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The Saw Doctors

The Saw Doctors, who are led by the band’s songwriting duo, Davy Carton (lead vocals) and Leo Moran (electric guitar), have recently welcomed back one of their founding members, Pearse Doherty, on bass guitar, vocals, penny whistle and wooden flute. The eight-man band lineup features Anthony Thistlethwaite, formerly of The Waterboys, on saxophone and longtime members Rickie O’Neill (drums), Kieran Duddy (keyboards and accordion), Tommy Carton (backing vocals) and Noelie McDonnell (guitar and backing vocals)

Discovered by Mike Scott of The Waterboys on a stormy Tuesday night in the Quay’s Bar, Galway in the late 1980s, The Saw Doctors grew quickly, touring Ireland and the UK, including a six-week stint with The Waterboys on the Fisherman’s Blues tour in 1989.

The Saw Doctors second single, ‘I Useta Lover’ was a surprise Number One hit in Ireland in September 1990 - thirty-five years ago - remaining top of the charts for nine weeks.

“Born into a repressed, catholic, conservative, small-town, agrarian, angst-ridden & showband infested society, The Saw Doctors are trying to preserve the positive elements of our Irish background and marry them to the sounds which have culturally invaded our milieu through TV, radio, social media, 45’s, fast food restaurants, 24-hour petrol stations & electric blankets”. - Leo Moran, The Saw Doctors

Setlists

    1. 1.World of Good
    2. 2.Exhilarating Sadness
    3. 3.I Useta Lover
    4. 4.Tommy K
    5. 5.I Love To Go Awanderin'
    6. 6.Share the Darkness
    7. 7.You Were Beautiful
    8. 8.Michael D. Rocking in the Dáil
    9. 9.Goodbye Again
    10. 10.Green and Red of Mayo
    11. 11.Rock N Roll
    12. 12.Clare Island
    13. 13.F.C.A.
    14. 14.Presentation Boarder
    15. 15.I'll Be On My Way
    16. 16.Never Mind the Strangers
    17. 17.N17

  2. Encore

    1. 18.Same Oul' Town
    2. 19.Red Cortina
    3. 20.Bless Me Father
    4. 21.That's What She Said Last Night
    5. 22.Hay Wrap / I Just Want To Dance The Night Away / Hay Wrap / I Belong To Glasgow / Hay Wrap / National Anthem / Hay Wrap
    1. 1.I Useta Lover
    2. 2.Tommy K
    3. 3.Green and Red of Mayo
    4. 4.To Win Just Once
    5. 5.Michael D. Rocking in the Dáil
    6. 6.Rock and Roll
    7. 7.Clare Island
    8. 8.Joyce Country Céilí Band
    9. 9.N17

  2. Encore

    1. 10.That's What She Said
    2. 11.Hay Wrap / Daydream Believer / Hay Wrap
    1. 1.Exhilarating Sadness
    2. 2.World of Good
    3. 3.I Useta Lover
    4. 4.Tommy K
    5. 5.Howya Julia
    6. 6.Share the Darkness
    7. 7.Awanderin'
    8. 8.Green and Red of Mayo
    9. 9.To Win Just Once
    10. 10.Back to Tuam
    11. 11.Michael D. Rocking in the Dáil
    12. 12.Rock N Roll
    13. 13.Clare Island
    14. 14.Red Cortina
    15. 15.Joyce Country Céilí Band
    16. 16.I'll Be On My Way
    17. 17.Never Mind the Strangers
    18. 18.N17

  2. Encore

    1. 19.Bless Me Father
    2. 20.That's What She Said
    3. 21.Hay Wrap / Daydream Believer
    1. 1.Exhilarating Sadness
    2. 2.Back to Tuam
    3. 3.I Useta Lover
    4. 4.Tommy K
    5. 5.Me Heart Is Livin' in the Sixties Still
    6. 6.Wasn’t on setlist. Had some NY lyrics - Staten Island Ferry, Crazy Eddie, teacher from Poughkeepsie
    7. 7.Goodbye Again
    8. 8.Share the Darkness
    9. 9.I Love To Go Awanderin'
    10. 10.To Win Just Once
    11. 11.Green and Red of Mayo
    12. 12.Michael D. Rocking in the Dáil
    13. 13.Macnas Parade
    14. 14.WHA'D'YA THINK A THAT
    15. 15.Clare Island
    16. 16.Joyce Country Céilí Band
    17. 17.I'll Be On My Way
    18. 18.Never Mind the Strangers
    19. 19.N17

  2. Encore

    1. 20.Red Cortina
    2. 21.Bless Me Father
    3. 22.That's What She Said Last Night
    4. 23.Hay Wrap (>)
    5. 24.Rockaway Beach (Ramones cover) (> end of Hay Wrap)
    1. 1.Exhilarating Sadness
    2. 2.Back to Tuam
    3. 3.I Useta Lover
    4. 4.Tommy K
    5. 5.Me Heart Is Livin' in the Sixties Still
    6. 6.Goodbye Again
    7. 7.To Win Just Once
    8. 8.Midnight Express
    9. 9.Share the Darkness
    10. 10.Galway and Mayo
    11. 11.I Love To Go Awanderin'
    12. 12.Green and Red of Mayo
    13. 13.Sing a Powerful Song
    14. 14.Michael D. Rocking in the Dáil
    15. 15.Clare Island
    16. 16.Joyce Country Céilí Band
    17. 17.I'll Be On My Way
    18. 18.Never Mind the Strangers
    19. 19.N17

  2. Encore

    1. 20.Same Oul' Town
    2. 21.Red Cortina
    3. 22.Bless Me Father
    4. 23.That's What She Said
    5. 24.Hay Wrap

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The Saw Doctors play at

  • 3Olympia Theatre, Dublin on Friday 28 November
  • Ulster Hall, Belfast on Friday 12 December

Tickets for The Saw Doctors are on sale Friday 12 September at 10am.