The Snake (Shane MacGowan album)

The Snake is the first solo album by Shane MacGowan with backing band The Popes, featuring Máire Brennan (Track 8), Sinéad O'Connor (Track 12) and Johnny Depp (Track 7) on lead guitar. Like a number of songs recorded by MacGowan's previous band, The Pogues, the melody for "The Song With No Name" is based on a traditional Irish folk tune (in this case, "The Homes of Donegal").^[1]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Shane MacGowan; except where indicated

1. "The Church Of The Holy Spook"
2. "Nancy Whiskey" (Traditional)
3. "The Song with No Name"
4. "Aisling"
5. "Roddy McCorley" (Traditional)
6. "Victoria"
7. "That Woman's Got Me Drinking"
8. "You're the One" (MacGowan, Michael Kamen)
9. "A Mexican Funeral In Paris"
10. "The Rising of the Moon" (Traditional)
11. "The Snake with Eyes of Garnet"
12. "Haunted"
13. "I'll Be Your Handbag"
14. "Her Father Didn't Like Me Anyway" (Gerry Rafferty)
15. "Bring Down the Lamp"
16. "Donegal Express"

Personnel

• Tomas Lynch - uillean pipes
• Joe Cashman - co-ordination
• Dick Cuthell - trumpet
• Jem Finer - 5-string banjo
• Shane MacGowan - guitar, vocals
• Brian Robertson - guitar
• John Sheahan - fiddle, whistle
• Siobhan Sheahan - Irish harp
• Spider Stacy - whistle
• Rick Trevan - tenor saxophone
• Johnny Depp - guitar on "That Woman's Got Me Drinking"
• Paul McGuinness - guitar, vocals
• Barney McKenna - banjo, tenor saxophone
• Colm O'Maonlai - whistle
• Bernie France - bass, vocals
• Danny Pope - drums, percussion
• Paul Taylor - trombone
• Kieran O'Hagan - guitar, vocals
• Máire Brennan - vocals on "You're The One"
• Sinéad O'Connor - vocals on "Haunted"
• Ron Kavana - guitar on "Haunted" (uncredited)^[2]

References in Culture

The film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story parodies the album cover in its official movie poster.

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