The Practical Householders from; Athy Active; 1986 – 1987
Style; Cajun/Country
Vocals; Patricia Smith
Percussion; Jacqueline Kelly
Guitar; Mick O’Rourke
Bass; Pat Cassy replaced by Paul Donoghue
Drums; David Ward replaced by Martin Robinson
The Practical Householders first concert was at the Youth Centre in Athey in December 1986. The original drummer (David Ward) and bassist (Pat Cassy) left for England before the band recorded “Your Love Is A Four Letter Word”. The Practical Householders got the support slot on the Hot House Flowers 1987 Irish tour. The also had a support slot with Dublin’s Gorehounds.
Comet Two Album
Side one The 3355409’s Barbarours, Hand In Glove Running For Cover, The Practical Householders Your Love Is A Four Letter Word, Backwards Into Paradise There’s A Mountain, Dump The Dummy Gut Feelin, Jamie Cotton Band Miss A Slippery Lane (Live), Azure Days The Old Tradition.
Side Two Cypress Mine Sounds Like Rain, The Lawnmowers Disaster, The Panic Merchants Retro, The Wave Assembly Human Touch, Randell Skillet Undercover, Idle Joy Paradise Days, At Gun Point All Go Away.
Brian O’Brien Evening Echo. Dump The Dummy have a commercial song in “Gut Feelin” but lack the vocal power to put it across with any conviction.