Jim Reilly
{{other people||James Reilly (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2011}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Jim Reilly
|image = Jim Reilly.jpg
|caption = Jim Reilly
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_name = James G. Reilly
|alias =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1957|5|9|df=y}}
|death_date =
|origin = Belfast, Northern Ireland
|instrument = Drums
|label =
|associated_acts = Stiff Little Fingers, Red Rockers, The Raindogs, Little Fingers, Jim Reilly's Alternative Soldiers, XSLF
}}
James G. Reilly (born 9 May 1957) is the second drummer for the Northern Ireland based punk band Stiff Little Fingers, with whom he played from 1979 to 1981.{{cite web|url=http://www.slf.com/personnel.htm#jim |title=Jim Reilly info |publisher=SLF.com |date= |access-date=2011-10-26}} He played on the LPs Nobody's Heroes, Go for It and Hanx. In 1981, he moved to the United States, where he played in two bands, Red Rockers, followed by The Raindogs. In the late 1980s, he lived in Boston and worked as a band manager. He has since moved back to Northern Ireland. For a time in 2004, he played in SLF tribute band Little Fingers, and later led Jim Reilly's Alternative Soldiers, after which he played in a new band called The Dead Handsomes.
In July 2013, he and Henry Cluney, also formerly of Stiff Little Fingers, began playing live together under the name XSLF in a 3 piece with Ave Tsarion.
References
{{reflist|refs=
| first = Stuart
| last = Bailie
| title = Stiff Little Fingers Jim Reilly on forgiving soldier who killed brother: When you're 18 years old, you're still a child yourself
| date = 2018-04-21
| website = Belfast Telegraph
| url = https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/stiff-little-fingers-jim-reilly-on-forgiving-soldier-who-killed-brother-when-youre-18-years-old-youre-still-a-child-yourself-36828209.html
| access-date = 2020-09-24}}
}}
External links
- [http://www.xslfbelfast.com/ XSLF website]
- [http://www.slf.com Stiff Little Fingers website]
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{{succession box
| title = Drummer for Stiff Little Fingers
| years = 1979–1981
| before = Brian Faloon
| after = Dolphin Taylor
}}
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Category:Musicians from Belfast
Category:Male drummers from Northern Ireland
Category:Stiff Little Fingers members
Category:20th-century drummers from Northern Ireland
Category:21st-century drummers from Northern Ireland