THE late John Peel’s favourite Limerick band, The Hitchers are to briefly reunite and undertake a short Summer tour taking them to The Kasbah Club, Dock Road in their native city this Saturday June 27.
Releasing two albums and a slew of EPs in the late ’90s, the Limerick band came to the attention of legendary BBC DJ John Peel who championed the band’s debut UK release ‘It’s All Fun & Games ’Til Someone Loses An Eye’. He had the band record a session for his show that gets repeat broadcasts to the present day.
Warner Bros Germany re-released The Hitcher’s song ‘Strachan’ in 2010, The song is a homáge to “the tiny wee Scotsman” and regularly turns up in lists of the best football songs ever recorded.
It is all of 25 years since the original five piece version of The Hitchers released the ‘FRUIT EP’. 25th Anniversary! Yes, they are around that long and a bit longer, the band has made said ‘FRUIT’ EP a free release from The Hitchers’ bandcamp page
https://thehitchers.bandcamp.com/album/fruit-ep-1990
The Hitchers play Róisín Dubh on Thursday June 25 and Limerick’s Kasbah Social Club, Dock Road this Saturday June 27. Guests at the Limerick show are Changing Trains who released the wonderful ‘Theory of Everything’ album this year.
