Mic Christopher
| Mic Christopher | |
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Christopher live at Whelan's, March 2001
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| Born |
Michael Christopher 21 September 1969 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 29 November 2001 (aged 32) Groningen, Netherlands |
| Cause of death | Fall, head injury |
| Occupation | Singer-songwriter |
| Known for | The Mary Janes |
Michael "Mic" Christopher (21 September 1969 – 29 November 2001) was an American–born Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his posthumously-released debut album Skylarkin'.
Michael Christopher was born in The Bronx, New York to Irish parents Harry Christopher from Dublin and Vaun Heaney from Sixmilecross. They moved back to Dublin in 1972 when Michael was still a toddler. He later attended Coláiste Chilliain Clondalkin. He started playing traditional Irish music with school groups until he was about fifteen years old when he started busking. Busking in Dublin over the next five years, Christopher made friends with many of the musicians on the Dublin circuit, including brothers Karl and David Odlum, Glen Hansard and others.
In 1990 Christopher formed the band The Mary Janes with former Kila bass player and fellow busker Karl Odlum, and added Simon Good on guitar and Steven Hogan on drums. The band's lineup evolved over the next nine years, becoming a three piece without drums when Hogan left the group. It was the three-piece version that recorded the band's first album, Bored Of Their Laughing.
In 1994, the Mary Janes signed a publishing deal with Warner-Chappell. In 1996 the band acquired the drumming talents of Australian Mark Stanley, with this lineup recording their second album, Sham, in 1998.
Over the years The Mary Janes played everywhere from the Feile and the Fleadh music festivals in Ireland, to Glastonbury Festival in England, to the CMJ in New York. The band also performed a six-week stint in Bosnia with the War Child charity organization.
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