Library Rock's Backpages

The Men They Couldn't Hang: George Robey, London

David Quantick, New Musical Express, 25 August 1984

'JUST LIKE Eddie', 'Whiskey In The Jar', 'A Boy Named Sue', 'Rawhide', 'The Green Fields Of France'... is it, dear reader, one of your witty party tapes? Is it perchance the jukebox selection most favoured by patrons of the Hope And Anchor pub? No, it is merely a selection of the songs performed by The Men They Couldn't Hang. With guitars that clang, a bass that runs up and down the tunes and always comes back in time for the chorus, and vocalists who sound like Johnny Cash in a good mood, The Men They Couldn't Hang are a live act extraordinaire.

Total word count of piece: 290

Subscribe

Becoming a member is easy. Membership gives you access to all the thousands of articles in the library.

Click here to go to Subscribe page.

Click here for academic and other group subscriptions.