Brush Shiels

Brendan Francis "Brush" Shiels (1945) is an Irish musician from County Dublin, best known for being the frontman of Gary Moore's first band, Skid Row.

Brush Shiels had a TV show on RTÉ called Off yer Brush. He now appears regularly providing musical accompaniment on the Joe Duffy Liveline radio programme on RTÉ and still performs live around venues in the UK and Ireland.

Brush also enjoyed a brief spell as a footballer representing Bohemian F.C. in the 1960s.

In 1971 Billboard praised Shiels, Bridgeman and Moore for their album 34 Hours suggesting the "lads will travel far". Shiels played at such internationally known music venues such as Fillmore West and Whisky a Go Go. and in 1986 played at the Self Aid benefit concert for unemployed in Ireland.

In 2013, Brush was one of the legends from the Irish entertainment business to perform at the Philip Chevron testimonial.