The Saw Doctors Episode

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

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4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

I have fallen for this podcast you can download it to your phone! This week, we hear the story of The Saw Doctors from the band's inception to where they are today in never before heard detail. It’s the perfect way to celebrate 30 years since the release of their timeless debut album, “If This Is Rock And Roll, I Want My Old Job Back”. Guitarist Leo Moran joins Jarlath to speak about falling in love with music, the influence of The Boomtown Rats on the band and to tell some of the funniest touring stories you’ll ever hear. Leo explains the spirit of The Saw Doctor's work and how their hard work paid off in one fateful evening. We also get a one of kind insight into how it felt to become accidental popstars and why N17 wasn't an overnight hit. From his thoughts on the current COVID restrictions over live entertainment to why the band wouldn't call it a day for fears of having to do a comeback tour and much more, this is a thoroughly enlightening conversation straight from the horse’s mouth of one of Ireland's most beloved bands. To hear every episode in full and to gain access to the entire back-catalogue of over 500 Irishman Abroad episodes that are not available on iTunes for just the price of a pint every month visit www.patreon.com/irishmanabroad Supplementary research provided by John Meagher. Our charity partner is jigsawonline.ie. In these tricky times, Jigsaw provides a range of resources, advice and care for your people to help them strengthen their mental health and the skills needed to navigate life. Please visit their website and consider making a donation. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow @jarlath on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or email the show directly on [email protected]. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	It was another thing of news about the Saw Doctors and it became something, just something that people talk about.
0:07.0	It wasn't really important to us.
0:09.0	I remember Ali Jennings ringing me and he said Tony's after winning the lottery.
0:13.0	And I can't explain this, but I wasn't surprised.
0:17.0	It doesn't make any sense, I know.
0:27.0	But for some reason, Tony was the kind of person that money went towards or something.
0:27.6	I don't know.
0:34.5	Hello there and welcome to the long-awed Saw Doctor's episode of an Irishman abroad with me,
0:39.4	Jardith Regan. My chosen charity partner each week is jigsaw.i.e.
0:45.8	With Sanya O'Sullivan a year ago, we made a commitment to run 2,000 kilometres across the course of a 12-month period,
0:51.2	and I am almost at the 1,000 kilometre mark. I would love if you went over to my I donate page and donated something there. The Jigsaw Centre for Youth Mental Health in Ireland is doing extraordinary work and continues
0:59.0	to do it and tries to cope with the phenomenal jump in demand for their services since the
1:04.6	start of the pandemic.
1:06.1	Come with me on the runs.
1:07.6	We've had a pop-up event this weekend at Tara Hill in Meath. I'll be doing more of those.
1:13.3	And of course, you can listen to the whole thing on the Irishman running abroad every Tuesday,
1:17.1	but that's not what today is about. Today is about the saw doctors who, I don't know how you
1:22.4	wouldn't know of the saw doctors. If you lived in Ireland or abroad for the last 30 years,
1:29.1	they are, as they describe,
1:34.2	a group of songwriting musicians from the west of Ireland, hell-bent on celebrating, observing,
1:39.3	recording and sometimes poking fun at their own locality accent, idiomatic use of language, whilst dressing their songs up with their favourite sounds and styles from the years of musical fandom.
1:46.8	They are more than just a band. For so many Irish people abroad, their energy, life and the
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