paul woodage

In this explosive and breathtaking memoir Paul Woodage takes you behind the scenes of the cover band industry in the full epic story of how he became one of the biggest wedding band managers in Ireland.

It's all here. The abused childhood. The succession of jobs he was never able to settle into. How he finally found his niche and the place he belonged, however unlikely it might have seemed even to him. The professional music scene of Cork city.

But it was far from a happy ever after. You'll find betrayal, power struggles and diva tantrums as egos and ambitions collide. Elation, despair and depression as triumph and disaster smash head on again and again. Run-ins with the law and character assassination both online and in full public glare live on the radio.

When Paul asks the title question, he isn't joking. Yet he rose to become the Simon Cowell of the Irish scene, loved and hated almost equally while on the way to becoming an international operator. How did it all happen? Paul didn't know the answer himself until he wrote this book. By the time you've read it, you'll know too.

If you've ever seen a cover act in county Cork or even beyond, there's a good chance Paul Woodage was the man who booked the show, or possibly even managed the band. Within these pages he takes you right through what it took to get each and every one of them to the stage and then what happened next.

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