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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March 22, 1976
Louis Killen's final show with the group as well as Liam Clancy's before his return in 1990.
View on Setlist.fm →March 20, 1976
Main Building Auditorium, Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States1. The Wild Colonial Boy([traditional] cover)
2. Nancy Whisky([traditional] cover)
3.
Song about sailing the sea to the green hills of home4. 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 StatesMarch 18, 1976
Masonic Temple
Scranton, Pennsylvania, United StatesMarch 12, 1976
Mulcahy Center
New Rochelle, New York, United StatesJanuary 3, 1976
Carnegie Hall
New York, New York, United StatesAugust 31, 1975
South Shore Music Circus
Cohasset, Massachusetts, United StatesAugust 10, 1975
Marshall Tavern
Marshall, California, United StatesMarch 30, 1975
National Arts Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada1. The Wild Colonial Boy([traditional] cover)
2. Finnegan's Wake([traditional] cover)
3. The Irish Rover(Joseph M. Crofts cover)
4. Come by the Hills
Tom Clancy preceded this with William Butler Yeats's Lake Isle of Innisfree.March 29, 1975
Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Calgary, Alberta, Canada1. Finnegan's Wake([traditional] cover)
March 27, 1975
CFAC-TV
Calgary, Alberta, Canadatelevision pilot
View on Setlist.fm →March 22, 1975
Main Building Auditorium, Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States1. Rothsea-O(The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem cover)
2. The Leaving of Liverpool([traditional] cover)
3. Brennan on the Moor([traditional] cover)
4. The Rising of the Moon(John Keegan Casey cover)
March 21, 1975
Page Auditorium
Durham, North Carolina, United StatesMarch 17, 1975
An Evening Dinner Theater
Elmsford, New York, United StatesMarch 14, 1975
Carnegie Music Hall
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesMay 31, 1974
Irish Rovers
Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaDate of broadcast
1. Brennan on the Moor([traditional] cover)
2. I'll Tell Me Ma([traditional] cover)
3. The Holy Ground([traditional] cover)
March 29, 1974
Southam Hall, National Arts Centre
Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSet list incomplete - from Ottawa Journal, April 1, 1974.
1. The Wild Colonial Boy([traditional] cover)
2. Eileen Aroon
Tom Clancy preceded this with the poem "When You are Old"3. The Moonshiner([traditional] cover)
4. Nancy Whisky([traditional] cover)
5. Cushie Butterfield
6. Finnegan's Wake([traditional] cover)
7. The Whistling Gypsy(Joe Lynch cover)
8. The Irish Rover(Joseph M. Crofts cover)
9. Johnston's Motor Car(Willie Gillespie cover)
10.
March 17, 1974
Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center
New York, New York, United StatesMarch 16, 1974
Civic Opera House
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesMarch 15, 1974
The Morning Exchange
Cleveland, Ohio, United StatesLouis Killen has released 4+ albums. Some of their notable releases include The Rose In June, Old Songs, Old Friends, Ballads And Broadsides. Explore their complete discography on this page.
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