James Fearnley (born 9 October 1954, in Worsley) is an English musician. He plays accordion in the Pogues. [1] As a child he was a choir treble before his voice changed at the age of sixteen. He took piano lessons but did not enjoy them, so he chose to learn the guitar instead.

Fearnley was the last guitarist for the Nipple Erectors, the London-based punk band fronted by Shane MacGowan. In August 1982, MacGowan brought Fearnley in to be the accordion-player for a group to play Irish traditional songs fuelled by the punk ethos.

Nov 30, 2023 · Fearnley, who had been a guitarist with MacGowan's band The Nips, joined the trio and the band Pogue Mahone was formed, thanks to a name suggestion from Stacy.

James Fearnley. Born: October 9, 1954 in Worsley, West Manchester, England Instruments: Accordion, Piano, Guitar, Mandolin, Clarinet, and more

Nov 20, 2023 · So it is such a tremendous honor to welcome Pogues founding member and accordion player James Fearnley to For Songs. James, hailing from outside Manchester, England, joined the band at the beginning, enlisted because if he could play the piano, surely he could play the accordion.

James Fearnley is the former member of The Pogues, and one of the father of celtic-punk. Now James continues his career recording the first EP of his new project “The Walker Roaders”. For the readers of Punk Globe, James Fearnley talks about the …

Feb 7, 2018 · James Fearnley may not have been in The Clash, but he's had the unique opportunity to play in a band with Joe Strummer. As the accordionist for The Pogues, Fearnley and co. toured with Strummer in the 80s as a part of their group.

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James Fearnley was a co-founder and the accordionist for the London-Irish celtic-punk band The Pogues. The Pogues took off into international renown in 1984, disbanding 12 years later with the firing of their lead singer.

Aug 26, 2019 · I recently caught up with James Fearnley, to talk about the band, as well as their debut self-titled release. First, I’d like to know a little bit about the band’s origin story. How exactly did this project come together?