Brush Shiels

Biography

Brendan Francis "Brush" Shiels (born 24 October 1945, Phibsborough, Dublin, Ireland) is a musician best known for being the frontman of Gary Moore's first rock band, Skid Row. He had a show on RTÉ Television called Off yer Brush and was twice managed by boyband mentor Louis Walsh. He appears regularly, providing musical accompaniment, on the Joe Duffy Liveline radio programme on RTÉ and still performs live in Ireland. Shiels played football for Bohemian Football Club in the 1960s. He has helped...