''Songs From Sun Street'' is the 1998 studio album release of the Irish rock band,

The Saw Doctors The Saw Doctors are an Irish rock band. Formed in 1986 in Tuam, County Galway, they have achieved eighteen Top 30 singles in the Republic of Ireland including three number ones. Their first number one, "I Useta Lover," topped the Irish charts fo ...

. The album was not only released on CD, but audio cassette and vinyl as well. It was released on The Saw Doctors' own record label, Shamtown Records as well as

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Track listing

# "Good News" (Carton, Doherty, Moran, Stevens) – 3:04 # "Sugartown" (Carton, Moran, Stevens) – 3:13 # "Galway and Mayo" (Moran) – 3:33 # "Carry Me Away" (Carton, Moran) – 4:10 # "Heading for the Sunshine" (Carton, Moran) – 2:36 # "Catríona Tells Lies" (Carton, Doherty, Donnelly) – 2:37 # "Blah, Blah, Blah" (Carton, Doherty, Moran) – 2:35 # "D'Ya Wanna Hear My Guitar?" (Carton, Moran) – 2:50 # "Joyce Country Céilí Band" (Carton, Doherty, Moran) – 3:47 # "High Nellie" (Carton, Moran, Stevens) – 1:48 # "Best of Friends" (Doherty) – 2:35 # "Will It Ever Stop Raining?" (Carton, Doherty, Moran, Murray) – 2:48 # "Tommy K." (Carton, Moran, Stevens) – 2:43 # "Away With the Fairies" (Carton, Doherty, Moran) – 3:23 # "I'll Be on My Way" (Carton, Moran) – 3:06 #* "Apples, Sweets or Chocolate" (

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from 7:58 to 11:40)

Band members

Davy Carton Davy Carton (born 10 April 1959) is a singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist from Tuam, County Galway, in the Republic of Ireland. He is best known as a core member of the Saw Doctors, the folk-rock band he co-founded with Leo Moran and others ...

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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Leo Moran Leo Moran (born 9 November 1964 in Tuam, Galway) is best known as lead guitarist and sometimes vocalist in the Irish folk rock band The Saw Doctors. Moran studied French and Sociology at University College Galway. He later trained as a secondary ...

: Vocals, guitar *Pearse Doherty: Vocals,

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*John Donnelly:

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s, vocals *Derek Murray:

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, guitar

External links

The Saw Doctors Official Website
{{Authority control 1998 albums The Saw Doctors albums