Guitars, vocals, keyboards,
harmonica and drum programming : Jim O'Keeffe
Influences
My influences include such great artists as Rory Gallagher, Robbie Robertson, Eric Clapton and Ana Popovic. My favourite female artists are Billie Holiday, Karen Carpenter, Stevie Nicks, Melissa Etheridge, Amy Lee, Shirley Manson and Corinna Fugate. My favoutite male artists are Muddy Waters, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake and Robbie Robertson.
This is a video of my song 'If you could go back' made by my good friend Courtney Varnes, go check out Courtney's Myspace page at www.myspace.com/finishtherace and her Youtube page at http://www.youtube.com/WingzOFaDove
This is a video of my song 'Hall of Empty Promises' taken from my CD 'Devil in the grain'. I hope you enjoy it and please do let me know what you think...and if you want to copy it and put it on your site please feel free to do so... 'Hall of Empty Promises' is a copyright of Doon Music.
This is a video I put together of a rare recording of Corinna Fugate singing her own song 'Roses are red'. 'Roses are Red' is a copyright of Corinna Fugate.
This is an unplugged version of my song 'Red deer' taken from my CD 'Devil in the grain. 'Red deer' is a copyright of Doon Music.
This is a little song I wrote to express my thoughts about the absence of Corinna Fugate from the internet, the song is called 'Angel on the wind' and is a copyright of Doon Music.
This wonderful collage of Rory was made by my good friend Richie Isaacs
I'm a native of Athy, a small rural town in the midlands of Ireland. I've been playing and writing music for longer than I care to remember. I don't take life too seriously, it's there to be enjoyed....sometimes it's hard to enjoy it but I try my best.
Things in life which have held and continue to still hold my interest in no particular order: North American Indians, their culture, way of life and mysticism: Gazing up at a night sky on a starry night, realising how small and insignificent we are and then just getting lost in the beauty of the whole thing: A full moon - especially when it's low in the sky and it's that lovely golden orange colour: Quiet and lonely places - places that have been forgotten by the march of progress especially the wilderness of the riverbanks near my home: Gothic writings by authors such as Edgar Allan Poe and M.R. James: Christmas - especailly Eve and morning: My family - the glue that holds me together: Guitars - guitars and more guitars: Good music - there's always music playing in our house.
To date I have released seven albums the last four, Yeah - What the Hell (2005) Factory Town (2007), Devil in the grain (2008) and Slow night on the river (2009) are available for purchase on my CDBaby webpages.
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..Hey Jim! Happy Monday, I am finally on my way to Portland this morning, I will be gone all week - so have a great week and thanks once again for being such a great friend. There have been days where I was down and your beautiful comments are the saving grace. Thanks for being there :-)
thanks for the comment and the wonderful picture. I hope you are doing well. Here, it is still mild, as in the spring and it would be nice if it would remain so throughout the winter. Haha
I wish you a nice Moday afternoon. Take care Sylvia
Hey Jim! I hope your weekend has been awesome! The weather's been gorgeous here and I hope it lasts through our Thanksgiving holiday for sure...He's gonna get to be here again this year!! I am so giddy happy and have so much I want to do to get ready and all I want to do is sit and grin. lol. I hope your week starts beautifully my friend... love to you and yours. Scarlett
Good Morning to Ya Jim.. hope you are all safe and sound after yesterdays storms!!~ The wind here was 85-90mph --- had to nail the cat to the floor lol -- Sunshine all the way today!!
I don't know if you understand the french language.....if you don't, I'll try to translate this for you !
Here is an extract of one of my song/compositions named "août" ("August")
"je jouerai dans la mousse et ses odeurs jetant des sorts aux pierres qui bougent pas de trois sous la lune pleine égo le jour lobo la nuit je hurlerai sans raison "
(extrait des paroles d'une de mes compositions/chansons intitulée "août")
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