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Pogue mahone book6/9/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() MacGowan’s maverick genius was inevitably missed, yet Spider Stacy did a commendable job of moving centre-stage, and while Jem Finer stepped up as the main songwriter in MacGowan’s absence, the rest of his comrades also pitched in, with the credits split evenly throughout Waiting For Herb’s 12 tracks. “We got back to playing songs that were powerful” After completing the remainder of their post- Hell’s Ditch tour of duty with former Clash singer and longtime Pogues acolyte Joe Strummer assuming frontman duties, the group surprised all and sundry by sounding energised on 1993’s Waiting For Herb: a convincing comeback featuring strong material such as Drunken Boat, Haunting, Smell Of Petroleum and the UK hit single Tuesday Morning. Nonetheless, The Pogues did exactly that. In hindsight, it’s a wonder how the band managed to regroup and record two further albums, Waiting For Herb and their 1996 swansong, Pogue Mahone, before calling it quits. ![]() In his excellent memoir, Here Comes Everybody, The Pogues’ multi-instrumentalist James Fearnley recounts how emotionally draining Shane MacGowan’s 1991 departure from the group was for all concerned. ![]()
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