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Wayne Sheehy

About Me

Wayne Sheehy (also see Wayne P Sheehy) is one of Irelands premier Drummer/Percussionst/writer/producers & has worked with the following International musicians:) THE LIST !! Jeff Martin (Tea Party),Eric Burden(the animals) Cactus World News, Ronnie Wood (Rolling Stones),Bono(u2) Robert Palmer, Bo Diddley, Carl Carlton, Michelle Shocked, Bobby Womack, Damien Dempsey, Paul McGann, Hot House Flowers,Donavon, Juliet Turner, Paul Brady, Ian McLagan, Paul Young,The Fountainhead,Hinterland, ,The Chieftans,Pierce Turner,Steve kilbey,Mary Coughlan.Van Morrison,Andy White,Kieran Kennedy, Andrew Strong,Lesley Dowdall,Nina Hynes,Slide,Trevor Hutchinson,Doug Winbush,Robert Malone,Greg Cohen,Kieth Duffy, Chris Kimsey,Andy Wallace,Ron St Germain,Kevin Killen,David Rhodes, Malcolm Burn,Amina, Iona Green And many more!!!RECENT PRODUCTION AND WRITING CREDITS ...............Maggie Khiane - album "Out to the World"/......... The Unite Tribe - album...."Enlocari"/.......... Paul Mc Gann- album- "No turning back" -to be realeased Sarah Lynch album still to be mastered .....he has completed ......Michelle Ann Kelly s new album , ............................................................ .......................................................Wayne continues to tour , write and record with Jeff Martin and is very exited at the Release and launch of there new band and album The Armada,he remains one of the directors of the Kingdom management company.. Wayne also runs "The Drum Collective" a fun, therapeutic and skill based drumming and rythmn workshop , for all levels and age groups, these workshops are nationwide and outside of Ireland they correspond with touring schedules. The Armada have completed there debut tour in Australia , and it was a great success, They return to Australia in May 09 for a comprehensive tour to support the Commercial release of The new album(March-OZ Canada)Wayne and Jeff will also tag on some 6 accoustic shows boasting a new set for this show and some fantastic new instruments...Canada /Germany /Switzerland/Norway are also in the loop for the ARMADA the first 9 months of this year.They also hope to get into Kingdom studios at some stage to cut /demo some of the new songs they have composed...Wayne is currently producing records and working on a film score and TV show... The Armada are currently coming to the end of there Australian tour .They will play TheFly By Night Fremantle W/A on the 6thjune .WAYNE is also holding a DRUM WORKSHOP IN THE SAME VENUE ON THURSDAY THE 4TH OF JUNE AT 4 PM ,ALL ARE WELCOME.... .


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Member Since: 02/05/2007
Band Website: [email protected]
Influences: Charlie Watts/Jim Keltner / Peter Gabriel / John Bonham / Stewart Copeland / Manu Katche / Ayub Ogada / Planxty / Rolling Stones /LedZepplin/ My Father! / West Cork/To kill a mockingbird/Sigur Ros
Record Label: kingdom, licened through various worldwide
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Back in Ireland

 Well blink of an eye and im back in Dublin,what a mad 7 weeks ,still thats what Jeff and I do best "madness" according to some!They had a wheel chair waiting for me in Heathrow , i wasnt sure if that...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:38:00 GMT

last two shows in our home Port

  Hi All shiver me timbers , everyone in Freo is complaining about the "Winter" all i can say is that if i could experience  a winter like this every year , i wouldnt want to ever leave Ireland.Kununa...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Jun 2009 06:03:00 GMT

.Drum workshop Freo

Hi from Broome,                        mad gig last night ,we jammed the songs more than usual and we finished with jeff just standing singing save me with me doing a drum and bass vibe ...interesting...
Posted by on Fri, 29 May 2009 21:34:00 GMT

4 Days off in W/A

Hi All          hello from wonderful W/A , nice to have a few days off ,its been pretty hectic over the last few weeks .We really enjoyed the shows , and finished off with a very vibey show in Adelaid...
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 00:12:00 GMT

Back in Melbourne

Well here we are back in Mighty Melbourne , we had an incredible blast  in Sydney last night,it was beautifully intense ,  a great gig  and a alot of fun .What a fantastic audience and turn out ,JM lo...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 01:40:00 GMT

3 weeks in

Hi All , i trust everyone is good and enjoing the journey and those of you travelling with us are having a ball.First, i would  like to sincerley thank everyone who sent kind words over my broken Toe ...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 08:34:00 GMT

Broken toe

Hi All            just to let all of you who find my hopping on and off the stage funny , you will be  fed to the fishes if i get my hands on you !!  There also seems to be a few versions of how i  br...
Posted by on Sun, 17 May 2009 17:37:00 GMT

Heading out

Hi , thank you all who came to the Acoustic show the other night,it was a fantastic contrasting vibe  to the electric show and a great turn out (sold out) considering we had played the HiFi club just ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 08:53:00 GMT

Heading out

Hi , thank you all who came to the Acoustic show the other night,it was a fantastic contrasting vibe  to the electric show and a great turn out (sold out) considering we had played the HiFi club just ...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 08:53:00 GMT

FIRST WAVE

Hi All       first 4 shows are done and dusted and i must say i really enjoyed them all.General consensus amongst the majority was that the Sydney show was the best .Personally i think they all had co...
Posted by on Mon, 11 May 2009 06:04:00 GMT