Louis Killen

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Louis Killen

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Geordie folk singer and English concertina player. One of the founders of the Bridge Folk Club, in Newcastle upon Tyne. Moved to America in 1967 during which time he joined The Clancy Brothers from 1971 to 1974, recording 4 albums with them. In 1974 he resumed his solo career, also performing briefly with his then wife Sally Killen. He moved back to the UK in 2003, returning to Gateshead.
Having first lived as a transgender person while based in the US in the 1990s, he changed name and gender from Louis Killen to Louisa Jo Killen in 2010.
b.: 10 January 1934 in Gateshead, Tyneside, England
d.: 9 August 2013 in Gateshead, Tyneside, England

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The Blackleg Miners

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Threescore and Ten

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Dollia

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The Trimdon Grange Explosion

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The Banks of Sweet Primroses

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20 live performances · data from Setlist.fm

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1976
1975
1974

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March 22, 1976

Washington, Washington, D.C., United States


March 20, 1976

Main Building Auditorium, Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  • 1. The Wild Colonial Boy([traditional] cover)

  • 2. Nancy Whisky([traditional] cover)

  • 3.

  • 4. Roddy McCorley(Ethna Carbery cover)

  • 5. The Rising of the Moon(John Keegan Casey cover)

  • 6. The Parting Glass([traditional] cover)


March 19, 1976

Cardinal Hayes Auditorium

The Bronx, New York, United States


March 18, 1976

Masonic Temple

Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States


March 12, 1976

Mulcahy Center

New Rochelle, New York, United States

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