The Saw Doctors, who were honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards ceremony in Dublin last year, will be performing to the Sandown Park crowd to close yet another remarkable days racing on bet365 Gold Cup Day.
The Saw Doctors came together in Tuam, Co. Galway in 1988 when Leo Moran, realising that the potential for Irish reggae was somewhat limited, quit local group, Too Much For the Whiteman, and got together with Davy Carton after his punk band Blaze X disbanded , despite the fact that their first single “Some Hope” was chosen as Single of the Week on RTE Radio 2 in Ireland.
The Saw Doctors were discovered in the back room of the Quays Pub in Galway in 1988 by Mike Scott of The Waterboys who was recording The Fishermans' Blues album in nearby Spiddal. Mike Scott asked The Saw Doctors to open for The Waterboys' on the Fisherman's Blues tour of the UK and Ireland in the Autumn of 1988 and produced their first single, N17.
The Saw Doctors are powered by the song writing partnership of Leo Moran (guitar) and Davy Carton (Vocals). Their songs range from the plight of Ireland's unmarried mothers to the effect of strong religion on a nation's youth; from playing Gaelic football against a neighbouring village to loving the prettiest girl in town but lacking the courage to tell her.
Their single, I Useta Lover, is still the biggest selling single ever in the history of Irish pop, staying nine weeks at Number 1 and outselling U2, Sinead O'Connor and Westlife. The Saw Doctors have also celebrated over 20 years on the road and played at many famous venue's all over the globe.
“From country to punk to pop and rock'n'roll”, explains Leo Moran on their success, “We stole all our favourite bits”.
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