User:Johnny Bap/John (Johnnybap) McConnell

John (Johnny Bap) Mc Connell is a singer songwriter from West Belfast. The youngest of Eight sibblings. Born August 1982 John was pushed through his Primary school to take up singing at an early age. At St Joseph's primary school Slate Street, Johnny excelled in Music and Drama. His voice at a young age was more mature than the other kids in his class which led him to his singing in St Peter's Cathedral Choir co-ordiated by Margeret Mc Quillan of St Joseph's. Through his tennage years he appeared in school shows in Corpus Christi College and eventually formed a bond with a school mate who would later inspire him to write his own music Michael (Mickey) Magennis. With Michael he formed a group called "Subliminal" at the age of 14. Subliminal made a few rare appearences on BBC radio (The George Jones show) as well as live in front of 60,000 people on St Patricks Day 2000 at the City Hall Belfast. Johnny then moved himself and his carreer to the Canary Islands were he spent his time writing and composing music for five and a half years before making his way back to Ireland were he started another band with his older brother Gerard (doggy)Mc Connell called "Let the hare sit". after a successful stint with "Let the hare sit" Johnny made his way to Canada. In Canada Johnny recorded Two albums Titled "Linton Road and "Let the hare sit" in honour of his brother Gerard (Doggy) Mc Connell and also his grandfather Seamus (Sto) Mc Connell. Johnny Currently lives in Ottawa Ontario Canada to this day.