Versions of this song were recorded by June Tabor, The Skids, and The Pogues as well as by Tommy Makem, Liam Clancy, and John Williamson.

The roots of The Pogues were formed when MacGowan ( vocals ), Peter " Spider " Stacy ( tin whistle ), and Jem Finer ( banjo ) were together in an occasional band called The Millwall Chainsaws in the late 1970s after MacGowan and Stacy met in the toilets at a Ramones gig at The Roundhouse in 1977.

However, amongst the known attendees were: Shane MacGowan ( later of The Nipple Erectors and The Pogues ), Shanne Bradley ( of The Nipple Erectors and The Men They Couldn't Hang ), Viv Albertine of The Slits, Chrissie Hynde ( later of The Pretenders ), Vivienne Westwood ( McLaren's then partner and co-manager of the Chelsea boutique SEX ), Gaye Advert and T. V. Smith ( later of The Adverts ), as well as members of the Bromley Contingent, the punk fashion avant-garde.

The Pogues were all on stage and ready, it was a full house, but they hadn't started yet.

In " The Old Main Drag ," a song from The Pogues ' 1985 album Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash, the drug is name-checked: In the cold winter nights, the old town it was chill / But there were boys in the cafes who'd give you cheap pills / If you didn't have the money, you'd cajole or you'd beg / There was always lots of tuinol on the old main drag.

The bands early influences were 1970s British punk bands like, The Clash, and Sex Pistols, as well as Irish rock band The Pogues

The headline acts were The Pogues, Paul Weller, and Status Quo, other acts included The Storys.

Mark Deming of Allmusic gave Red Roses for Me three and a half out of five stars, calling it " good and rowdy fun ", but felt that " on Rum Sodomy & the Lash and If I Should Fall from Grace with God, the Pogues would prove that they were capable of a lot more than that ".

The Pogues were at the time being produced by Kirsty MacColl's then husband Steve Lillywhite, who asked his wife to provide a guide vocal of the female part for a demo version of the song.

Although the club remained faithful to the spirit of rock, with riots at sold-out gigs by The Pogues and Ozzy Osbourne, it was never restricted by genre, as by 1982 the club already has a well-established Futurist night every Saturday, and were considering starting a student night on Thursdays, approaching DJ Jonathan Woodliffe, who played the first Thursday night to a crowd of about 400 people.

The song was written about an English town ; but later became associated with The Dubliners and The Pogues and there were a few word changes.

Mulroney ( cello and mandolin ) and his brother Kieran ( violin and accordion ) were both members of the punk-folk band Low and Sweet Orchestra which included members of The Pogues and The Circle Jerks.

Also, several of the songs are inspired by the city in which the Pogues were founded, London (" White City ", " Misty Morning, Albert Bridge ", " London You're a Lady "), as opposed to Ireland, from which they had usually drawn inspiration.

In a review for Molinos, it was noted that The Paperboys consistently write pop songs with melodic hooks, which other prior Irish-rock inspired bands such as The Pogues and Oysterband, and others were not always successful at.

He settled in London, where he met Shane MacGowan and Spider Stacy, with whom he founded The Pogues.

The emergence of folk-rock led to the creation of a popular music genre labelled Celtic music which " frequently involves the blending of traditional and modern forms, e. g. the Celtic-punk of The Pogues, the ambient music of Enya ... the Celtic-rock of Runrig, Rawlins Cross and Horslips.

In its heyday, it hosted artists such as Robert Plant, The Cross, The Velvet Underground, Tin Machine, Pixies, Hüsker Dü, The Replacements, Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine, The Stray Cats, The Screaming Blue Messiahs and The Wedding Present, Blur, The Pogues, The Sundays, Wendy & Lisa among others.

The Pogues are a Celtic punk band from London, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan.

Hutchings ' new band was formed after he met established duo Tim Hart and Maddy Prior on the London folk club scene, and the initial lineup was completed by husband and wife team Terry Woods ( formerly of Sweeney's Men, later of The Pogues ) and Gay Woods.

The opening credits of Bottom show the Hammersmith Broadway ( also mentioned in The Pogues ' song Dark Streets of London ) development, then called Centre West, when it was under construction.

As with electric folk in England, the advent of punk and other musical trends undermined the folk element of Celtic rock, but in the early 1980s London based Irish band The Pogues created the sub-genre Celtic punk by combining structural elements of folk music with a punk attitude and delivery.

When not touring with The Pogues much of his time is spent seeing plays, musicals and operas primarily in London, Dublin and New York.

It was his suggestion that the Dubliners work with London Irish band The Pogues in the mid 1980 ’ s, thus giving them their biggest UK hit to date (" The Irish Rover ") and an appearance on Top of the Pops.

The Pogues ' lead singer Shane McGowan had played in a London punk outfit The Nips, originally known as The Nipple Erectors.

Later, beginning in 1982 with The Pogues ' invention of Celtic folk-punk and Stockton's Wing blend of Irish traditional and Pop, Rock and Reggie, there has been a movement to incorporate Celtic influences into other genres of music.

She met future Pogues ' frontman Shane MacGowan in 1979 while he was playing with The Nips ; he invited her to join the Pogues in 1982.

In the UK, the fusion of folk and punk was pioneered by the London-based Irish band The Pogues, formed in 1982, whose mixture of original songs and covers of established folk singers, many performed with a punk sensibility, led to three top ten albums in the UK, a number two single in " Fairytale of New York " ( 1987 ) with Kirsty McColl, and a string of top ten singles and albums in Ireland.

In recent years, he has become, in effect, The Pogues ' unofficial spokesperson and resident expert on the reclusive Shane MacGowan — frequently visiting online forums and directly answering questions from fans.

He also references the music of The Pogues and the poetry of Brendan Behan, both of these being relevant to Ennis ' Irish heritage.

Highlights have included Jimi Hendrix who, on hearing someone else's track being played by mistake ( in the days of live broadcast ), mumbled " I don't know the words to that one, man ", Shane MacGowan of the Pogues ' drunken performance of " Fairytale of New York ", a performance of " Roll with It " by Oasis in which Noel and Liam Gallagher exchanged roles with Noel miming to Liam's singing track and Liam pretending to play guitar, and John Peel's appearance as the mandolin soloist for Rod Stewart on " Maggie May ".

The album showcased their developing sound as the band widely progressed from being a four-piece punk rock outfit, and included collaborations with Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan and Cock Sparrer's Colin McFaull.

Further, it constitutes the last third of the track Medley on the 1988 album If I Should Fall from Grace with God by The Pogues ( the two first parts being Recruiting sergeant and an instrumental version of Rocky Road to Dublin ).

In 1985 The Pogues took it full circle by restoring all the Irish references.

* 1957 – Phil Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer ( The Pogues and The Radiators From Space )

* December 25 – Shane MacGowan, Irish singer and songwriter ( The Pogues )

Irish rock bands The Cranberries and The Pogues ( with Spider Stacy as whistler ) incorporate the tin whistle in some of their songs, as do such American Celtic punk bands as The Tossers, Dropkick Murphys, and Flogging Molly ( in which Bridget Regan plays the instrument ).

Earle released Copperhead Road on Uni Records in 1989 which was characterized as " a quixotic project that mixed a lyrical folk tradition with hard rock and eclectic Irish influences such as the Pogues, who guested on the record ".

For example, The Pogues recorded " Poor Paddy on the Railway " in the arrangement of Folk group The Dubliners, ostensibly because of the Irish connection.

Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan ( born 25 December 1957 ) is an Irish musician and singer, best known as the original singer and songwriter of The Pogues.

MacGowan drew upon his Irish heritage when founding The Pogues and changed his early " punk " voice for a more authentic sound with tutoring from his extended family.

The Pogues fused punk with traditional Irish songs.

The Irish folk-rock group The Pogues paid tribute to Almeria in " Fiesta ," a rollicking Spike Jones-flavored song on the band's third album, If I Should Fall From Grace with God.

Dillon appeared in 1987 in the music video for " Fairytale of New York " by the Irish folk-punk band The Pogues playing a cop who escorts lead singer Shane MacGowan into the drunk tank ".

Folk punk or rogue folk is a fusion of folk music and punk rock, or occasionally other genres, which was pioneered by the London-based Irish band The Pogues in the 1980s.

In 2006, he won the ITV1 singing competition Stars in Their Eyes with an appearance portraying The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan singing " The Irish Rover ".

They influenced many generations of Irish bands, and their legacy can be heard in the music of The Pogues, Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly.

He introduced them to The Pogues, and their collaboration resulted in a hit with " The Irish Rover ".

In the Pogues song " Thousands Are Sailing ", the ghost of an Irish immigrant laments, "... on a coffin ship I came / And I never even got so far that they could change my name.

The Popes is a band formerly led by Shane MacGowan of the Pogues, who played a blend of rock, and Irish folk, sometimes referred to as Paddy Beat, borrowing from World Beat, a popular genre name in the 1980s.

Folk punk or rogue folk is a fusion of folk music and punk rock, or occasionally other genres, which was pioneered by the London-based Irish band The Pogues in the 1980s.

In the 1980s The Pogues became very successful with their radical new take on the fusion of traditional Irish music with punk rock attitude.

The song is an Irish folk style ballad, written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, and featured on The Pogues ' album If I Should Fall from Grace with God.