The Saw Doctors biography
Fans
The Saw Doctors have a rabid international fan base that has been compared to that of the Grateful Dead. Fueled by those in Ireland as well as those of Irish descent in the US, UK, and elsewhere, this unofficial fan club prides itself on seeing the band live as many times as possible. They meet online in a forum on the band's website and pursue ongoing global conversations about the band.
Lottery win
In April 1993, the Saw Doctors' keyboard and accordion player Tony Lambert, who had previously played with Bonnie Tyler and The Sensational Alex Harvey Band, won £852,000 (Irish punts), or approximately €1 million (euro) in today's currency, when he hit the jackpot in the Irish National Lottery's Lotto game. Lambert, who at the time was living in a converted bus that he had driven from his native Wales to Galway and parked just off the N17 road, had purchased his winning ticket in a local Claregalway shop. After his win, he left the band and settled in County Galway, where he restored an old house and built his own recording studio.
Coincidentally, the Saw Doctors' song "To Win Just Once" was written and recorded shortly before Lambert hit the Lotto jackpot. It is the only song on the Same Oul' Town album that features his musicianship.
Discography
Albums
- If This Is Rock and Roll, I Want My Old Job Back (1991)
- All the Way from Tuam (1992)
- Same Oul' Town (1996)
- Sing A Powerful Song (compilation) (1997)
- Songs from Sun Street (1998)
- Villains? (2001)
- Play It Again, Sham! compilation (2002)
- Live in Galway live (2004)
- New Year's Day live (2005)
- The Cure (2006)
- That Takes the Biscuit (2007)
- Live At The Melody Tent live (2008)
- To Win Just Once / The Best Of The Saw Doctors compilation (2009)
- The Further Adventures of... The Saw Doctors (2010)
Discontinued releases
- "Friends Demos B-Sides" contained other artists (1994)
- "Somewhere Far Away" (1999)
- "Live On New Year's Day" limited to 1000 copies, then re-released as "New Year's Day" (2005)
References
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