- Leo O'Kelly
Infobox musical artist
Name = Leo O'Kelly
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Instrument =Guitar ,Violin ,Vocals ,Bass guitar ,Tin whistle ,Dulcimer ,
Background = solo_singer
Genre =Folk rock ,Psychedelic rock , rock
Occupation =Musician ,Songwriter , Producer
Years_active = 1964 – present
Label = Chrysalis,EMI ,Polydor , Atco, Decca,Rykodisc , Clarinda & 1st
Associated_acts = The WordThe Tropical Showband Emmet Spiceland Tír na nÓg Ray DolanGarvan Gallagher
URL =Leo O'Kelly is an Irish
guitarist ,singer ,songwriter , and producer. He is mainly known as a member of the Irish folk duet Tír na nÓg.After the band broke up, he produced some albums for other artists like "Restless Night " in 1975 by Ray Dolan which wrote "Hey Friend" on the first Tír na nÓg LP. In 2000, Leo released his first solo album called "Glare", then "Proto" in 2003 which consists in a collection of songs that he recorded between 1975 and 2001 whose one is a cover ofNick Drake 's "Northern Sky " and another is a vocal improvisation by his son, Aaron O'Kelly, at the age of 1. He is actually working on a third album.
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