Thank you for the music
Posted: October 10, 2013 Filed under: ART, AUSTRALIA, SONGS, WRITERS | Tags: Australian folk heroes, bloody cancer, cancer deaths, Chop Chop, Chopper Read dead, famous Irish bands, great Irish musicians, Irish music, kiss my arse, Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read, Melbourne underworld figures, never let the truth get in the way of a good story, Phil Chevron, Pogue Mahone, tall tales, The Pogues - Dirty Old Town Leave a commentBloody cancer has taken another creative being. Rest in Peace Philip Chevron, your music will live on. Whether on the main stage at Glastonbury, or crammed onstage in a tiny pub in Sydney, The Pogues were a brilliant live band in their heyday.
Meanwhile in Australia, notorious Melbourne underworld figure, ‘hitman’ and teller of tall tales Chopper Read has also succumbed to the big C. Thanks for the laughs Chop Chop, we will miss your storytelling but maybe not your murdering ways.
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