Liam Genockey

Infobox_musical_artist
Name = Liam Genockey
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name =
Born = birth date and age|1948|8|12|df=y
Dublin, Ireland
Years_active = c. 1970–present
Instruments = Drums, percussion
Genre = Afro prog, free jazz, jazz fusion, folk rock
Label =
Associated_acts = Adolphus Rebirth ZZebra Gillan Trevor Watts Annie Whitehead Steeleye Span Paul Brady Kevin Ayers

Liam Genockey (born 12 August 1948) is an Irish drummer.

Liam Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the early 1970s he lived in Devon, U.K. playing with Torbay based rock band Adolphus Rebirth. He was one of the founding members of the early-70s jazz-fusion and afro prog band ZZebra, later moving on with fellow band-member John McCoy to join Gillan.

He then participated in Amalgam, formed in 1976 by Trevor Watts. Watts' work covers the spectrum of free jazz, electronic, jazz-rock, space jazz and folk-rock. Watts later founded 10-piece Moiré Music Ensemble which included Liam again, plus Peter Knight, an early member of Steeleye Span.

He joined Steeleye Span in 1989 and recorded two studio albums "Tempted and Tried" and "Time", with them, as well as two live albums "Tonight's the Night...Live" and "The Collection in Concert". However, between 1997 and 2001 he was not in the band. He returned in 2001 to record "Present--The Very Best of Steeleye Span", and has remained with the band since.

Liam is easily identified by his long, plaited beard.

Discography

John Martyn
*- "Sunday's Child" (1974)

Trevor Watts String Ensemble
*- "Cynosure" (1978)

Trevor Watts' Amalgam
*- "Another Time" (1976)
*- "Closer To You" (1979)

Trevor Watts
*- "Over The Rainbow" (1979)

Mike Heron
*- "Mike Heron" (1979)

Gillan
*- "The Japanese Album" (1978)
*- "Mr. Universe" (1979)

Gerry Rafferty
*- "Night Owl" (1979)
*- "Snakes and Ladders" (1980)

Kevin Ayers
*- "That's What You Get Babe" (1980)

Bonnie Tyler
*- "Goodbye to the Island" (1981)

Bashung
*- "Pizza" (1981)

Cornelius Cardew
*- "Cornelius Cardew Memorial Concert" (1985)

Linda Thompson
*- "One Clear Moment" (1985)
*- "Insult to Injury" and ""I'm A Dreamer" on "Dreams Fly Away" (1996)

Trevor Watts' Moire Music
*- "With One Voice" (1988)

Lol Coxhill
*- "Et Les Motards Mon Cher Watson" (1989) (on the anthology "Bandes Originales Du Journal De Spirou")

Buick 6
*- "Cypress Grove" (1990)

Maddy Prior
*- "Momento: The Best of Maddy Prior" (1995)

Paul Brady
*- "Nobody Knows: The Best of Paul Brady" (1999)
*- "Oh What a World" (2001)
*- "The Paul Brady Songbook" (2002)

Steeleye Span
*- "Tonight's the Night...Live" (1991)
*- "Time" (1996)
*- "Present--The Very Best of Steeleye Span" (2002)
*- "They Called Her Babylon" (2004)
*- "Winter" (2004)
*- "Folk Rock Pioneers Steeleye Span in Concert" (2006)
*- "Bloody Men" (2006)

Annie Whitehead
*- "This is... Rude" (1994)
*- "Naked" (1997)
*- "Home' (2000)
*- "Gathering" (2000)

Robert Wyatt tribute album (various artists)
*- Soupsongs Live (2002)

Science Fiction anthology (various artists)
*- Space 1999 (2004)

Moke
*- Moke (1999)

Pete Kirtley and Paul McCartney
*- Little Children (2000) (charity single)

Elton Dean
*- Moorsong (2001)

Tom McRae
*- All Maps Welcome (2005)

Mandyleigh Storm
*- "Fire & Snow" (2008)

External references

* [http://www.earthmusic.com/liam.htm mini-bio]
* [http://shopping.yahoo.com/p:Liam%20Genockey:1927062963:page=discography:b=31;_ylt=A9ibyKP9w8JGj2QBdATrSKMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBvdmM3bGlxBHBndANhdl93ZWJfcmVzdWx0BHNlYwNzcg--?sort=za discography]