With the passing of Shane MacGowan, let's revisit the time a journalist got tossed from the tour of his favorite band. It's my Pogues story, a cautionary tale.
"They were fucking fantastic, especially powerhouse drummer Fred LeBlanc," - ah yes, Fred is one of the all-time great singing drummers. And his band Cowboy Mouth was awesome -channeling the frat-boy debauchery of DRR into pure 120 proof rock n roll passion.
On a tangent, Eric Bogle is one of the great Oz songwriters/balladeers, along with Henry Lawson. Priscilla Herdman did a powerful and moving version of "And the band played waltzing matilida" along w/ another powerful Bogle song "No Man's Land."
"They were fucking fantastic, especially powerhouse drummer Fred LeBlanc," - ah yes, Fred is one of the all-time great singing drummers. And his band Cowboy Mouth was awesome -channeling the frat-boy debauchery of DRR into pure 120 proof rock n roll passion.
Great reminder not to do meth!
On a tangent, Eric Bogle is one of the great Oz songwriters/balladeers, along with Henry Lawson. Priscilla Herdman did a powerful and moving version of "And the band played waltzing matilida" along w/ another powerful Bogle song "No Man's Land."