• Bill O'Brien - guitar/vocals
• Declan Pender - lead guitar
• Pat Crowley - keyboards/vocals
• Johnny Rice - bass guitar
• Arty Lorrigan - drums

Cork's Sleepy Hollow circa 1971-72, left-to-right: Declan McGrath,
Declan Pender, Pat Crowley, Bill O'Brien and Arty Lorrigan

Bio:

Seventies blues rock band from Cork who were very popular in the Cork area. Declan Pender previously in Boothouse with Joe O'Callaghan. Guitarist Bill O'Brien started out on bass with Cork bands Wild Oaths, Essence and Gaslight.

Johnny Rice left the band in late 1971 or 1972 and went to London where he played with a band called Bent Frame. Bill O'Brien then switched to bass and Declan McGrath, a blues harmonica player, joined the band. This is the lineup pictured above which lasted about a year, after which Rice was persuaded to return circa September 1973. McGrath passed away in the early 1990s.

Sleepy Hollow became one of the hottest bands in Ireland in the mid 70s. They toured extensively with Rory Gallagher in Ireland and the UK, including the famous tour documented in "Irish Tour '74".

They self-released a single on their own label in 1975. Both tracks are band originals, the A-side by Johnny Rice the B-side by Bill O'Brien. Both are riff driven high energy blues/boogie rock tracks. It was recorded at Eamonn Andrews Studuos in Dublin in 1975 produced by the band themselves. This single is tough to locate in good condition. As far as I know it was their only recording although the band was still active four years later in 1979.

Sleepy Hollow still gigging at Sir Henry's Cork
July-August 1979 (note Small Change gigs).

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