Gerald Joseph "Jerry" Hannan
(born San Francisco, California) is an Irish-American singer-songwriter and actor.
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Early career
Raised on
jigs and ballads in San Francisco's Irish community, Jerry Hannan grew up listening to the music of his Irish-born parents (
The Dubliners,
The Clancy Brothers), as well as
Cat Stevens (he learned and loved every Cat Stevens song). As a youngster he took accordion lessons, switching to guitar in high school and playing in rock 'n roll bands. He was a member of the popular
Marin County rock band, The Kind, in the 80s.
In the mid 90s, he booked some time in a Marin County recording studio just to record a couple of original songs that he had written, "so I'll have something to listen when I'm old," he said. "The owner of the studio called me up and said that they would record the whole album for free." Thus the Mad Hannans, Jerry's first independent recording project was born. Recorded with his brother Sean, the Mad Hannans became a band with the recording of "Madly in Love With You" a purely recreational project of Americana Rock, which would unexpectedly change his life.
Recent Events
In addition to his success on the
Bay Area music scene, Hannan has made quite a name for himself touring in what he calls his homeland,
Ireland. The band competed in and won the Guinness Fleadh Battle of the Bands contest which landed them on stage at
Spartan Stadium (San Jose) in San Jose,
California with
Tracy Chapman and
Sinéad O'Connor headlining the event.
In 2003, after time touring internationally, he recorded and released his second CD "Sounds Like a Story". His song "DaDaDa" from the CD was featured in the
Sean Penn film
The Pledge (film).
[1] Jerry also acted and performed in Sam Shepard's play,
The Late Henry Moss [2], at San Francisco's Theatre on the Square (along with
Sean Penn,
Nick Nolte,
Cheech Marin and
Woody Harrelson). He also appeared as a raucous singer who offsets a romantic conversation between
Sarah Jessica Parker and
Harry Connick Jr. in Sony Picture's "
Life Without Dick".
[3]
Recently, Hannan recorded his own creation, "Society" with
Pearl Jam's
Eddie Vedder, which is featured in
Sean Penn’s film
Into the Wild
released in September 2007. "I Thought I Was You", written by Jerry and brother Sean Hannan also plays in
Into the Wild
.
[4] Hannan's "Society" made it onto the official 80th
Academy Awards list of 59 songs that were in the running for "Best Original Song" .
[5] Hannan released his third studio album "Wild Card" on 08/08/2008.
In 2009, Hannan's song "Got it Goin' On", will feature in the movie
Tell-Tale (film).
Trivia
Hannan's sister, Mary Claire Hannan is a prominent
costume designer in the
Hollywood film industry, having worked with the likes of
Quentin Tarantino.
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References
- The Pledge (2001) - Soundtracks
- Cast and Crew of "The Late Henry Moss"
- Sweetwater Artist Information
- Into the Wild (2007) - Soundtracks
- 59 Songs Tune Up for 2007 Oscar
- Mary Claire Hannan