My guest this week is Niall Quinn
Niall was the drummer and main songwriter in The Hitchers - whose 1997 song ‘Strachan’ was a John Peel favourite and has regularly been voted as one of the best football-related songs of all time. You may also have heard it quite recently on this podcast, as Steve Hill chose it for his mix in episode #76.
Hit the ground running
1. Alabama 3 - Mao Tse Tung Said
“Mao Tse Tung Said” by Alabama 3: Jim Jones, Irony and Revolutionary Politics
Something old
2. Lonnie Donegan - Rock Island Line
This is the John Peel compilation I was thinking of, but the Lonnie Donegan track was actually 'Lost John'
Something borrowed
3. Trespassers William - Vapour Trail
Foot.ie is dead... Long live UH.ie!
Something new
4. Niall Quinn/The Hitchers - Sand (Vernon Takes A Walk)
Lost and Found: The Story of ‘Lady Be Good’ and Her Crew
Something blue
5. Body Count - No Lives Matter
Take it down
6. Tom Waits - Flowers Grave
Around the world
7. Amadou & Mariam - Senegal Fast Food
Left of centre
8. Apocalyptica - Seek and Destroy
One
Wildcard
9. R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
There are songs... that still lift your spirits as soon as they start to play.
Finale
10. Half Man Half Biscuit - Floreat Inertia
“Oh, I turned my back on Nazareth” – Floreat Inertia discussed
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