With the Chieftains

**Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:22 pm**

The Pogues once performed a gig with the Chieftains and it sounds like it was a barnburner. I think it was at the Brixton Academy. Listening to the bootleg there are some quality moments:

When the Chieftains come in for Streams of Whiskey - a real hell for leather version with everyone whip-snap tight.

The Drowsy Maggie trad tune with everyone playing a solo - who played the piano?

When Spider (I think) taunts the crowd about throwing shoes up on the stage.

When Spider taunts the guy shouting for "Waxie's Dargle."

When Spider proclaims that "the [beer] tray" has been consigned to the dustbin of history.

The band (finally) plays a riotous version of Waxie's with piano and uillean pipes.

Was anybody there? The show sounds pretty solid even on a poor quality bootleg.

**Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:39 pm**

What boot is that?

**Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:44 pm**

The ragtime piano interlude in Drowsy Maggie was played by the late Derek Bell.

**Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:55 am**

i was there.but memory aint what it was.

someone said there was even a bomb scare ??not sure about that one as we were drinking all day,which means while im at the gig i have the best time of my life but can never remember nothing the morning after.
not just pogues gigs but most gigs except the odd one when me missus tags along lol

tried getting into after gig pissup with no luck.

someone got in and managed to get us cans instead so we all sat outside singing and having a laff.
as the morning crept up everyone left apart from us somerset lads who got a cardboard box and slept outside the acadamy till daybreak.

then off for a fry up and a few more ciders.
they were the days

**Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:39 am**

My football team Leicester City lost and I just got home and tales like that make it worth logging on. Those were the days my friend . . .

**Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:20 pm**

yeah thats a great story fermenter

**Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:34 pm**

yeah good old days indeed

we were gonna kip on clapham common as thats where we hid a load of cider ta get us thro the night :lol:

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anyways after fry up went back to the common and found cider had a few cans.
then me brother threw up everywhere ,which made me thro up as well,
just as a teacher was giving some school kids a guided tour.
remember hearing her say "right children this is clapham ___om my god look away know".

we made our apologies and left for nearest off licence

funny how ya remeber these things but not dates etc.

**Sat Dec 10, 2005 8:55 pm**

fermenter wrote:then me brother threw up everywhere ,which made me thro up as well,
just as a teacher was giving some school kids a guided tour.
remember hearing her say "right children this is clapham ___om my god look away know".

we made our apologies and left for nearest off licence

funny how ya remeber these things but not dates etc.

Hilarious

**Sat Dec 10, 2005 9:39 pm**

Mick Molloy wrote:What boot is that?

I was browsing the FTP and happened to come across it:
"1991-06-05-Brixton Academy"

Worth a listen, especially Spider noticing people throwing shoes:
"Eh, Who's been throwing shoes at the Chieftains? No, I DIDN'T say 'Throw shoes AT THE CHIEFTAINS'!"

With the Chieftains

With the Chieftains

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