Interview: John Deery & the Heads
I caught up with John Deery, the front man from local Derry band John Deery and the Heads for a chat on all things musical and to find out what 2015 has in store.
You guys packed a lot in to 2014...
Massive year for us with supporting the Beach Boys at Ebrington and MTV Crashes. We headlined John Ross’ Jammhouse Studio Sessions in the Forum last year, we also got made Sound Cloud Artist of the day to millions of people back in February which was a big deal.
We played Ralph McLean’s annual showcase with the Four of Us in the Flowerfield Art Centre, and were also involved in a lot of other Flowerfield gigs too. We were spoilt last year with being involved in Music City, just endless great gigs. 2014 was a brilliant year for us, we really loved it.
We were involved in the Other Voices Music Trail during the City of Culture year and again last year, but I think 2014 was even bigger for us than 2013. We actually got an RTE Radio1 session off the back of our Other Voices gig last year too. It’s just a brilliant time for music in the city at the minute and it’s great to be part of it.
This year’s plans?
We have a new album almost written and we will be starting to record that soon, we have a big gig coming up on the 27th of March in the EchoEcho Dance Studios where they have a beuatiful big theatre overlooking the city. It’ll be for a small audience, about 100 people tops, so it’ll be an intimate wee gig. We’ll actually be recording that gig live as well which will be lovely.
Later in the year we’re playing a gig in Mussenden Temple, and we’ve been invited over to a couple of festivals in Scotland too, so it’ll be a busy year. Not to mention, three of the Heads are getting married this year too, Steve, Oisin and Brads are all getting married so we’ll be juggling a lot of things this year.
