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Bio:
Declan Sinnott was born in Wexford where his family ran a record shop.
He learned to play guitar, moved to Dublin to meet more musicians,
and ended up in Tara Telephone with Eamon Carr. He may also have had a stint in
Homer's Knods.
He was a founder member along with Carr of
Horslips in 1970 at
the age of 19. Horslips began
playing straight forward rock & roll until they were offered a spot
on a six-week Irish language show 'Fonn' on RTE and so ended up playing
Irish tunes to fill in the set.
Unhappy with this change in direction (both musical and image wise, according
to his website), Sinnott left Horslips in 1972.
Other sources claim he left over the bands appearance in a Miranda orange drink
advert.
Sinnott joined Sunwheel, with bassist Johnnie Campbell and drummer
Dave Whyte. All three were later in Southpaw,
formed in 1978, with songwriter
Jimmy McCarthy.
Southpaw split ca 1980, and Sinnott
joined Moving Hearts in 1981.
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