About Gerry Tully

Hailed as one of Ireland’s finest modern-day folk troubadours, Gerry Tully is a singer, songwriter, and storyteller whose powerful voice and heartfelt performances have captivated audiences across Ireland, Europe, and the United States. Drawing on the rich traditions of Irish folk music while bringing his own unique spirit to every song, Gerry has built a reputation for authenticity, passion, and unforgettable live performances.

Gerry Tully is a native of County Meath, Ireland. A natural, self-taught musician, he’s been performing since his early teens. Drawn to music through his father who performed from the Irish show band era of the sixties until the nineties.

At sixteen Gerry was smuggled into a Christy Moore concert, the evening marked a path that his life would take. Throughout the 90s he played in bands, from rock and roll to folk, blues, ballads and traditional Irish, including Americana and swing jazz.
His first venture into recording happened in his early 20s with his EP Grist for the Mill. From then Gerry worked on the music circuit around County Meath and Leinster. In 2002 Gerry toured Ireland, England and Germany with the traditional group Cósir and made an appearance on Seamus Begley’s award-winning program Gantrí on TG4.
Soon after he toured in Europe and America for 3 years as guitarist and vocalist with Derek Warfield one of the founding members of the renowned band The Wolfe Tones. Gerry left the band to pursue musical creativity, producing his debut album Leaves Float Down in 2008. An album of thirteen self-penned songs. It became album of the month on  musicreview.com. The album was well received and enjoyed generous airplay in Ireland and abroad. That year Gerry performed alongside Don Baker, Ronnie Drew, and Finbar Furey on part of their “Working Class Heroes” Irish tour and featured at the Folk en Pagaille Festival in France in 2012 and returned the following year to headline the event. In 2014 he opened the first-ever Irish festival weekend dedicated to the music of Leonard Cohen in Liberty Hall, Dublin. Gerry launched the Maverick EP on the night, which included his version of Cohen’s Hallelujah. After the passing of The Dubliner’s banjo player Barney McKenna, Gerry appeared alongside Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, John Sheehan, Mick O’Brien and members of Barney’s family at a commemorative concert celebrating the life of the legendary banjo player.

At the same time, Gerry completed a BA degree in English Literature and Philosophy. In 2017 he released ‘Things Heard’ an album of folk songs from Ireland, Scotland, and England, including three originals. 2018 he gathered a band and played one sell-out show of  ‘Love, Sex and Death’ the songs of Leonard Cohen. A series of shows were scheduled, however, the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the world and left the music business in disarray. During those bleak months, Gerry did a weekly Facebook live request show which garnered huge support in Ireland and abroad, resualting in an invited by the regional radio station, LMFM to perform his original works on their Facebook page. In 2020 Sofft Productions and Meath Arts Office began an initiative to re-invigorate the music industry selecting artists to record and highlight.
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In 2020 Gerry joined The Legend of Luke Kelly band having previously appeared as their guest at the 35th Luke Kelly anniversary concert in Vicar Street.
As a performer, Tully is unique, funny and evocative. His songs are mesmerising, political, thoughtful and haunting. He also has a compelling way with listeners, he’s funny, has a razor-sharp wit and, an undeniable passion for his craft.