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| name = Davy Carton
| caption = Davy Carton (left) with [[Leo Moran]], on stage with the [[Saw Doctors]].
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| caption = Davy Carton (left) with [[Leo Moran]], on stage with the [[Saw Doctors]].
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| birth_place = Islington, London
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| origin = [[Tuam]], [[County Galway]]<br />Ireland
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| instrument = Guitar, vocals
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| genre = Rock, [[Folk music|folk]], [[Roots rock|roots]]
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| occupation = Guitarist<br />Songwriter<br />Vocalist
| genre = Rock, [[Folk music|folk]], [[Roots rock|roots]]
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==Biography and musical career==
==Biography and musical career==
Born in [[Islington]], London, Carton moved permanently to [[Tuam]] with his family in 1966. As a teenager he attended [[St. Patrick's College, Tuam|Tuam CBS]], where he formed the [[punk rock|punk]] band [[Blaze X]] with fellow students [[Paul Cunniffe]], Paul Ralph, and Ja Keating. He began work in a local textile factory after leaving school, but continued to play with Blaze X until the band dissolved in 1981, the year Carton married his girlfriend Trisha.
Born in Islington, London, Carton moved permanently to [[Tuam]] with his family in 1966. As a teenager he attended [[St. Patrick's College, Tuam|Tuam CBS]], where he formed the [[punk rock|punk]] band [[Blaze X]] with fellow students [[Paul Cunniffe]], Paul Ralph, and Ja Keating. He began work in a local textile factory after leaving school, but continued to play with Blaze X until the band dissolved in 1981, the year Carton married his girlfriend Trisha.


Working full-time in the textile factory throughout Ireland's economically bleak 1980s, Carton largely put his musical career on hold to support his wife and three young sons.
Working full-time in the textile factory throughout Ireland's economically bleak 1980s, Carton largely put his musical career on hold to support his wife and three young sons.
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Carton's achievements with the Saw Doctors have included six studio albums, two live albums, a concert DVD, several compilation albums, and extensive tours throughout Europe and the United States. Noted for his witty, rapacious lyrics, Carton has co-written almost all of the band's songs, including "[[I Useta Lover]]", Ireland's all-time best-selling single.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=November 2015}}
Carton's achievements with the Saw Doctors have included six studio albums, two live albums, a concert DVD, several compilation albums, and extensive tours throughout Europe and the United States. Noted for his witty, rapacious lyrics, Carton has co-written almost all of the band's songs, including "[[I Useta Lover]]", Ireland's all-time best-selling single.{{Citation needed|reason=Reliable source needed for the whole sentence|date=November 2015}}


The Saw Doctors' lyrics tend to stay out of political issues. "I'm not a politician, and I never will be a politician," Carton told the website PopMatters in 2003. "What I like to do is go into a room of people and make them sing along and whatever. I'm not going to tell them how to vote - there's enough people doing that already. I'd rather talk about girlfriends and football. We don't like to write about things we don't really know about. We know about rejection from girls and all that, so we can write about that."<ref>Christoper, Michael (15 April 2003). [http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/saw-doctors-030415.shtml ''Play It Again, Sham!'' Interview with Davy Carton of The Saw Doctors], PopMatters.com,.</ref>
The Saw Doctors' lyrics tend to stay out of political issues. "I'm not a politician, and I never will be a politician," Carton told the website PopMatters in 2003. "What I like to do is go into a room of people and make them sing along and whatever. I'm not going to tell them how to vote – there's enough people doing that already. I'd rather talk about girlfriends and football. We don't like to write about things we don't really know about. We know about rejection from girls and all that, so we can write about that."<ref>Christoper, Michael (15 April 2003). [http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/saw-doctors-030415.shtml ''Play It Again, Sham!'' Interview with Davy Carton of The Saw Doctors], PopMatters.com,.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Davy Carton
Davy Carton (left) with Leo Moran, on stage with the Saw Doctors.
Davy Carton (left) with Leo Moran, on stage with the Saw Doctors.
Background information
Born (1959-04-10) 10 April 1959 (age 65)
Islington, London
OriginTuam, County Galway
Ireland
GenresRock, folk, roots
Occupation(s)Guitarist
Songwriter
Vocalist
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Years active1970s–present

Davy Carton (born 10 April 1959) is a singer, songwriter, and rhythm guitarist from Tuam, County Galway, in the Republic of Ireland. He is best known as a core member of the Saw Doctors, the folk-rock band he co-founded with Leo Moran and others in 1987.

Biography and musical career

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Born in Islington, London, Carton moved permanently to Tuam with his family in 1966. As a teenager he attended Tuam CBS, where he formed the punk band Blaze X with fellow students Paul Cunniffe, Paul Ralph, and Ja Keating. He began work in a local textile factory after leaving school, but continued to play with Blaze X until the band dissolved in 1981, the year Carton married his girlfriend Trisha.

Working full-time in the textile factory throughout Ireland's economically bleak 1980s, Carton largely put his musical career on hold to support his wife and three young sons.

In the late 1980s, Carton got together for a pint with Leo Moran, formerly of Irish reggae band Too Much for the White Man. Carton and Moran began gigging around Galway with a handful of their own rootsy-rock compositions.[1]

The duo adopted the name Saw Doctors—travellers who earned money by sharpening saws in old Ireland—until they could think of something better. As the band grew, the opportunity to find a better name never arose.[1]

Carton finally gave up his day job in 1989, when the Saw Doctors rose to prominence and began touring with bands including The Waterboys, The Hothouse Flowers, and The Stunning.

Carton's achievements with the Saw Doctors have included six studio albums, two live albums, a concert DVD, several compilation albums, and extensive tours throughout Europe and the United States. Noted for his witty, rapacious lyrics, Carton has co-written almost all of the band's songs, including "I Useta Lover", Ireland's all-time best-selling single.[citation needed]

The Saw Doctors' lyrics tend to stay out of political issues. "I'm not a politician, and I never will be a politician," Carton told the website PopMatters in 2003. "What I like to do is go into a room of people and make them sing along and whatever. I'm not going to tell them how to vote – there's enough people doing that already. I'd rather talk about girlfriends and football. We don't like to write about things we don't really know about. We know about rejection from girls and all that, so we can write about that."[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b 'Saw Doctors set for craic at Assembly' Archived 1 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine, Leamington Observer (Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England), 26 February 2010.
  2. ^ Christoper, Michael (15 April 2003). Play It Again, Sham! Interview with Davy Carton of The Saw Doctors, PopMatters.com,.
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