Brass section on Dirty Old Town

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Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by philipchevron Thu Aug 20, 2009 12:14 pm

DzM wrote:
mike1 wrote:So who is doing the didge blowing?

I think it was David Coulter. Mighta been James McNally though.


David Coulter played didgeridoo on the extended intro to "Turkey Song by the Damned" from at least 1993 onwards. Though I only saw the late line-up once, it seems perfectly reasonable to suppose he also later used it on "Oretown". I once watched David play musical saw in a (non Pogues related) piece of dance theatre. Very good he was too. It seems fitting that he should have ended up in various Marc Ribot conglomerates.

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by DzM Wed Aug 19, 2009 8:23 pm

mike1 wrote:So who is doing the didge blowing?

I think it was David Coulter. Mighta been James McNally though.

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by mike1 Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:23 pm

So who is doing the didge blowing?

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by Low D Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:25 pm

DzM wrote:
Cdn Steve wrote:speaking of complementary instrumentation: - I seem to remember a nice, long, moody didgeridoo intro to "Oretown", when the band played Vancouver in 1994 and/or 1996. Does anyone else remember this from those tours?

I seem to recall the didgeridoo intro with Turkish Song Of The Damned, but am likely wrong.

I'm nearly positive that was the 96 tour.


I've a video bootleg from that tour, and there is indeed just such an extended intro featuring didgeridoo going into Turkish.... Oretown is played more or less as on the album (except Spider is absent, so Jem sings it).

It's this show here:
http://pogues.dzm.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 07&p=76684

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by DzM Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:13 pm

Cdn Steve wrote:speaking of complementary instrumentation: - I seem to remember a nice, long, moody didgeridoo intro to "Oretown", when the band played Vancouver in 1994 and/or 1996. Does anyone else remember this from those tours?

I seem to recall the didgeridoo intro with Turkish Song Of The Damned, but am likely wrong.

I'm nearly positive that was the 96 tour.

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by Cdn Steve Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:01 pm

speaking of complementary instrumentation: - I seem to remember a nice, long, moody didgeridoo intro to "Oretown", when the band played Vancouver in 1994 and/or 1996. Does anyone else remember this from those tours?

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by mike1 Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:07 pm

Usualdog- the brass is truly awesome, thanks for posting the link. Think I'll have to go & play it again-stunning!. I remember the brass section back in the day. I think I also remember a few scottish bagpipe players emerging once, to join the band and Kirsty for "Miss Otis regrets" down in Brixton.......that would go down a treat on youtube.

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by philipchevron Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:08 am

Aidan wrote:Jesse James - as a band - were the support at the very first reunion gig in Manchester Academy and went down a storm if I remember correctly. They had a really lively stage presence and really got the crowd going. Whose idea was it to roll this extra dimension into The Pogues live performances ?


Actually, we often had a horn section back in the day, too, mainly centred around After Tonite, when they used to open for us. Something similar happened with the Jesses.

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by Aidan Tue Aug 18, 2009 7:45 am

Jesse James - as a band - were the support at the very first reunion gig in Manchester Academy and went down a storm if I remember correctly. They had a really lively stage presence and really got the crowd going. Whose idea was it to roll this extra dimension into The Pogues live performances ?

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by philipchevron Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:56 pm

Low D wrote:
philipchevron wrote:
Yes, I love it. In recent years, "DOT" has taken on the characteristics of an old timey string band in all its glory. That there was room on top of that for yet another dimension came as a great joy to us all.


Who is this brass section, and - more importantly - will they be traveling across the pond with you in the fall? I don't remember it being so filled out last time around.


They are the Jesse James Horns. Unfortunately, their exotic lifestyle and the unreasonable demands on their backstage rider precludes their travelling with us to Amerikay.

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by Low D Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:37 am

philipchevron wrote:
Yes, I love it. In recent years, "DOT" has taken on the characteristics of an old timey string band in all its glory. That there was room on top of that for yet another dimension came as a great joy to us all.


Who is this brass section, and - more importantly - will they be traveling across the pond with you in the fall? I don't remember it being so filled out last time around.

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by Fr. McGreer Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:11 pm

Great vid. I think the brass section sounds great too. The best bit of the video is when Shane misses the cue at the start of Fiesta and Terry and Philip are roaring laughing as he pulls it back. :lol:

Re: Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by philipchevron Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:56 pm

usualdog wrote:The brass section sounds awesome. Who's idea was this? Genius. Reminds me of one of those black funerals where they walk through the streets with a band playing solemn music. Quite moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_GFs4fRtb8


Yes, I love it. In recent years, "DOT" has taken on the characteristics of an old timey string band in all its glory. That there was room on top of that for yet another dimension came as a great joy to us all.

Brass section on Dirty Old Town

Post by usualdog Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:57 pm

The brass section sounds awesome. Who's idea was this? Genius. Reminds me of one of those black funerals where they walk through the streets with a band playing solemn music. Quite moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_GFs4fRtb8

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