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| Paddy (Michael Patrick) Kelly | |
| Date of birth: | December 5th, 1977 |
| Place of birth: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Colour of eyes: | dark blue |
| Colour of hair: | brown |
| Height: | 1,72 m |
| Weight: | 56 kg |
| Instruments: | Guitar, piano, keyboards, percussion, bass, harmonica, accordion, penny whistle, congas, mandolin, |
| Role in the band/family: | Produced various records and together with Angelo is musical head of the band. Also involved in management. |
| Hobbies: | Sport, painting, sailing, farming |
| Best live performance by another
band: |
Various Bruce Springsteen shows |
| Favourite CD: | The Joshua Tree - U2, soundtrack of "The Mission" |
| Favourite artist: | Michael Angelo, Picasso and Gaudi |
| Favourite band: | U2, The Police |
| Favourite book: | "A Story of a soul" by St. Theresa of Liscieux |
| Favourite film: | The Mission, The Godfather 1-3, Gladiator, At The Waterfront, Breaveheart |
| Favourite food/meal: | Bio-Fruit, vegetables, coarse wholemeal bread, pasta and sweets without sugar |
| Your favourite moment with the band: | Far too many to relate |
| 10 Favourite Records: | "The Mission" Soundtrack von Ennio Morricone
"VS" Pearl Jam "Greatest Hits" The Police "Rythm Of The Saints" Paul Simon "The Joshua Tree" U2 "Achtung Baby" U2 "Born In The USA" Bruce Springsteen "The Mask And The Mirror" Loreena McKennit "A Rush Of Blood To The Head" Coldplay "P�ques" French Benedictine Gregorian Music |
| 10 Favourite Movies: | "Jesus of Nazareth" Franco Zeffirelli
"The Missioin" Roland Joffre "Dog Day Afternoon" "Godfather I and II" Francis Ford Coppola "Black Cat, White Cat" Emir Kusturica "At The Water Front" "Mad Max I and II" "Amelie" "Lord Of The Rings" I and II" Peter Jackson "My Left Foot" Jim Sherridan |
| 10 Favourite Books: | "The Story Of A Soul" St. Theresa De Lisieux
"Diary (Divine Mercy In My Soul)" St. Maria Faustina "The Miracle Of Fasting" Paul C. Bragg "Sugar Blues" William Dufty "No Greater Love" Mother Teresa "A Simple Path" Mother Teresa "Total Surrender" Mother Teresa "Memory Of St. Theresa" Sister Genevieve "The Road Less Travelled" Scott Peck "Man's Search For Meaning" Frankle |
| Singles: | With the band: When the last tree..., An angel, I can't help myself, Fell in love with an alien, because it's love, One more song, Hooks, Mama, The children of Kosovo, Flip a coin
Solo career: Pray pray pray, When you sleep |
| What more you should know: | He is a favourite of audience. When he is on the stage he entertains fans with funny stories and ideas. In April 2002 he's cut his long hair. Paddy started to sing with the band when he was four years old. He has learnt to play the first musical instrument when he was only six. This musical instrument was the flute. On 17th March 2003 (St. Patrick's Day) he released his first solo album. But Paddy still stayed a member of the Kelly Family.
Right now (since the autumn of 2004) he is studying theology and philosophy in France and he is a monk in St. Jonas church. On August 4th and 5th, 2008, he appeared at the Youth Festival of Medjugorje, telling his life story, which was so impressive it made many people cry - and not only fans! He also introduced some of the songs he had written over the years when we didn't hear much about him. He seemed very happy and peaceful. |
| Official website: | www.paddykelly.com - doesn't work anymore |
HIS BIOGRAPHY:
On a stormy night in the winter of 1977, Michael Patrick Kelly (Paddy) was born in a camper in the south of Dublin, Ireland. Growing up as the 10th child in an artistic family - "The Kelly Family". He started performing and presenting his brothers and sisters as a young host at concerts and tv shows. Due to the musical environment in his early youth, songwriting and performing became a natural part of his life and at the age of 15 he wrote "An Angel" which was the first self-written big hit and breakthrough song for "The Kelly Family". Others followed like "Fell in Love with an Alien" or "One more Song" and at 19 he became the leading producer in the studio and musical leader of the band which has sold 15million records to date and received 48 gold and platinum albums across Europe.
In addition to music, Paddy's second artistic passion is drawing (see art). Paddy is a "health nut" living from organic grown foods and fasting regularly on water only. Inspired by his brother Joey's passion for sports, he has become an enthusiastic runner taking part in marathons as well. Through the early travels with his family he picked up French, German and Spanish in addition to his mother tongue English. He plays guitar, piano/keyboards, harmonica, congas, percussion, penny whistle and drums.
Politically, Paddy recently engaged himself in various peace activities bringing 500.000 demonstrators to a minute of silence in Berlin before singing a song alone with his guitar prior to the war on Iraq. About a month later, his arrest with Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mairead Maguire in New York which was covered by international media attention, lad Iraqi civilians to place posters with pictures of his arrest in Baghdad with the printed headline "If this is how you deal with your celebrities, we don't want your kind of democracy"
Since his conversion in 1999 Paddy is a confessed Christian and established a charital foundation by which he personally supports humanitarian and cultural projects throughout Europe, India and Africa.
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