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Bio:
Cemetary was the first ever band of drummer Gerry Daly of
The Dark / The Spies fame.
The average age of the band members in 1971 was 16.
They played almost exclusively covers (Taste, Cream, Iron Butterfly, etc) apart
perhaps from a couple of Fin O'Ceallachain originals though the details
are now dim memories of those concerned.
Fin was the son of RTE sports commentator Sean Og O'Ceallachain.
Almost certainly as a result of this RTE connections, Cemetary was
featured playing a cover of Cream's "Sunshine of your Love" at various stages
throughout a documentary in the Radharc series. This particular programme
was about teenage pregnancy or teenage sex or some such burning issue of
the day. The recording was made in Belfield (UCD) where the band was playing
a support gig to Chips, who were pretty popular at
the time and had already released a couple of singles. They were rather surprised
to find a camera crew setting up and recording the support band and then
shutting down when they were finished! Unfortunately this film does not
seem to be listed in the Radharc archive. If anyone knows any more details,
please get in touch.
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