by Behan Mon Feb 27, 2006 8:57 pm
Does anyone remember the "St. Patrick's Other Ball" in Chelsea NYC around 1992 or '93?
I got to have a few beers with Shane while he was in NYC in the downstairs backstage area at Tramps (a club in Chelsea) shortly after the Pogues kicked him out. It was a "ST. PATRICK'S OTHER BALL" around 1992 or 1993. The Committments were in town doing the "official" St. Patrick's Ball. My band was scheduled with Shane, Black'47, Seamus Egan, etc for the "Other Ball". Shane was not supposed to drink the "hard stuff" that night (according to Victoria?) so we kept fetching him more beer after beer. He was still pissed off his arse.
Shane's time on stage was cut short because he was totally lost with everyone else backing him up. There must have been 15-20 musicians on stage with him from other bands that he asked to come up and play with. It was a wall of noise -- no wonder why Shane got lost. I chose to stay off the stage because it was so tight with musicians, I would have fallen off the edge myself. The show didn't go as planned, even though he was constantly telling all the musicians before getting on, what part to play, where and when to end, all that musician stuff. The audience was dissappointed.
My band played after Shane and he agreed to come up to sing Sally Maclenanne with us even though earlier that night he made it a point that he wasn't going to do any Pogues songs. However, stage manager Terri George told us "NO!" "Shane has to leave". To this day, I don't know what was up with that, only Terri George was cross and Shane was escorted out with perhaps Joey Cashman and company? I think I remember seeing Joey there. Shane was too far gone by then anyway.
Shane was truely a pleasant guy to chat with and having a few beers with him made a crappy night worth while.
Does anyone remember the "St. Patrick's Other Ball" in Chelsea NYC around 1992 or '93?
I got to have a few beers with Shane while he was in NYC in the downstairs backstage area at Tramps (a club in Chelsea) shortly after the Pogues kicked him out. It was a "ST. PATRICK'S OTHER BALL" around 1992 or 1993. The Committments were in town doing the "official" St. Patrick's Ball. My band was scheduled with Shane, Black'47, Seamus Egan, etc for the "Other Ball". Shane was not supposed to drink the "hard stuff" that night (according to Victoria?) so we kept fetching him more beer after beer. He was still pissed off his arse.
Shane's time on stage was cut short because he was totally lost with everyone else backing him up. There must have been 15-20 musicians on stage with him from other bands that he asked to come up and play with. It was a wall of noise -- no wonder why Shane got lost. I chose to stay off the stage because it was so tight with musicians, I would have fallen off the edge myself. The show didn't go as planned, even though he was constantly telling all the musicians before getting on, what part to play, where and when to end, all that musician stuff. The audience was dissappointed.
My band played after Shane and he agreed to come up to sing Sally Maclenanne with us even though earlier that night he made it a point that he wasn't going to do any Pogues songs. However, stage manager Terri George told us "NO!" "Shane has to leave". To this day, I don't know what was up with that, only Terri George was cross and Shane was escorted out with perhaps Joey Cashman and company? I think I remember seeing Joey there. Shane was too far gone by then anyway.
Shane was truely a pleasant guy to chat with and having a few beers with him made a crappy night worth while.
