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D I S C O G R A P H Y

I started my career as a musician like lots of others listening to songs and tunes from the old records. But it all started for me through a miming competition as a boy living in the North of England. After this I was hooked, I needed a guitar. But coming from a large family that wasn't easy, so this was on hold till I got out of the Army when I was about twenty and bought my first 12 string guitar. Yes! 12 strings have to be better than 6!?!

After much time strumming in the kitchen, I found my first song as a songwriter. I don't recall the melody, but it was definitely about lost love! Ten years later I was recording my first solo album, "Down to the Sea in Ships", after many hours of playing in various bands. For the Album I collected stories from the wharves and literature. The title track received 18 mths airplay on ABC's Australia All Over. I then had the bug for reseaching and recorded a 4 track album "Cities Services Boston" about the Illawarra area before going on to record my first Cd, "Waltzing the Green and Gold". So on the road touring, recording radio programmes, reseaching and collecting more stories as we travelled Australia. The pull was coming to tour overseas so after recording the latest Cd, "The Meeting Place", the tour was on. With three solo albums to my credit I was off and away, the full time singer/songwriter.

Between the Moon and the Sun
The songs on this CD originated from a 4 week residency held in George Town in 2001, where Vince worked with children and adults to develop the concepts and some of the songs that feature here. This project has been funded by George Town council and was initiated by the George Town Historical Society as part of the George Town Bicentennial - commemmoraing 200 years of achievement.

1 Letter to Anne  4:04
2 By The Lighthouse  3:44
3 Tassie Tiger  3:27
4 Beetween The Moon & Sun  4:45
5 900 Bonnets  3:30
6 Billy Bones  4:52
7 Ballad of Charlotte badger  5:45
8 The Masters Cat  3:49
9 Luv Sick Cow Blues  5:35
10 New Year  3:34
11 Oldest Town in Australia  4:06

Stronger Than You Know
This CD has been a great experience and one that will remain "stronger than many will know". The material I have written I am passionate about. There are many influences, both in Australia and elsewhere that discovers the songs to be written. Immigration, convict slavery, wooden boats, mining, friends, love, music, or just someone past, remembered new. I have tried to capture these energies in my melodies and lyrics with the musicians involved in this project.

1. Stronger than you know (Vince Brophy) 3.45
2. Ceildhs on Sunday (Vince Brophy) 3.56
3. The Star of the County Down (Trad. Vince Brophy) 4.00
4. Kiss the Child (Vince Brophy) 3.50
5. Dublin Rain (Vince Brophy) 3.08
6. Flight 519 (Vince Brophy) 5.13
7. Marie's Wedding / Planxty George Brabizon (Instrumental) 3.15
8. Watching Blue & Green (Vince Brophy) 3.45
9. Calling Wooden Boats to Brest (Vince Brophy) 4.00
10. Macquarie's Curse (Out Here) (Vince Brophy) 4.20
11. In a Moments Truth (Vince Brophy) 3.28
12. When the Siren Blows (Vince Brophy) 4.14
13. North West from Adelaide (Vince Brophy) 3.32
14. We Must Away (Vince Brophy) 4.02

The Meeting Place
This album was recorded at Enrec studio's. For this album I used the then members of my band "Celtic Blue". Rod Sparks on guitar and vocals, Gail Mear in keyboard, Mark Bligh mandolin, vocals. Andrew Clermont my guest musician, played violin. This album was a synthesis of music and lyrics developed over an experimental two years. Now it was time to head off for oversea's again, this time I played Germany, France "Brest 96", a rough ould gig in a Dublin pub and finished off at the Isle of Skye Folk Festival.