John, Shelly And The Creatures - Long May You Reign - Navan - The Band Wagon Tv

John, Shelly And The Creatures recently (29th Jan 2010) performed on The Late Late Show with their hit single Long May You Reign

Described as effortlessly monumental (AU Magazine), there is no better advertisement for the Belfast scene right now (Nialler9) as John, Shelly & The Creatures are one of the most exciting new names bursting with talent (STATE.IE) Our favourite new band Rigsy, BBC Across The Line

John, Shelly & The Creatures made a significant move in their musical career when they released their single ANGELINE to receive critical acclaim and radio support from BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio Ulster, U105fm, Phantom Fm and many more. Following in the footsteps of fellow Northern Irish band SNOW PATROL, they then signed a publishing deal with Big Life Music Ltd (Snow Patrol, The Verve, Badly Drawn Boy). Were their single Long May You Reign was featured in the Discover Northern Ireland TV, radio and cinema advert campaign. (A very extensive campaign covering The Republic of Ireland and the UK will see the band continue to be featured on TV adverts across: RTE, TV3, UTV, Channel 4, E4, MTV, Sky One, Sky Sports, Sky News, Setanta and throughout Cinemas and Radio waves Nationwide).

John Shelly and the Creatures formed in February 2007 after a chance meeting in Berlin with two homeless Irish twins named John and Shelly, and are made up of band members: Kevin Carlisle (Drums, percussion & vox), Philip Watts dAlton (guitar, vox, keys, bass, mandolin), Ger Gormley (bass, guitar, mandolin, vox) and Walter (guitar, vox, keys, programming and drums). They are influenced by a wide variety of genres and are unafraid to mix things up when it comes to recording and playing live. They have spent the last few months in the studio recording their stunning debut album Dinosaur which has a release date set for March 5th 2010. With a successful showcase band tour in 2009 all over the Uk, Ireland and Northern Ireland, John, Shelly and The Creatures also landed themselves on the bill for the IMRO Show case tour and a performed their own sell out show in Dublins legendary venue: Whelans. They have played with Irish luminaries such as Mundy & Dave Geraghty whilst on the road and closed the Tall Ships Festival in Belfast late last year. They also won Best New Irish Act at the Balcony TV awards in 09. State Magazine have just recently hailed them as ones to watch for 2010 and they have just been awarded single of the week on Radio na Life and received numerous plays from 2fm and Today Fm. Their live show has become one of their strongest word of mouth endorsements and is truly a visual and audio feast to behold.

Instrumentation
Kev Carlisle Drums, percussion, vox
Philip Watts Dalton- guitar, vox, keys
Ger Gormley- bass, guitar, vox
Walter the goon- guitar, vox,

Discography
Big Day Out (EP) (July 2007),
Angeline (Single) (July 2008)
Long May You Reign (Single) (February 2010)
Dinosaur (Album) (March 2010)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• JSC
• Long May You Reign
• Navan
• The Band Wagon Tv
• John Shelly And The Creatures
• Big Life Music
• Belfast
• Angeline
• Northern Ireland
• Snow Patrol

[jscband]

@hyungsup2 its in open D tuning with a capo on the second fret which makes it open E.. doesn't sound the same if it's in open e without the capo.

[Doakmiseter]

@hyungsup2

D

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try that !

[hyungsup2]

Is this drop D?

I can't figure out how to play this!!!!

I try to mimic his fingers and it doesn't sound anything like it!

ERRRRRRRRGGGGGG

[mkeenan829]

whats the song in the intro??

[HarpingPixie]

love it!! :)

[JanetOC08]

Unbelievable Band ! :D <3

[Ailish710]

oh i no i wudnt have taut about a song like dad till de northern ad came along :D

[ellemo15]

haha Thank lord for the discover ireland ads ! Pure class :D

[5StringBlues]

amazing :) i saw them when i was in Donegal, first time i heard about them and they were greaat!

[Ornalu]

I love this song! The ads great too. :)