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John Kearney | |||||||||
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John
grew up with a variety of musical influences, being the fourth of five
children he was exposed to tastes ranging from Cliff Richard, Smokey Robinson
and the Beatles, to Jim Croce, James Taylor. As a teenager he joined a
punk group called “Romeos Butcher”, but, (thankfully!) through
his brothers influence gradually learned to appreciate folk music to the
extent of helping to run a Folk Club of Cork in Heaphys Bar (now The Lobby)
on Union Quay. On his travels, John has met Steve Earle, and Christy Moore
and proudly boasts having lived down the road from Bryan Adams, and having
had guitar lessons from Declan Sinnot (although he says you’d never
tell!). He performs an eclectic mix of songs, some self composed some
written via telephone and Internet with his good friends and former colleagues
in Romeos Butcher Joe Tracey and Edward Connolly. He also does many songs
from his hometown in Cork and has been known to do an occasional song
which may be a little unexpected at a folk club (He thinks Petula Clark’s
Downtown IS a folk song!). A regular at the local folk sessions for five
years, and now not only a featured guest at the festival, but also a key
part of the festival task force! Hopefully John’s first album will
be ready in time for the festival. |
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