Built To Last is the latest 10 song rocker from Liverpool born, Dublin based, blues guitarist & songwriter Mike Brookfield. Cinematic imagery & storytelling are at the heart of Mike’s fifth studio album on Golden Rule Records. The characters stories swing from the dark & moody to fun & up-lifting, firing up the listeners imagination with modern adult identifiable themes & fantasies.
“It’s fascinating how Mike is capable of telling a whole story with his guitar… perfect guitar executions… writing songs without lyrics… Mike does this with excellence.” – Blues Rock Review
Mike’s acclaimed, Eric Clapton and Rory Gallagher inspired, guitar playing burns moodily throughout along with his rockin’ band of Irish brothers. Built To Last takes inspiration from the great American songwriters like Bob Dylan & Bruce Springsteen but remains both uniquely Irish and British in perspective whilst delivering authentic, gusty, rock n roll for everyman.
“With this level of talent Brookfield can afford to hold back and let the songs do the work, which makes his new album, Love Breaks the Fall, a winner!” – Blues Blast Magazine
Mike Brookfield started his career as a rock n roll guitarist in 1989 on the band scene around Liverpool & Manchester. By the late 1990’s he was performing in multiple musical shows in London’s West End. At the turn of the century, he moved to Ireland and while acting as a Music Coordinator in RTE where he worked on shows and events such as The Café, the Meteor Music Awards, the Childline Concert and The Late Late Show, he performed with many well-known international artists. It was Mike’s second album, Love Breaks the Fall, in 2015 that got his solo career moving, attracting glowing reviews from the music press.
“Mike Brookfield is a virtuoso blues rocker…with a particular ability to craft hook-laden big blues ballads… shedload of prodigious rockabilly chops… what he can do with his Stratocaster, is bloody impressive!” – Blues Matters Magazine
Brookfield followed with more success in 2018 and featured lyrics by Horslips legend, writer & journalist Eamon Carr. Mike mysteriously went AWOL after the release of Brookfield but resurfaced a year later a graduate of Trinity college, Dublin with a first-class M.phil. Hey Kiddo!, (2021) returned him to his rock n roll roots with an upbeat 12 track guitar instrumental album.
About the Alternative Sunday Social Club
The Alternative Sunday Social Club was created so that music fans can enjoy some top tunes on the last afternoon of the weekend. Since we launched at the beginning of 2015 we’ve hosted gigs by The 4 of Us, Rocky DeValera (front man of legendry Dublin bands The Gravediggers and The Rhythm Kings), The Business, Brush Shield’s Skid Row, Trouble Pilgrims (formerly The Radiators from Space), Vulpynes, The Lookalikes, Jazzabelles, Duncan Maitland, The Thrash Blues, Eileen Gogan and the Instructions, The Winters, TV Smith (The Adverts), Strand, Mike Brookfield, Protex, Niall Toner and The Outcasts. We’ve had music from right across the spectrum with rock, guitar pop, punk, Americana, blues and ska and we’ve grown our crowd by word of mouth with all ages dropping by on Sunday afternoons. For the band they get the kick of their early live shows, and the audience gets to enjoy the music and the musician up-close and personal. It’s cheap, cheerful and above all fun for everybody who comes along. This isn’t thousands of people in a converted warehouse; this is dozens of people enjoying music the way it was meant to be seen and heard.
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Mike Brookfield
Sunday, September 10th Doors 4.00pm Tickets €12.00
Tickets available at Eventbrite or on the door.
The Wild Duck, 17/20 Sycamore St, (beside the Olympia), Dublin 2
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