Saint Patrick's Day Playlist

Opening with Horslips, the second Irish band I heard:

• Trouble with a Capital T
  
• Dearg Doom

The O'Reillys and the Paddyhats:

• Green Blood
• Barrels of Whiskey
• The Boxer
  

And now for the big cheese traditional band, The Chieftans:

• March to Battle
  
• Long Black Veil with some English singer
  
• Foggy Dew with Sinead O'Connor
  
• Raglan Road
  
• Brian Boru's March
  

And what I think is the first Irish rock band, Them:

• Baby, Please Don't Go
  
• It's All Over Now
• Gloria

Rory Gallagher:

• Continental Op
  
• Tattoo'd Lady
  
• Born Under A Bad Sign
  

My least favorite Irish band, U2:

• Beautiful Day

A great band I had to go to prison to hear, The Undertones:

• Teenage Kicks
• My Perfect Cousin
  
• Get Over You

Another one I had to go to prison to hear, Stiff Little Fingers:

• Johnny Was
  
• Alternative Ulster
  
• Nobody's Hero

Sinead O'Connor:

• Molly Malone
  
• Nothing Compares 2 U
  

For KH, Flogging Molly:

• Drunken Lullabies
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• Float
  
• If I Ever Leave This World Alive
  
• Life is Good
  

By way of Boston, The Dropkick Murphys:

• Going Out in Style
  
• I Wish You Were Here
  
• The Boys Are Back
  
• Memorial Day
  
• Rose Tattoo

The second Irish band whose CD I ever bought, The Pogues:

• The Sick Bed of Cuchulain
• Sally MacLennane
  
• If I Should Fall from Grace with God
  
• The Broad Majestic Shannon
  

Now, The Pogues lead singer Shane McGowan, on his own:

• Paddy Public Enemy Number One
  
• Roddy McCorley

Van Morrison:

• Wild Night
• Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)
  
• Gloria
  
• Domino
  
• Just Like A Woman
  
• Moondance
  

And closing out with Thin Lizzie:

• Whiskey In The Jar
  
• Cowboy Song
  
• Jailbreak
  
• Rosalie
  
• Black Rose
  
• Dancing in the Moonlight
  

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2/12/22

 

Well, that was last year's. Let's add: