Mahones - The Hellfire Club Sessions

Tracks

		Track Name	Length
	1	When It Comes Around	03:06
	2	This Old Town	02:52
	3	Cocktail Blue	04:11
	4	Jimmy Claiborne	03:13
	5	There She Goes	04:07
	6	Gone	04:13
	7	Shake Hands With the Devil	03:46
	8	Too Many Times	03:18
	9	Savage Blues	03:46
	10	Shillelagh Puff	03:09
	11	Heaven	04:04
	12	Another Night	05:07

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In an effort to rid themselves of incessant Pogues comparisons, the Mahones enlisted the production services of Tragically Hip drummer Johnny Fay. He drew from this band a more consistently muscular sound without sacrificing their penchant for Irish-influenced music. Chief songwriter and lead vocalist Finny McConnell broadened his scope of writing in songs like the Tom Waits-inflected "Cocktail Blue," and the zany "Shake Hands with the Devil," indicate.However, one cannot listen to "Jimmy Claibourne" without imagining a less-inebriated Shane MacGowan singing. While Draggin' the Days and Rise Again concentrated almost solely on Irish-themed music, The Hellfire Club Sessions experiments with acoustic rock, blues and subtle touches of country music. This album would mark the beginning of a stylistic shift for the Mahones which would manifest itself more clearly on 2001's Here Comes Lucky.

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