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Murphy Lane began with the very unlikey yet extremely creative pairing of Jeff Lane and David Murphy. Jeff, hailing originally from Derbyshire and David from Co Cork, got together musically by chance back in the summer of ’05, when both became aware that they share similar appreciations and ideas when it comes to producing music of a timeless quality. With Jeff having graced many stages over the years - with legends such as Steve Miller and Joe Walsh - and David the guitarist with Cork rocker’s True Delusion , this duo’s collaboration has produced original songs whose history can be traced through a legacy of musical genres: American roots music with its haunting country blues of the Deep South; the down-home stomp of the rolling Appalachia hills; soundscapes of the Wild Western plains and canyons; the fairytale folk of mystical English and Irish traditional music as well as poignant, heartfelt piano ballads. As a duo Murphy Lane spent most of the first year of their collaboration developing their songwriting abilities, and crafting and fine-tuning their songs and epic stories. Their individual strengths and weaknesses became apparant and soon Murphy Lane were maximising their songwriting potential.
Within a year, after one-off gigs and experimenting with other musicians, the Murphy Lane band was born and the lineup which would bring the songs to life was cemented. Sharing vocals between them, with Jeff on 12-String acoustic guitar, David alternating between acoustic Guitar, Piano, Mandolin and Pedal Steel, Murphy Lane’s ensemble has since been expanded to comprise of a very talented group of musician’s in Aisling Creedon-Adair on Double Bass, Mike Byrne - also of True Delusion - on Drums, the Milis girls Niamh Varian-Barry on Viola & Violin and Ilse de Ziah ..o and Seamus Hennessy of Monorail alternating between guitars, whistles, banjos. With this lineup, Murphy Lane now have a versatile, dynamic sound of light and shade, more than capable of exploring, capturing and reproducing the essence and truth of their songs.
Before embarking on some shows around Ireland with good friend Nicole Maguire , Murphy Lane appeared at the first Indie-Pendence, Mitchelstown Music Festival 2006 in 2006 to great acclaim. At the beginning of 2007, the band stepped into the welcoming and homely Monorail Studio in Co Tipperary to record the debut album.
Produced by David Murphy, with Seamus Hennessy at the controls, the album is released on July 24th 2007.............................
For more info email [email protected]
Shows 2006:
04 Aug - Flexi-Disc, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
07 Aug - Indie-Pendence Festival, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
02 Sep - Blackbird, Ballycotton, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
10 Sep - An Bodhran, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
05 Oct - De Barra’s, Clonakilty, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
07 Oct - Tap Tavern, Kinsale, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
19 Oct - City Limits, Cork
14 Oct - Cleere’s, Kilkenny
28 Oct - LV Bar, Cork - DAVID SOLO
02 Nov - bar903, Galway - DAVID SOLO
24 Nov - Friar’s Gate, Kilmallock, Co Limerick
08 ..he Gate, Youghal, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
16 Dec - An Bodhran, Mitchelstown, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
Shows 2007:
14 Feb - Flexi-Disc, Mitchelstown, Co Cork
26 Feb - Tikki Lounge, Cork - DAVID SOLO
19 May - An Bodhran, Mitchelstown, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
03 Aug - Friar’s Gate Theatre, Kilmallock, Co Limerick
06 Aug - Indie-Pendence Festival, Mitchelstown - World Music
08 Aug - Crane Lane Theatre, Cork
06 Sep - Cafe Coco, Nashville, Tennessee - DAVID SOLO
11 Sep - Hall of Fame Lounge, Nasville, Tennessee - DAVID SOLO
17 Sep - Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, Tennessee - DAVID SOLO
25 Sep - Opening Bell, Dallas, Texas - DAVID SOLO
01 Oct - Cactus Cafe, Austin, Texas - DAVID SOLO
05 Oct - Bentleys, Tucson, Arizona - DAVID SOLO
12 Oct - Fiddler’s Dream, Phoenix, Arizona - DAVID SOLO
23 Oct - Brainwash, San Francisco, California - DAVID SOLO
28 Oct - LeStats, San Diego, California - DAVID SOLO
31 Oct - Farmer’s Market, Ocean Beach, San Diego - DAVID SOLO
09 Nov - Friendly Sons, Warren, Michigan - DAVID SOLO
10 Nov - The Gaelic League, Detroit, Michigan - DAVID SOLO
13 Nov - Trixie’s Coffee House, Roseville, Michigan - DAVID SOLO
Shows 2008:
02 Jan - New Music Club, Clonmel, Co Tipperary w/ Monorail
12 Jan - Bulman’s, Kinsale, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
30 Jan - The Zodiac Sessions, Dublin w/ Monorail
08 Feb - Friars Gate, Co Limerick - David opening for Jack L
16 Feb - An Bodhran, Mitchelstown, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
17 Feb - The Purty Sessions, Dun Laoighaire, Dublin w/Monorail
18 Feb - BalconyTV, Dublin
25 Mar - Wexford Songclub, Wexford w/Monorail
04 Apr - McCarthy’s, Youghal, Co Cork - DAVID SOLO
Photo’s by Caroline Fletcher

Thanks to Moises for shooting this video on Halloween Night ’07 at Ocean Beach, San Diego CA... check out his other videos at http://www.myspace.com/sandibands ...
Balcony TV performance Feb 2008 - David & Seamus performing an acoustic version of latest single ’Strange Night’...
Photos by Kevin O Donoghue and Caroline Fletcher

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/10/2006
Band Members:

David Murphy
(Vocals, Guitars, Piano, Mandolin, Pedal Steel)

Jeff Lane
(Vocals, 12 String guitar)

Aisling Creedon-Adair
(Double Bass, Concertina)

Ilse de Ziah (Cello)

Niamh Varian-Barry (Violin, Viola)

Mike Byrne
(Drums)

Seamus Hennessy
(Guitars, Banjo, Whistles, Backing Vocals)

Influences: Led Zeppelin, Calexico, Ennio Morricone, Johnny Cash, Blanche, Rory Gallagher, Jack White, Bob Dylan, Jeff Buckley, Page & Plant, John Fahey, Chet Atkins, Davey Graham, Pentangle, Bert Jansch, Anne Briggs, Doc Watson, Nina Simone, M Ward, Iron & Wine, The Carter Family, Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Crooked Still, Alison Krauss, Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Loretta Lynn, Patsy Cline, Emmylou Harris, Buck Owens, Gram Parsons, John Harford, Tim O' Brien, Jeffrey Foucault, Neko Case, Jon Rauhouse, Robert Johnson, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Willie McTell, Big Bill Broonzy, Leadbelly, Lightnin' Hopkins, Blind Blake, Lonnie Johnson, Son House, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Skip James, John Martyn, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Paul Weller, Beck.............
Sounds Like: Album now available from:

Plug'd Records, Cork, Ireland

Road Records, Dublin, Ireland

The Living Tradition, McCurtain Street, Cork, Ireland

CDBaby.com

Apple's iTunes

Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

RID.ie Album Review

The superb Raidió Idirlíon (RID.ie) - has included on it's website a review of the Murphy Lane album at http://www.rid.ie/lm.php Stop by their myspace page at http://www.myspace.co...
Posted by Murphy Lane on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 04:38:00 PST

New Single - Strange Night

Hi all, Debut single 'Strange Night' is now available to purchase from downloadmusic.ie via the site's new PreSale feature - only ¬0.99!! It will be available for download on March 14th. From th...
Posted by Murphy Lane on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:39:00 PST

Nashville, Memphis, Clarksdale

Hello t'y'all, I've been here in the American South for the past month now and the last few weeks have been most interesting. Absorbing the music wherever I can, it's been an exciting ride through the...
Posted by Murphy Lane on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:32:00 PST

Album Now Available!

Hi all, We're having some problems with our myspace profile... we got deleted, set up another profile, then the new account was deleted and the old one was restored yet without pics and music... very ...
Posted by Murphy Lane on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:53:00 PST

The New Album

Hello, While we've been out of sight in recent months, we don't want to be out of mind. We've finally gotten the ball rolling with the album and have been in rehearsals over the past few weeks. We'll ...
Posted by Murphy Lane on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:19:00 PST