Shaun, That KelticDead Guy  
During this time, he became  
involved in writing the stories  
about the folk tunes he found  
and developed the concept  
into an on-line, audio-visual,  
music-education initiative.  
With help from his music  
friends, he learned how to  
create the folk music into  
“simple” eight bar formats that  
is typically used in the Celtic  
and Folk music genre.  
He wanted the “Broadsides” to  
be useful for other folk  
musicians and groups to see  
Patrick O.(Shaun) Young,  
and hear the selections being  
"That KelticDead Guy," finds,  
played with real, live acoustic  
arranges and plays tunes and  
instruments. In addition, he  
songs from Celtic, Folk,  
Americana, Old Time, and Sea  
Faring sources found  
throughout the world. Born in  
knew that simply playing the  
tunes and songs would be  
lacking if they did not have the  
“background” stories to go with  
1952, he comes out of a  
them.  
Scots-Irish-Welsh family in  
Texas where he has always  
had an interest in playing folk  
After his retirement, he created  
his KelticDead Music website  
tunes using six-hole whistles,  
where he could freely share  
diatonic harmonicas, and he  
these Broadsides with others.  
recently developed a fondness  
As a storyteller and audio-  
for playing the bodhran and  
visual specialist, he began to  
the Irish-tuned, low-octave  
assemble these music-stories  
into a collection, and with help  
from his musician friends, the  
mandolin (aka “the Irish  
Bouzouki”).  
music and the selections  
After coming out of the United  
began to improved.  
States Marine Corps he  
traveled extensively as a Web-  
Recently, with new  
based, Technical Instructor  
technologies and software,  
and Systems Engineer. He  
Shaun is now able to create  
these packages in high quality,  
HTML based views with links  
that can be accessed on both  
finally settled back in Texas  
with his family and got  
connected with Irish and Folk  
music groups in the Dallas-  
desktop computers and on I-  
Fort Worth area. That was  
phones and Smartphones.  
where he made good friends  
with other folk musicians with  
whom he still works in creating  
the KelticDead Folk Music  
Broadside projects.  
Shaun is also working in close  
support with Simply Folk  
Music Magazine in Europe to  
help others know more about  
the music and the stories  
about them and to have fun in  
playing them if they want.  
It’s all free, and it’s all fun.  
Visit www.KelticDead.com  

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