John McLaughlin brings his play For The Love Of Shane MacGowan to Glasgow!

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