LIAM MCLAUGHLIN IS ONE OF IRELANDS TOP SOLO PERFORMERS. HE HAS BEEN GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH FOR A LONG NUMBER OF YEARS AND IS NOW WELL KNOWN IN IRELAND AND THE MAINLAND FOR HIS SONGWRITING AND FOR PERFORMING ON COUNTRY SHOWS WITH SOME OF THE TOP ACTS.
BACK HOME IN COUNTY ANTRIM" WAS HIS FIRST ATTEMPT AT SONGWRITING. LIAM RECORDED THE TRACK AND SO DID DECLAN NERNEY.
LIAM COMES FROM A FAMILY OF NINE CHILDREN. THEY SPENT MOST OF THEIR CHILDHOOD LISTENING TO COUNTRY MUSIC AND AS SOON AS THEY WERE OLD ENOUGH, ONE BY ONE THEY WENT ON THE ROAD WITH DIFFERENT BANDS.
LIAM PLAYED FOR A FEW YEARS WITH DIFFERENT BANDS AND THE DECIDED TO TRY GOING SOLO. SINCE THEN HE HAS PERFORMED IN AMERICA, SPAIN, GERMANY, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND OF COURSE ALL OVER IRELAND.
HIS APPEARANCE ON THE GENE WATSON SHOW IN 2007 WAS ACCORDING TO LIAM THE HIGHLIGHT OF HIS CAREER SO FAR. HE IS ALSO SET TO APPEAR AT THE COUNTRY FESTIVAL IN DUNGANNON IN 2008 ON THE SAME BILL AS THE LEGENDARY GEORGE JONES.
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Liam Mclaughlin