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The full house cheered. It was only the group's first song...fans jumped up and down, climbed on shoulders... - -
...there is a special place in Rock n Roll mythology for that rare phenomenon, the people's band. The Saw Doctors are the latest in this noble line... - -
With their latest effort, The Saw Doctors assume their place next to U2, The Pogues and Thin Lizzy as one of the Emerald Isle's great rock bands. - -
The Saw Doctors cut to the heart and soul of Celtic Music. - -
Discography
2004 Live in Galway Shamtown
Play It Again, Sham!
2002 Villains? Shamtown
Sing A Powerful Song
1998 Songs From Sun Street Paradigm
1996 Same Oul Town Shamtown
1993 All The Way From Tuam Shamtown
1991 If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My old Job Back Shamtown
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The Saw Doctors came together in the small western Irish Galway county of Tuam, in 1987 with the pairing of Davy Carton and Leo Moran. They took the West of Ireland by storm and formed an allegiance with Mike Scott of the Waterboys who saw them in Galway and liked what he saw enough to ask them to support his band on their next UK tour.
In September of 1989, Scotts name appeared as producer on their debut
single, N17, which paved the way for their first hit, I Useta Love Her. The song
virtually became the countrys second national anthem staying at #1 for 13 weeks and becoming the biggest selling single of all time in Ireland. On the heels of this success came the release of the bands first album, If This is Rock & Roll I Want My Old Job Back. They were voted Best New Band at the Irish Entertainment Awards and the subject of a TV
documentary, A Powerful New Song. They began touring and never looked back.
Buoyed by the success of their second album, All the Way from Tuam, they formed their own record label, Shamtown, and the next record they released, Small Bit of Love, delivered their first UK singles chart Top Thirty entry which in turn landed them an appearance on Britains premiere TV show, Top of the Pops.
The Saw Doctors have extensively toured the United States, Europe and Australia headlining at major venues, including Londons famous Albert Hall. Over the years, The Saw Doctors reputation at American, British and European Festivals has become second to none, even headlining the Fleadh along with Van Morrison and Sinead OConnor. Recent highlights include a performance at the World Expo in Hanover Germany where they represented Ireland.
Their 5th studio album, Villains? was released in America in 2002 and Play it Again Sham! in 2003 and was followed by an extensive US tour touching down in new markets with stupendous success and widening their press outreach with appearances on regional television and radio shows. In February 2004 has released the bands first live album and has been on an extensive tour.
Their songs have been used in commercial advertisements including one for Guinness Harp beer, heard on national rock radio in the US. The bands music is included in various movie soundtracks and they have even appeared as themselves, in a film entitled The Tavern The single from Villans? This is Me, rose to number 25 on the UK Top 40 charts just one day after its release.
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