Seamus Kelleher

Seamus Kelleher is planning several solo performances around the US in 2008 along with a trip to Ireland this summer to follow up on his now legendary performance in Galway’s Crane Bar this past November. He is also working on songs for his second CD. He will perform many of them during his upcoming solo shows. Seamus will kick off the 2008 season at Ulysses at 95 Pearl Street in Manhattan. “Seams Kelleher: The First Forty Years,” is a special show to celebrate his 40th year in the music business. Want to see Seamus riff on his Rory Gallagher Stratocaster? Check out the youtube clip. The clip shows Seamus in action at the legendary Bottom Line in New York. The show, Songs and Stories was a tribute to his hero Rory Gallagher and is now available as a documentary. Buy it today.

Considered a guitar hero by many in his native Galway and his adopted home of New York, Seamus Kelleher has finally made the CD that showcases not only his amazing guitar playing abilities but also his song writing and singing.

After thirty years of recording with a variety of artists in Ireland and the US, Seamus headed to Nashville in April of ‘07 and over a four day period recorded Four Cups of Coffee. The CD was produced by Peter Huttlinger, one of Nashville’s most sought after guitar players and producers.

Each track on Four Cups of Coffee is a musical feast. There is a tribute to Elmore James and Robert Johnson with the track “Dust My Broom.” The title track “Four Cups of Coffee” shows the old Chicago blues influence on Seamus’ playing. After hearing the track “What’s Goin On,” you will understand why Seamus was referred to in his native Galway as “The long haired weirdo who could make the guitar talk.”

From the emotional opening song “My Friend Ben” to the haunting “Madame” you will find yourself wanting Seamus to get to work on his second solo record.