John Cutliffe

John Cutliffe
Cutliffe helping kids in a East Jerusalem children's hospital
Born John Barry Mary Cutliffe
8 February 1962
Buncrana, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland
Years active 1977-2007, 2012-2014, 2014
Spouse(s) Lisa Cutliffe-Taylor (1999-2006),Lupa Fleming (2008-2012),Laura Marshall(2013-Present)
Children Jared Cutliffe (1980-1982),Kevin Cutliffe (2002-present)
Parent(s) Kevin Cutliffe(father), Alish Cutliffe(mother)

John Cutliffe is an Irish musician from Buncrana, County Donegal. He was born on February 6th, 1962. He started his work in 1977 and ended his musician career in 2007. However in 2012, he returned and started making people aware of the conflict between Israel and Palestine until early 2014. Then in October of the same year, he worked with many people on a song called "Shyma Smiled for Me".

Early life

John Barry Mary Cutliffe was born on February 8, 1962 in Buncrana, Ireland, to parents Kevin Cutliffe and Alish Cutliffe. From 1977 to 1991, he appeared as an extra in a few movies and TV shows.

In Bands (1991 to 2007)

John has played Irish traditional and bluegrass music in the many pubs that dot the Irish countryside and has played with many pop and rock bands over the years. In London his Irish bluegrass band The Pyros teamed up with Frank Tovey (AKA Fad Gadget) and recorded albums on Mute Records.

Culiffe helped formed The Pyros in his home town of Buncrana. The group developed a following in the North West of Ireland. Various lineups included Kevin Doherty (Four Men and a Dog) and Ciaran Tourish (Altan). During this time John played with well-known musicians, including Altan, Gerry O Connor, Ted Hawkins and former Wings guitarist Henry McCullough.

Cutliffe is the owner and editor of JigTime, a website that chronicles Irish and American roots music and is the Tour Manager and general U.S. "man on the ground" for Irish traditional band Altan. He is a keen photographer and his pictures can be seen on websites including Rosanne Cash's site and the MerleFest site and on album covers both in Ireland and Nashville.

Cutliffe has teamed up with Andrea Zonn to produce the Hands Across The Water CD, a 16 track collaboration album between Celtic and American artists.

Return to Work (2012-2014)

When his son, Kevin Cutliffe, started kindegarten in 2007, he decided to stop working to take care of his son, and was since settling down in Georgia. In 2012, he met his wife on the internet, and moved to Jerusalem, Israel with his son and wife, and was making songs with GarageBand. On June 23, 2014, John, Kevin, and his wife moved from Israel to England, Kevin went back to America, and Laura and John stayed behind. His wife was then called to come back to Jerusalem, and Cutliffe and her went back. There he constantly went to a children's hospital in East Jerusalem. In August 2014, he moved back to England with his wife and singer Samira Karoubi. He decided to arrange with friends the Plaza for Gaza, which was a giant music fest in Ireland on September 6, 2014.

Shyma Smiled For Me

In October 2014, John and Rory Gallagher teamed up to work on "Shyma Smiled For Me" which was released on December 5th, 2014. After a while of working on the song, he got other people to work on the song. The full cast included Rory Gallagher. John Cutliffe, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Liam O Maonlai, Donogh Hennessy, Honor Heffernan, Martin Tourish, Wee Glee Singers, Jerusalem Children’s Choir, Brian Mullan, Laurence Doherty, Clare Lindley, Claire McDaid, Kevin Cutliffe, Sophia Brock, Caroline Cutliffe. It has been featured on the Donegal News.

Bands

Sources

http://www.jigtime.com/pyros

http://www.fadgadget.co.uk

http://www.compassrecords.com

http://www.altan.ie

http://shymaasmiled.org/

Discography