- Liam Genockey
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Name = Liam Genockey
Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name =
Born = birth date and age|1948|8|12|df=yDublin ,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 Irishdrummer .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 andafro prog bandZZebra , later moving on with fellow band-member John McCoy to joinGillan .He then participated in Amalgam, formed in 1976 by
Trevor Watts . Watts' work covers the spectrum offree jazz , electronic,jazz-rock ,space jazz andfolk-rock . Watts later founded 10-piece Moiré Music Ensemble which included Liam again, plus Peter Knight, an early member ofSteeleye 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 andPaul 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]
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