Eire Apparent : Sunrise/ Liederhalle Stuttgart

Eire Apparent 

were a band

 from

 Northern Ireland,

 noted for

 launching

 the careers of

 Henry McCullough 

and

 Ernie Graham, 

and for 

having

 Jimi Hendrix 

play on, 

and produce, 

their only album

In 1967 

the band moved to

 London and were

 signed by

 ex-Animal 

Chas Chandler

 and

 Mike Jeffery, 

who changed

the band's name to

 'Eire Apparent' 

 Jeffery wanted to

 exploit the

 Irish dimension

 and his wife 

came up with 

the new name.

Eire Apparent

 were briefly signed to

 Track Records, 

who also handled 

Chandler

 and

 Jeffery's

 protégé

 Jimi Hendrix, 

and recorded one single

, "Follow Me" / "Here I Go Again,"

 released in

 January 1968,

 before they left Track. 

Despite only

 having released

 the one single,

 The album 

Sunrise 

was mostly cut

 in late 

October 1968 

in Los Angeles, 

with

 Jimi Hendrix producing. 

Hendrix also played

 on a number of tracks 

including

"Yes I Need Someone"

 and

 "The Clown"

whilst

 Noel Redding,

 Mitch Mitchell 

and

 Robert Wyatt

 are also credited

Redding

and

 Wyatt 

singing on

 "1026" 

and/or

 "The Clown"

.The album was 

released on

 Buddah Records 

in the US

 and the

 UK in

 May 1969.

Cox

 was replaced by

 guitarist

 David "Tiger" Taylor

 in November 1968, 

shortly after the album

 was recorded.

Taylor had already been

 a member of 

The People 

during 1965, 

and he co-wrote their

 "Rock 'N' Roll Band" 

single recorded in

 London in

 January 1969, 

again featuring

 Jimi Hendrix. 

This line up of 

Taylor, 

Graham, 

Stewart 

and

 Lutton

 then toured Europe 

with

 Hendrix

 and in

 April 1969

 recorded the

 band's only

 Peel Session. 

Guitarist

 Peter Tolson

 is also cited as

 having replaced 

Taylor on this session.

Guitarist

 Steve Jolly 

formerly of

 Sam Apple Pie

 later joined 

the band

In May 1969, 

Beat Instrumental 

reported that they were

 recording tracks

 for a second

 Eire Apparent album

 but it never saw

 the light of day.

 In May 1970, 

hardly noticed by

 the public,

 the band broke up.

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