O’Reilly, John

John O’Reilly
Drums
‘Stranger In Us All’ 1995

John O’Reilly
born: 31 August, 19??
USA

 

O’Reilly was the original drummer for the album but was replaced for the tour by former Rainbow drummer Chuck Bürgi. The reasons for his replacement vary to being injured in a football match to simply not being ‘up to the job’. However, as O’Reilly subsequently did a further stint in Blackmore’s Night it seems unlikely that he wasn’t ‘up to the job’…