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Special Podcast with The Pogues' James Fearnley - Off-Ramp for Mar. 13, 2012
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Special Podcast with The Pogues' James Fearnley - Off-Ramp for Mar. 13, 2012

Off-Ramp's John Rabe goes in-depth with James Fearnley, founding member of the Celtic/Punk band The Pogues, which turns 30 this year.

James Fearnley, Pogues accordionist, in days of yore.
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Off-Ramp's John Rabe goes in-depth with James Fearnley, founding member of the Celtic/Punk band The Pogues, which turns 30 this year.

A half-hour with the man who was there in October, 1982, when the Pogues played their first gig. This episode is the director's cut!
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When the Pogues met in a hotel room in 1991, they knew they had to fire unreliable frontman Shane MacGowan, but how would he take it? James Fearnley tells us.