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Joe and the Pogues

With a day or so left on my quarantine, I'll not be going out for St. Patrick's Day. I do, however, have a show to recommend: Joe Strummer fronting the Pogues in London on December 11, 1991. If you'd rather on youtube: I remember hearing that he had taken on the vocal duties after Shane left. I was skeptical...but I shouldn't have been. It was a good fit. Joe had filled in on guitar for the band in 1987-88 and had produced Hell's Ditch in 1990.  He does justice to the the band's tunes and their backing on the Clash songs works. I only wish they'd covered " Shane's Dentist ".