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IRISH EXAMINER | September 4th, 2019
T THHEE IIRRIISSHH EEXXAAMMIINNEERR New Comedy Feature

M MUUSSIICC AANNDD EENNTTEERRTTAAIINNMMEENNTT “Good Boys” Gets Bad

To Make A Very Funny
G GUUIIDDEE:: RROOCCKK,, CCOOUUNNTTRRYY,, JJAAZZZZ,, Gross-Out Film

T TRRAADD,, FFOOLLKK,, BBAALLLLAADDSS,, BBLLUUEESS,, By Brad Balfour
he closest thing to a raunchy comedy has been made about but
not necessarily for pre teens, In “Good Boys,” director Gene
C CLLAASSSSIICCAALL AANNDD LLOOTTSS MMOORREE TStupnitsky, with co-writer Lee Eisenberg, does for the middle-
schoolers what “The Hangover” did for bachelor parties — turn the
proceedings into a kind of ride you all want to laugh along with but
Welcome to our regular music and entertainment guide, brought never want to actually have happen to anyone.
to you by Paddy McCarthy for your reading enjoyment What connects audiences to this film and the three sixth-grade boys spot-
lighted in it — Max, Lucas, and Thor (Jacob Tremblay, Keith Williams, and
What can I say about PPaaddddyy Brady Noon) — is that nearly everyone has committed their own childhood
MMoolloonneeyy ooff TThhee CChhiieeffttaaiinnss? Only foolishnesses. The film stars wonderfully capture such numbskullishness as
that he is a legend, what a gentle- they try to navigate how their lives shift from being kids to being TEENS!
man and one of the most famous When they try attending a party hosted by what’s considered the social
musicians to come out of Ireland. focus and his crew, this trio runs into one f*** up after another; the misad-
ventures escalate into mishaps with crashing drones, uncovered sex toys and
He is now embarking on a major
iccky porn scenes. Of course it starts on the dumbest of premises: Max has a
tour just like the one that The
chance to kiss his big crush Brixlee at a party hosted by squirelly cool-kid
Rolling Stones just finished and
Soren, Max and his friends use his father’s expensive drone to spy on his
they both are great friends.
older teen neighbor in order to see proper kissing. The plan goes awry but
Don’t forget to get your tickets to the trio snatches Hannah’s vitamin bottle with ecstasy in it. W ith Hannah
The Irish Goodbye Tour in and her friend Lily in pursuit the three skip school to get another drone at a
Canada in October and USA in nearby mall thus avoiding his dad’s wrath.
February! Of course having comic geniuses Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg as pro-
Paddy Moloney is the founder ducers (through their Point Grey Pictures), meant that this directorial debut
and leader of The Chieftains. He would quickly take shape and give form to the crazed storyline while mak-
ing the underlying inspirational rationale stirring audience guffaws and emo-
grew up in Donnycarney, north
tional connections. Rife with opportunities to apply meaningful messages
Co. Dublin. His love of Irish
that justify this kind of s*** storm scenarios, the director restrains himself
music came from his parents’
until the last third of the film tumbles to its conclusion.
native Co. Laois and the music that surrounded him at home.
Amid their series of escapades, Max, Lucas, and Thor learn lessons that
His first instrument was a plastic tin whistle and by the age of eight, he was learning
both renders them life long bond and signs that they will eventually grow
to play the uilleann pipes from the great pipe master, Leo Rowsome. It was when he apart as they follow their individual paths. And while they have various fall-
heard Leon Rowsome, son of Leo, play his pipes in the Scoil Mhuire school band in outs along the way, their reconciliation brings promises to remain in touch
Marino, that he began to beg his parents to have Leo make him his very first set. throughout life. C
After he left school, Paddy, always aware that he needed a nine to five job to support
his musical hobby, took a job with Baxendales, a large building firm, where he worked
in accounting. It was here he met his future wife, Rita O’Reilly.
Paddy always had a vision from his early days playing. A sound he wanted to create, a
sound that had never been heard before. He knew it would take much experimentation
with different combinations of instruments and so he formed several groups with
other musicians in duets and trios. In particular he played with Seán Potts, Michael
Tubridy and Sean Keane in various combinations who would all later become
Chieftains.
But it was not until he had formed the original line up for The Chieftains in 1962 that
he finally achieved the sound that had eluded him, a sound created by Paddy’s
inspired choice of instruments, styles and players. Only at this point did Paddy feel
ready to give his group the title The Chieftains (a name which was inspired by the
Irish poet John Montague) and confident enough to take his band into studio to
record the very first of many, award winning albums. This recording came about at
the invitation of his good friend, the Hon. Garech de Brun for his record label
Claddagh Records.
The sound that Paddy created some 40 years ago has become the instantly recogniza-
ble sound of The Chieftains, which lives on fresh today and has always set them apart
from any other traditional line up throughout out the world. It is simply the sound of
The Chieftains.In 1968 and having recorded a number of albums with The Chieftains,
Paddy decided to leave Baxendales to work full time in the music industry as the
Managing Director of Claddagh Records. He ran the label for seven years until 1975
during which time he helped to develop Claddagh’s catalogue and also a market for it.
During this time he also produced, co-produced or supervised 45 albums for the
Claddagh label in folk, traditional, classical, poetry and spoken word recordings.
Instruments: Uilleann Pipes, Tin Whistle. C