Durante il tour promozionale del loro album 'The snake', Shane MacGowan e la sua band, i Popes, nel 1995 fecero tappa anche al Montreux Jazz Festival. Il disco racchiude la seguente tracklist: 1.Introduction; 2.Streams of whiskey; 3.Donegal express; 4.If I should fall from grace with God; 5.Nancy whiskey; 6.Gentleman soldier; 7.Greenland whale fisheries; 8.A pair of brown eyes; 9.Bring down the lamp; 10.Cracklin' Rosie; 11.The body of an american; 12.The broad majestic Shannon; 13.Dark streets; 14.Hippy hippy shake; 15.The sick bed of Cuchulainn; 16.The irish rover; 17.Back in county hell; 18.Hippy hippy shake; 19.Sayonara; 20.Bottle of smoke; 21.Sally McLennane