Get Ready to ROCK! » Pat McManus https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog News - Reviews - Interviews - Radio Fri, 11 Sep 2026 20:57:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Gig review: PAT MCMANUS BAND- Half Moon, Putney, London, 16 March 2022 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/gig-review-pat-mcmanus-band-half-moon-putney-london-16-march-2022/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/gig-review-pat-mcmanus-band-half-moon-putney-london-16-march-2022/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2022 21:58:26 +0000 andynathan https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=79697 P1230229 - CopyPat McManus chatted to Get Ready to ROCK! Radio about his music.  First broadcast 3 October 2021. On the eve of the day when anyone with any Irish ancestry celebrates their patron saint, it was another Patrick who produced a … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2022/03/gig-review-pat-mcmanus-band-half-moon-putney-london-16-march-2022/feed/ 0 Album review: PAT McMANUS & ERIC McFADDEN – Two Big MC’s Live at Patrimonio https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-pat-mcmanus-eric-mcfadden-two-big-mcs-live-at-patrimonio/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-pat-mcmanus-eric-mcfadden-two-big-mcs-live-at-patrimonio/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:37:00 +0000 Davoski http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=73558 PAT McMANUS & ERIC McFADDEN – Two Big MC’s Live at PatrimonioBad Reputation [Release date: 01.06.21] Guitarists Pat McManus and Eric McFadden are currently label mates at French company Bad Reputation. They initially met in Paris and went on to perform at the ‘Night of the Guitars’ event at Patrimonio in … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2021/06/album-review-pat-mcmanus-eric-mcfadden-two-big-mcs-live-at-patrimonio/feed/ 0 Feature: Bands that time forgot – CELTUS https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/feature-bands-that-time-forgot-celtus/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/feature-bands-that-time-forgot-celtus/#comments Tue, 05 May 2020 12:28:13 +0000 GRTR! HQ http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=66201 Celtus in 1997The two brothers John and Pat McManus had previously been members of eighties Irish heavy rockers Mama’s Boys. Both were multi-instrumentalists and their desire to achieve a more atmospheric, reflective groove was partly influenced by the premature death from leukaemia … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2020/05/feature-bands-that-time-forgot-celtus/feed/ 0 Gig review: PAT MCMANUS BAND – Half Moon, Putney, London, 18 April 2018 https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/04/gig-review-pat-mcmanus-band-half-moon-putney-london-18-april-2018/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/04/gig-review-pat-mcmanus-band-half-moon-putney-london-18-april-2018/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:04:57 +0000 andynathan http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=52543 PAT MCMANUS BAND - Half Moon, Putney, London, 18 April 2018One of the most welcome developments of recent years has been the return of Pat McManus to the rock environment. The brothers in Mama’s Boys were one of the great bands that nearly made it big before drummer Tommy’s sad … Continue reading →

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]]> https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2018/04/gig-review-pat-mcmanus-band-half-moon-putney-london-18-april-2018/feed/ 0 Gig review: RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR – Mote Park, Maidstone, 24 July 2016 (Day 2) https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/gig-review-ramblin-man-fair-24-july-2016-day-2/ https://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2016/07/gig-review-ramblin-man-fair-24-july-2016-day-2/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2016 00:20:59 +0000 Davoski http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/?p=39566 Thunder - RAMBLIN’ MAN FAIR - Mote Park, Maidstone, 24 July 2016If the Day 2 line up was less immediately eye-catching and mouth-watering than Saturday, there was still so much to anticipate. I made straight for the Blues tent where a good crowd received Pat McManus enthusiastically. I’d been a fan … Continue reading →

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