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THE SAW DOCTORS |
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Tuesday 16th December | doors 7pm
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Door price TBC
(£20 adv) |
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The Saw Doctors are a folk-rock band from Tuam, County Galway in the west of Ireland. Taking their name from itinerant craftsmen who once traveled from sawmill to sawmill sharpening and repairing saws, the Saw Doctors have a fervent following, especially in Ireland and among Irish-Americans in the United States. They hold the record for Ireland's biggest-selling single of all time, "I Useta Lover", which topped the Irish charts for nine weeks in 1990.
The band is often compared with American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen due to their frequent invocation of local atmosphere, haunts, and characters, and their penchant for singing about ordinary people's lives in economically difficult times.
Although the Saw Doctors have released only six studio albums over their two-decade career, their sparkling live shows have brought them international renown, and on occasion have seen them upstage bigger-name acts at music festivals. In 2004, the band recorded its exuberant live show before an enthusiastic sold-out crowd at the Black Box Theatre, Galway, and released a live audio CD and a concert DVD, both titled Live in Galway.
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