We speak to John McLaughlin, long time friend of the late Pogues singer Shane MacGowan, on his Edinburgh Fringe play he’s taking on tour.
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00:00John for the love of Shane McGowan this is your show that you've constructed both
00:04memories of your time spent here in Glasgow with the singer and also this legacy of music both as a solo artist and with the
00:12Pogues and
00:14Tell me about about what the audience can expect when they come to one of your shows, right?
00:19I think they can expect that the
00:21The energy that the Pogues brought to shows because of the music. I think that's that's the thing these songs
00:29Tend to take care of that themselves and our absolutes called the lover for the love of Shane McGowan because we just loved Shane and
00:36And the Pogues and the music and and so we want to make sure that it's a celebration that everyone's a great time
00:43Comes and hears these amazing songs and leaves a big smile on their face and a wee bit sweaty
00:49So where we where we take my show? Well, we start off in April. It's a next year
00:55So it looks the 17th of April then it's the beat generator and Dundee and that's on the 18th, then it's the 20th
01:03And the lemon tree in Aberdeen and then the 21st and LaBelle in jail and good old
01:09And there's a lovely picture of you and Shane how many days into the session was that that was a few?
01:16That was a that was actually that was more recent times
01:19I think that was about seven years ago five or seven years ago
01:22Around then, you know, yeah, that was another you don't have lost weekends. We shouldn't you've lost weeks. So
01:31What of them little lovins
01:34Great sense of humor. The greatest guy always founders. What's the song that you always go back to in terms of the back?
01:44Loved the broad majestic Shannon. I love sick bed of cocoon
01:49Body of an American
01:52and then I love these versions of things that they all triangle and
01:56I love some of the Pope stuff as well. You know, Keely cowboy. I just
02:01There's millions. It was just there's a snake
02:05Just I just I mean ever since I discovered the Pogues and Shane
02:11I think there's not a week is by that. I don't listen to maybe
02:1520 to 40 Shane records and a week any given time. No problem