Veteran Irish experimental folk group Dr. Strangely Strange launch their new album, Anti-Inflammatory, in Hyde, Dublin on 25 September. We asked front man Tim Booth the BIG questions . . .
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Dr. Strangely Strange formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim (vocals and guitar), and Ivan Pawle (bass and keyboards). After playing an initial 1967 Trinity College gig with guitarist Humphrey Weightman, and some 1968 gigs with keyboard player vocalist Brian Trench, Booth and Pawle teamed up with multi-instrumentalist Tim Goulding (vocals, recorder and keyboards) at that time an aspiring painter.
Goulding and Pawle were living and rehearsing in a Lower Mount St house rented by Goulding's girlfriend, "Orphan Annie" Mohan, which its tenants nicknamed "The Orphanage".
Tim later lived in a second Orphanage in Sandymount, Dublin. The two Orphanages became a springboard for a new generation of Irish rock, helping launch the careers of Thin Lizzy’s Phil Lynott, Gary Moore and others.
After signing with the Incredible String Band’s producer and manager Joe Boyd, Dr. Strangely Strange debuted in 1969 with the album Kip of the Serenes.
Their second album, Heavy Petting, was released in September 1970 and included Dave Mattacks on drums and a returning Gary Moore on lead guitar.
Pawle and Booth teamed with Gay Woods and Terry Woods for a six-week European tour, but Dr. Strangely Strange began falling apart. The group disbanded in May 1971, after playing a concert with Al Stewart at London’s Drury Lane Theatre.
Tell us three things about yourself.
Old, cool and deeply suspicious.
How would you describe your music?
Folky psychedelia, sometimes funky but never dull.
Who are your musical inspirations?
Bob Dylan, The New Lost City Ramblers, Boz Skaggs, Lucinda Williams - and of course - Bridie Gallagher…..or should that be Rory…? Every musician I listen to inspires me in one way or another.
What was the first gig you ever went to?
Peter Piers and Benjamin Britten in the Theatre Royal Waterford.
What was the first record you ever bought?
Blueberry Hill by Fats Domino.
What’s your favourite song right now?
Alison by Yonder Mountain String Band.
Favourite lyric of all time?
Visions of Johanna by Bob Dylan
If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Life's remain is too short for me to even consider that kind of facile question.
Where can people find your music/more information?
The band has a Facebook and a Wikipedia page.
Alan Corr
