Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. is a five song EP by the alternative rock band Snow Patrol, released in late 2005. All songs are performed live and acoustic and are taken from a single performance at the Park Ave. store, then located in Winter Park. Lead singer Gary Lightbody notes after the first song that the band had never played some of the songs acoustically before because "they don't work acoustically" and they may very well turn out to be a "bloody shambles". The physical EP was limited edition and was sold only
Gary Lightbody previously wrote for "The Irish Times" music section as guest-editor. As an impassioned music fan and DJ, he recommends in his blogs or essays albums and artists of different and wide-ranging genres of music. In May 2009, Lightbody commenced writing his music column, "Gary Lightbody's Band of the Week", in the magazine "Q The Music.com". In 2011, he wrote as an essayist for "The Huffington Post". As a songwriter/bandleader, he has written songs and lyrics for a wide variety of artists and genres. In 2000, he formed the Scottish supergroup The Reindeer Section, comprising 47 musicians from 20 different bands,