▁where ▁he ▁found ▁himself ▁on ▁a ▁regular ▁bill ▁sand wich ed ▁between ▁Ke in eg ▁and ▁Buck ley . ▁Ge ary ▁released ▁his ▁first ▁album ▁Mark ▁Ge ary ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁but ▁the ▁record ▁label ▁went ▁out ▁of ▁business ▁before ▁it ▁could ▁properly ▁find ▁an ▁audience . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁his ▁“ new ” ▁debut ▁album , ▁ 3 3 ▁Grand ▁Street ▁was ▁released ▁on ▁S ona B LA ST ! ▁Records . ▁His ▁second ▁album , ▁G hosts , ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁brought ▁him ▁critical ▁acc laim ▁in ▁Ireland ▁and ▁the ▁States ▁and ▁was ▁voted ▁Album ▁of ▁the ▁Year ▁( 2 0 0 5 ) ▁by ▁the ▁Irish ▁Vo ice . ▁The ▁album ▁also ▁features ▁songs ▁with ▁guest ▁vocal ists ▁Glen ▁Hans ard ▁and ▁Josh ▁Ritter . ▁The ▁album ▁also ▁came ▁in ▁at ▁number ▁ 6 8 ▁in ▁the ▁Hot Press ▁readers ' ▁poll ▁for ▁the ▁Top ▁ 1 0 0 ▁Great est ▁Irish ▁Albums . ▁ ▁In ▁August ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁Ge ary ▁played ▁at ▁the ▁Kennedy ▁Center . ▁ ▁Ge ary ’ s ▁third ▁studio ▁recording , ▁O pi um , ▁was ▁released ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 . ▁Following ▁this , ▁Ge ary ▁released ▁a ▁live ▁recording ▁Live , ▁Love , ▁Lost ▁It ▁– ▁NY C ▁that ▁took ▁him ▁back ▁to ▁his ▁New ▁York ▁roots ▁and ▁features ▁songs ▁recorded ▁at ▁various ▁shows ▁performed ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 0