 and resulted in Landsborough winning the BMCA Best Male Vocalist (2000) for the third year in succession, and the Southern Country Award for best album. He has performed at most major concert halls and theatres in the UK, including the London Palladium. He also toured Australia and New Zealand in 2001. Hi songs have been recorded by Foster and Allen ("I Will Love You All My Life"), Roly Daniels ("Part of Me"), and George Hamilton IV ("Heaven Knows"). http://www.charlielandsborough.com/ A LITTLE BIT OF IRELAND INTERVIEWS Hosted by Dublin born Richard O'Brien, the interviews are as follows: Ep 1 Pat Jordan Ep 2 Sabrina Piggott Ep 3 Michael O'Brien & Philomena Ep 4 Mary Malone Ep 5 Sean Wilson & Tony Mac Ep 6 Peter Mylett Ep 7 Joe Casserly & Martin Logan Ep 8 Tommy Collins Ep 9 Margaret Duggan Ep 10 Sean Page Ep 11 Isla Grant Ep 12 Lisa McHugh Ep 13 Matthew Riding & Matthew Kerridge Ep 14 Gerry Flanagan Ep 15 Alastair Coyles Ep 16 Declan Henry Ep 17 Cy Kearney Ep 18 Celtic Beat Ep 19 The Bachelors Ep 20 Frank McCaffrey Ep 21 Mervyn Conn Ep 22 Ally Harron & Marian Curry Ep 23 Danny Murphy Ep 24 Georgette Jones Ep 25 Irish Management Consortium Ep 26 Gerry Carney Ep 27 Colin Stout Ep 28 John McNicholl Ep 29 Ellen Tinnelley Ep 30 The Biblecode Sundays Ep 31 Daniel O'Donnell Ep 32 Seamus Moore Ep 33 Charlie Landsborough Ep 34 Shawn Cuddy Ep 35 Jimmy Cricket Ep 36 Michael Sloyan Ep 37 Daniel Shutt Please subscribe:    / mikewalkercamera   Gear used: Cameras, Lenses & Aquisition: Sony PMW-350 broadcast camera with Fujinon HA18x7.6BERM-M6B ENG Lens with Digi Power Servo Sony EX3 camera for guest shot Sony EX1 camera for wide shot Audio: Sennheiser 416 Shotgun mic Sennheiser G2 series Lavaliers x2 for interviews Sony Freedom mic Lighting: Dedolights x3 set with DP20 projection adaptor Flo Light 4 tube soft light fluorescent Grip: Vinton Tripods with Vision 8 and 3 heads Hague Universal Tracking Dolly Manfrotto tripod with 500 fluid hed Editing: Adobe Premiere CS6, Photoshop, After Effects