To Win Just Once
The Saw Doctors
Universal
8/10
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Oh come on, everyone likes the Saw Doctors. Sure, they have plenty of obvious gaps in their rock and roll armory – but what they lack in charisma, style and any real rock and roll edginess they make up for with musicianship, heart the ability to write decent songs.
Besides, some would say that the Saw Doctors have a style and charisma which is all of their own. And who are we to argue with that.
Anyway, To Win Just Once is a suitable tribute to two decades of great work. These aren’t just songs, they are Irish songs and more than that they are west of Ireland songs. Like the band themselves. the tracks on this album are inseparable from the part of the world which brought them into existence.
All the classic are there – To Win Just Once, That’s What She Said, Never Mind The Strangers, I Useta Love Her and a nice live version of the N17. And so what if it’s hillbilly music – sure there’s a little hillbilly in all of us.
Andrew Hamilton
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