Interview with Mundy
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MundyFollowing Jellylegs, Mundy went on to release the multi platinum record 24 Star Hotel, with hit tracks \\u2018July\\u2019 and \\u2018Mexico\\u2019 becoming firm favourites. Raining Down Arrows, which hit the #1 slot in the Irish Album Charts, came next and was recorded in the musically revered city of Austin, Texas. His first live album Live and Confusion followed, recorded at a storming and sold out Vicar St show. Galway Girl was recorded as an encore and went on to become the best selling single and most downloaded song 2 years in a row in Ireland (2007 / 2008). His 4th studio album, Strawberry Blood, followed in 2009 and saw Mundy touring Ireland, Australia and the UK once more. Shuffle was released in 2011 and was a gorgeous ode to some of Mundy\\u2019s most favourite songwriters. It featured his versions of songs by greats like Tom Waits, Lucinda Williams, John Prine, Paul Simon and Gillian Welch, to name a few.Since then, Mundy has been busy. He\\u2019s been touring the US, performing at The Royal Albert Hall \\u2013 not to mention the small matter of performing for Barack Obama both on his Irish visit, and at his home in The White House.Mundy met Youth again a couple of years back and they decided to collaborate together for the first time since \\u201895, winding up in Youth\\u2019s studio in Spain where they got to work. Youth\\u2019s is one of the most experienced and talented UK producers, having worked with the likes of The Verve, Pink Floyd, Culture Club, Reverend & The Makers, Echo & The Bunnymen and Paul McCartney. The line-up for the recording included Mundy on guitar and vocals, Youth on bass, Eddie Banda on drums and Michael Rendall on keys, with some extra guitar lines from Simon Tong (The Verve, Gorillaz, Damon Albarn) and Michael Wadada (Suns Of Arqa) on sitar
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