Saw Doctors

• Davy Carton
• Leo Moran
• John 'Turps' Burke
• Padraig Stevens

Bio:

Phenomenally successful Irish rural rock band whose website outlines their career to date. I've listed them here to highlight their links to earlier bands. Davy Carton had been in new wave/powerpop band Blaze X whose lone single remained virtually unknown for many years. When Blaze X split in 1981, Carton retired from the music business. Leo Moran (ex The Mix, All Cats Are Grey) left Tuam rock/reggae band Too Much For The Whiteman and began performing with vocalist Mary O'Connor in 1986. He pursuaded Carton to come out of retirement to join them and they, along with John 'Turps' Burke and Padraig Stevens, became the first lineup of the Saw Doctors.

The Sawdoctors roots in Blaze X reveals itself in their choice of live covers during encores. "Teenage Kicks" is regularly given a good going over, and the band once performed "Big Time" at the Limelight in Belfast with Brian Young of Rudi.

Tony Lambert played keyboards with the band in the early 90s but was never a full member. He was paid session fees for his appearances. In 1993, he won the Irish national lottery, winning 1 million euro, and temporarily became more famous (in Ireland) than the band he played for. This became a source of embarrassment for the band and he was eventually asked to play "off stage" by the manager. So he left, with no ill feelings.

 

tracks:
I Useta Lover
Only One Girl
Why Do I Always Want You
It Won't Be Tonight
Irish Post
Sing A Powerful Song
Freedom Fighter [CD only]
That's What She Said Last Night
Red Cortina
Presentation Border
Don't Let Me Down [CD only]
£25
What A Day
N17
I Hope You Meet Again

 



side one:
Green And Red Of Mayo
You Got Me On The Run
Pied Piper
My Heart Is Livin' In The Sixties Still
Hay Wrap
Wake Up Sleeping
Midnight Express

side two:
Broke My Heart
Exhilirating Sadness
All The Way From Tuam
FCA
Music I Love
Yvonne
Never Mind The Strangers

tracks:
Wake Up Sleeping
Joe Wall Broke My Heart
Thank God It's A Tuesday
I Hope You Meet Again (live) ¹
¹ live track featuring Dolores Keane, recorded live in Dublin on New Years Eve 1991.

tracks:
My Heart Is Living In The Sixties Still
Exhilarating Sadness
Music I Love
You Got Me On The Run

tracks:
Pop Suckers - We're The Popsuckers
Joe Wall Broke My Heart
Anthony Thistlethwaite - Tower of Love
All I Ever Wanted
P. Stephens - Tuam Beat
Chistmastation Border
Paul Cunniffe - Everybody Dreams
At Least Pretend
Dear Mary
Dream Girl
Trip To Tipp
Howya Julia

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