The Saw Doctors
The Saw Doctors
Latest Release
- Tuam Beat
- November 2025
- • 1 Song
Top Songs
| 1 | N17 | ||
| 2 | Green and Red of Mayo | ||
| 3 | Clare Island [Live in Galway] | ||
| 4 | Red Cortina [Special Acapella Version 2010] | ||
| 5 | Share the Darkness [Live in Galway] |
Albums
Jul 2025 • 2 songs
Apr 2025 • 1 song
Dec 2024 • 1 song
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Biography
The hook-laden sounds of 1960s rock bands like the Beatles and the Byrds and the working-class imagery of Bruce Springsteen are combined with the musical traditions of Ireland and the intensity of punk rock by the Saw Doctors. The Saw Doctors were a little-known local bar band in Tuam (pronounced "Chewam") in County Galway when they were invited by Mike Scott to be the opening act on the Waterboys' 1988 tour of Ireland and the United Kingdom. In the decade since, however, the Saw Doctors have emerged as the most successful Irish rock band since U2. The Washington Post referred...