- Philip Gaston
Phil Gaston (born ????) is an Irish songwriter.
He was born in
Belfast ,Northern Ireland , moved to London in the 1970s, and later moved back to Ireland.He was the manager for
Shane MacGowan 's first band, the Nips.He wrote "Navigator" for
The Pogues , "Tommy's Blue Valentine" forCait O'Riordan , the lyrics for both "The Lights Of Little Christmas" and "Game Over" forSean Tyrrell .According to a posting in a discussion forum at pogues.com (see below), the
Limerick Leader printed, in 2001, that "His work has been recorded by (. . .)Agnes Bernelle , (. . .)Ron Kavana , and has been included on albums alongside pieces from Sir Peter Maxwell Davis,Tom Waits ,Wederkind and poetAdrian McGough ."References
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1372716/ IMDB page]
External links
* [http://www.pogues.com/forum/posting.php?mode=quote&p=13624&sid=e20342a9f3e0a8327d91954fe1bfe210] a forum discussion thread at pogues.com
* [http://www.icogitate.com/~celticfolkmusic/cr-SeanTyrrell.htm] A Review of two CDs by Sean Tyrrell
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