Glasgow Talent

Glasgow has prouduced a number of successful acts over different music genres. To name a few - Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, Amy Macdonald, Biffy Clyro, Deacon Blue, Glasvegas, Lulu, Travis and Twin Atlantic.

This said, my personal favourite would have to be Paolo Nutini (not that im biased or anything because he did go to my school!). Paolo was born in January 1987 and altough his dad is Italian the family have been in Paisley for 2 generations. It was thought that Paolo would follow the tradition and take over the family chip shop business however he was discovered by accident at a performance in Paisley town hall and from there exceeded everyones expectaions to become a worldwide success.

He left Paisley for London at only 17 years old. He gained support slots with the Rolling Stones, Amy Winehouse and KT Tunstall.

His debut album "These Streets" was released in 2006 and eventually went multi platinum. It featured the songs Last Request, Jenny Don't Be Hasty, Rewind and my favourite - These Streets. A line in These Streets is "Im used to Glenfield Road and spending my time down in Orchy" and I have to admit I felt rather smug when attending a Paolo gig, I overheard a girl asking her friend "whats arkeeee?" and inside I knew Paolo was referring to Orchy Crescent where his best friends live.

He has performed in a number of the venues mentioned in my earlier blogs including King Tuts and The Academy. At new year 2006/2007 Paolo performed at the Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh and it was broadcast live on the BBC. In true Glasgow style he was shall we say a bit more than tipsy however this did not stop him giving a performance to remember.

After having such a successful start it was a long wait for Paolo's second album "Sunnyside Up" which did not appear until 2009. It was worth the wait however and to this day is one of the only albums both me and my dad agree is sensational. I don't know how Paolo will top this with his next album but I have every faith that he will and look forward to hearing it!