From Left: Leo Moran, Kevin Duffy, Davy Carton, Anthony Thistlethwaite, and Eimhin Cradock.
Photo by London photographer, Steve Gullick. Taken in Hyannis, MA, August 2008, just prior
to the band's concert at the Cape Cod Melody Tent.
On March 18, 2009, The Saw Doctors were interviewed WCSH Channel 6, Portland Maine.
WCSH Entertainment Reporter Rob Caldwell spoke with Davy, Leo and Eimhin. You can also view the uncut twelve minute interview and a
previous TV SPECIAL on The Saw Doctors that was aired on WCSH in
Portland ME in September 2004.
Saw Doctors to play Twelve American Shows March 2009
The Saw Doctors will play two concerts in New York City in the Nokia Theatre in Times Square on Friday March 13 and Saturday March 14, 2009.
The Saw Doctors will play twelve shows in the USA in March to publicize the March 17 American release of the bands
new documentary film on DVD, “Clare Island To Cape Cod“ and its companion Live CD, “Live at The Melody Tent“.
The Saw Doctors USA Tour, March 2009
March 6 Cleveland OH, House of Blues
March 7 Chicago, IL, The Vic
March 8 Indianapolis, IN, The Vogue
March 10 Scranton PA, The Cultural Centre
March 12 Londonderry NH, Tupelo Music Hall
March 13 New York, NY, Nokia Theatre
March 14 New York, NY, Nokia Theatre
March 16 Annapolis MD, Rams Head Tavern
March 17 Boston, MA, Showcase Live (Foxborough)
March 19 Portland, ME, Port City Music Hall
March 20 Northampton MA, Calvin Theatre
March 21 Philadelphia PA , TLA
Saw Doctors Guitarist and Singer, Leo Moran.
Photo By London Photographer, Steve Gullick.
Taken in Hyannis, MA, August 2008, prior to the band's concert at the Cape Cod Melody Tent.
This photo appears on the cover of the new Saw Doctors Documentary DVD, “Clare Island To Cape Cod“.
THE SAW DOCTORS
A funny thing happened to The Saw Doctors last Autumn. After a gap of 17 years, the West of Ireland rockers topped the Irish Music Singles Chart with their
punked up version of the Sugababes song “About You Now“, beating off international artists such as Pink and Kings of Leon.
Back in the early ninties, The Saw Doctors were Number One in Ireland with Hay Wrap, N17 and I Useta Lover which still holds the record for the biggest selling
Irish single. The bands first album, “If This Is Rock & Roll, I Want My Old Job Back“ was Number One in Ireland for most of 1991.
The Saw Doctors were discovered in the back room of the Quays Pub in Galway in 1988 by Mike Scott of The Waterboys who was recording The Fishermans’ Blues
album in nearby Spiddal. Mike Scott asked The Saw Doctors to open for The Waterboys on the Fisherman’s Blues tour of the UK and Ireland in the Autumn of
1988 and produced their first single, N17.
After posting a second Number One album (All The Way From Tuam), The Saw Doctors set about touring the UK and in February 1996, the band’s third
album “Same Oul’ Town“ went to Number Six in the UK Top Twenty, yielding two Top Twenty UK singles, World of Good, and To Win Just Once.
The Saw Doctors appeared on BBC’s Top of the Pops in January and July 1996 to promote the two singles.
In April/May 1997, the Saw Doctors undertook their first major coast to coast US tour and as a result landed a US record deal with Paradigm
Records in New York. The compilation album, Sing A Powerful Song, was released in November 1997, prompting Geoffrey Himes to write in The
Washington Post that “the Saw Doctors are one of the world’s most appealing roots-rock outfits“.
Songs From Sun Street, the Saw Doctors fourth album was released on both sides of the Atlantic in 1998. The album release was celebrated in
the UK with a sell out show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. In America, the Saw Doctors headlined the American Fleadh concerts with Van Morrisson
and Sinead O’Connor. At the Fleadh Festival in San Jose (June 99), they had the crowd “jumping like human pogo–sticks“ according to the San Jose Mercury News.
The Saw Doctors are powered by the songwriting partnership of Leo Moran (guitar) and Davy Carton (Vocals). Their songs range from the plight of
Ireland’s unmarried mothers to the effect of strong religion on a nation’s youth; from playing gaelic football against a neighbouring village to loving
the prettiest girl in town but lacking the courage to tell her.
“From country to punk to pop and rock’n’roll“, explains Leo Moran on their success, “we stole all our favourite bits“.
Over the years, The Saw Doctors have built up a reputation as a great live band. They have toured in Australia, Canada, USA, Sweden, Germany, Holland,
Norway and the UK. Paul Sexton of The Times in London observed that “if they could bottle the sort of bonhomie that can make an entire concert hall
feel better, The Saw Doctors would have the medicine show to end them all“.
THE SAW DOCTORS ARE:
Davy Carton: Vocals, Guitar
Leo Moran: Guitars, Vocals
Anthony Thistlethwaite: Bass Guitar, Saxophone
Kevin Duffy: Keyboards, Vocals
Eimhin Cradock: Drums, Vocals
