Another " bits and pieces " collection, Boots followed in 2003, the title being both McNabb ’ s nickname ( after his penchant for wearing Beatles-style boots in the mid-80s while with The Icicle Works ), and a reference to the ‘ official bootleg ’ nature of the release.

Their season ended with a loss to Donovan McNabb and the Philadelphia Eagles 20 – 6 in the NFC divisional playoffs.

The primary reason given for his departure was the demand on his time by country and bluegrass group, Sugarland, with whom McNabb had previously been touring for some time.

In 1896, three Tennessee evangelists ( William Martin, Joe M. Tipton, and Milton McNabb ) with links to Benjamin H. Irwin's Fire-Baptized Holiness Church brought the message of entire sanctification to the western North Carolina countryside when they held a revival in the Schearer Schoolhouse near Camp Creek in Cherokee County.

A B-side later issued by founder member Ian McNabb, featured Starkey on drums and is presumed to date from Starkey's tenure with the group.

Donovan McNabb connected on a 28-yard pass to receiver Freddie Mitchell on 4th and 26 late in the 4th quarter with the Eagles out of timeouts.

He noted the similarities between his own economic views and the teaching of papal encyclicals on socio-economic issues, from Leo XIII's " Rerum Novarum " to Pope John XXIII's " Mater et Magistra ", as well as with the distributism supported by the Catholic thinkers G. K. Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc and Vincent McNabb.

McNabb was the Philadelphia Eagles ' starting quarterback from 1999 to 2009 and spent the 2010 season with the Washington Redskins and a portion of the 2011 season with the Minnesota Vikings.

McNabb also excelled in track and field during his high school years, and played on the school basketball team with Antoine Walker.

In 2011, after an injury to quarterback Jay Cutler, rumors circulated about Warner, along with either Donovan McNabb and Brett Favre, joining the Chicago Bears to be the second-string after the failures of Caleb Hanie.

When asked whether or not he agreed with a comment made by ESPN analyst Michael Irvin, Owens agreed to the statement, saying that he thought the Eagles would be undefeated if Brett Favre were on the team instead of Donovan McNabb.

Many people took offense at this, since it appeared as though Owens was claiming that McNabb, who was playing with a sports hernia among other injuries, was not a warrior.

Later, when greater local success led increasingly to engagements more widely in the Southeast, and with the departure of Mark Hall and Dog-Mess Jonny, the band then re-formed as a traditional touring four-piece rock band including front man Mallonee, Newton Carter, David LaBruyere, and Travis McNabb ( later of Better Than Ezra and Sugarland.

Walker attended Mount Carmel High School, where he played with future NFL quarterback Donovan McNabb and attained all-state status as a senior, earning a full scholarship to play for Rick Pitino at the University of Kentucky.

His 170 regular season touchdowns with the Philadelphia Eagles were the most in franchise history until he was surpassed by Donovan McNabb on September 21, 2008, 22 years after Jaworski left Philadelphia.

Layhe was often seen playing the octobans and McNabb occasionally played an open tuned guitar with his right hand and a keyboard with his left.

Harrison was a three-year starter at Syracuse University, playing with Donovan McNabb in his final year.

In 1999 he signed with the Philadelphia Eagles to serve as a temporary starter until then-rookie Donovan McNabb was ready to start.

He set an NFL rookie record in 2002 with 9 forced fumbles, three of which occurred in a single game against former Syracuse football player, Donovan McNabb.

During the season, starters like Donovan McNabb, Brian Westbrook, Hank Fraley, Tra Thomas, Lito Sheppard, and others were out with injuries, and star wide receiver Terrell Owens was banished from the team nine games into the season.

The season appeared to be lost by October with another season-ending injury to McNabb, turning a 4-1 start into a mid-season breakdown which left the team 5-5.

In the NFC Divisional Playoff Game against the Green Bay Packers, with the Eagles facing a 4th and 26 situation, he caught a 28-yard pass from Donovan McNabb to help led the team to a win in overtime.

He worked out with his new quarterback Donovan McNabb in Arizona and Los Angeles before mini-camp started.

In week nine against the Atlanta Falcons, Mitchell caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from McNabb and finished with two catches for 43 yards.

Prior to Turrill's arrival, both McNabb and Layhe had previously doubled up on instruments playing guitar, keyboard and percussion at live gigs.

Molina and Talbot toured with McNabb in 1994, featuring on the short live bonus CD which accompanied his next album, Merseybeast.

On returning to performing his own material, McNabb focused on acoustic music, leading to a residency at the Birmingham club of Ronnie Scott.

Almost entirely performed by McNabb ( with help from his long-time collaborator and bassist in the latter-day Icicle Works Roy Corkill ), the album takes in a variety of styles from rock, through ballads, a touch of funk, and acoustic storytelling.

He was replaced by drummer Travis McNabb, formerly of the band Vigilantes of Love, who was tapped to play on the band's upcoming album, Friction Baby.

Griffin, Drummond and McNabb spent 18 months working on Closer, their follow-up album to 1998's How Does Your Garden Grow?

In 1988, then-18-year-old drummer Travis McNabb joined the band for the tour for the album The Circle.

The band's fourth studio album, Blind, was produced by McNabb and issued in 1988.

McNabb put together a new " second generation " Icicle Works line-up in 1989, which released one album in 1990.

The 1996 album Merseybeast saw McNabb with a new backing band called " The Afterlife ".

The material arising out of this became the low-key drummerless album A Party Political Broadcast On Behalf of The Emotional Party, released by McNabb on his own Fairfield label in 1998.

Aside from McNabb, the only other musicians on the album were Waterboys Mike Scott and Anthony Thistlethwaite, and legendary bassist Danny Thompson.

The album included one newly-written track, " Why Are the Beautiful So Sad ", which continued to chronicle McNabb ’ s dislike of celebrity culture as noted earlier in " Don ’ t Patronise Me ".

2004 saw McNabb issuing a second ' Best Of ' album, Potency.

Later in 2005, McNabb released People Don't Stop Believin, an album of b-sides and outtakes from Before All of This.

In January and February 2008, McNabb was involved with " The Number One Project ", a concert and compilation album celebrating Liverpool's fifty-six No. 1 singles on the UK charts.

McNabb played at the January concert, and subsequently appeared on the album, released in February, with his studio cover of John Lennon's " Woman ".

Around the time the " second generation " Icicle Works were winding down, McNabb became a de facto member of The Wild Swans, playing guitar and singing back-up vocals on their second and final studio album, 1990's Space Flower.

McNabb has also contributed guitar on Amsterdam's album The Journey ( 2005 ) and Gary Cooke's debut album Songs for Everyday Use ( 2006 ).