Thomas Keneally Schepisi's "The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith" (1978) (based on his own novel) and played Father Marshall in the award-winning film "The Devil's Playground" (1976), also by Schepisi. In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO). He is an Australian Living Treasure. Keneally was a member of the Literature Board of the Australia Council from 1985 to 1988 and President of the National Book Council from 1985 to 1989. Keneally was a visiting professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) where he taught the graduate fiction workshop for one quarter in 1985. From 1991 to
Mike Keneally participated in the G4 Experience—a week-long guitar camp—with fellow guitarists Satriani, Paul Gilbert, and Andy Timmons. Keneally has performed in Europe in the years 2002 - 2004 and 2016 with Jaan Wessman (bass) and Schroeder (drums) as "Mike Keneally and Friends". In July/August 2017 the trio changed its name to the "Mike Keneally Report" and performed numerous shows both as headliner as well as supporting Kenny Wayne Shepherd. Mike Keneally Michael Joseph Keneally (born December 20, 1961) is an American session guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist and composer. Keneally started playing music at the age of 7 when he had received an