CAEZAR – JJ GILMOUR & JOE DONNELLY
CAEZAR are Joe Donnelly & JJ Gilmour, both former members of Scottish band The Silencers. They started writing new material in Ireland, but then reconvened to Scotland to finish their first project together. The culmination of this collaboration is to be heard in the new songs they’ve recorded as CAEZAR. Songs that will grab your attention and keep it, songs that will transport you and set you thinking.
JJ & Joe enjoyed great success during their individual stints with The Silencers, having toured with music greats such as Simple Minds, David Bowie, U2 and The Pretenders.
Despite not playing in The Silencers at the same time, Joe & JJ bonded immediately during an emotional week in Glasgow as all the ex-Silencers got together to play a sell-out gig in aid of much loved guitarist, Cha Burns who was gravely ill at the time. Sadly, Cha passed away soon afterwards.
Joe & JJ seized the opportunity, and decided to start writing together in memory of their dear friend. The result of this creative collaboration was CAEZAR, and their debut album ‘TIME’, an album to be proud of. CAEZAR in February 2025 released ‘HOME’ their second album.
“The sadness and emotion we both felt at this point was so raw and there was only one way to turn this into something positive and that was to make music. Life really is too short and when the chance came up to work with another top musician, it was full steam ahead. The album was a real labour of love, and we’re so proud of it.” – Joe Donnelly