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John Farry is an Irish singer/songwriter from Garrison, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, best known for writing the Irish entry for the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest - a song entitled ''Mysterious Woman'' which achieved 2nd place. Farry was born in 1959, in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, the sixth member in a family of seven (four boys and three girls). ==Early career== In 1976, John Farry (guitar) and his older brother Noel (drums) were asked to join a country and Irish outfit called ''Toledo'' by the existing members of the group, John Lunny (rhythm guitar) and Tom Flanagan (accordion) both natives of Belleek, County Fermanagh. Following Lunny's death (in a fire which also claimed the lives of other family members), Flanagan and the Farry brothers re-formed the group by inviting a local Cashel girl, Kathleen McKeaney (now Meehan) on board as rhythm guitarist/vocalist. This group flourished on the Irish North West lounge circuit and assumed a harder musical edge following Flanagan's retirement from the business. As the group continued to be successful, the Farry brothers invited Lavinus Gordon (bass guitar), also a native of Belleek, County Fermanagh, to join the group and they subsequently re-packaged as ''Amarillo'' This period saw John Farry's swift development as an accomplished country singer, excelling in both lead and harmony parts. He also developed as a top class band leader who ran a very slick, professional show. Within the next couple of years, ''Amarillo'' was augmented by the addition of brilliant lead guitarist, Eugene Cunningham, a native of Belcoo, County Fermanagh. This outfit prospered and became one of the best country and pop acts in Ulster during this period. John Farry excelled as lead singer with a penchant for top class interpretations of Don Williams, Waylon Jennings and Merle Haggard material. When Cunningham departed from the band to pursue a full-time professional career as a lead guitarist, the ban repackaged under the name 'Tennessee Sunshine'. This group continued to enjoy great success and had just one further change of personnel when drummer Noel Farry retired from the business in 1982. John Farry hired Paul Quinn from Enniskillen as the new skinsman/vocalist and the band continued to go from strength to strength. In the mid-1980s, John Farry, conscious of the narrowing market for three and four-piece bands, decided to pursue a solo career. His solo career has been a tremendous success, punctuated by his emergence as a top class singer-songwriter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Farry」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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