Paddy Rolling Clone wrote:What he said.
I know Shane plays on Johnny Come Lately in the studio footage from Completely Pogued and on Live at T&C. Apparently (according to Shane) it pissed Jem off big time when Shane started playing tenor banjo? Is that true?
From what I've read on liner notes, Phil also played banjo in the studio.
The Pogues 5-string banjo player is Jem Finer, though I rather think it takes considerably more than Shane's banjo playing to piss him off, big or small time. Anyone else in the band who picks up the instrument is just dabbling except Terry Woods who is something of an expert exponent of "Frailing" banjo, though I don't think he ever played it on any records. I cannot recall playing banjo on a Pogues record, though I did replace Jem for a tour of Germany and a tour of Scandinavia in early 1985 when Jem was on paternity leave. Barney McKenna and Ron Kavana (both tenor banjo, not 5-string) have also guested on records of course, the former with The Dubliners, the latter on "Thousands Are Sailing". Steve Earle's most recent biographer David McGee, spoke to me about the "Johnny Come Lately" sessions and I understand they are covered in some depth in the resulting book.
