The Joe Jackson Interviews

Def Leppard: Joe Ellito. The Music That Made Me. Repost

I'm on holdiay, so here's a repost of a chat I had with Joe Elliot about his music heroes. Enjoy. And thank you to all my listeners 

Francis Rossi of Stratus Quo: The Music That Made Me

AS great chat with a fellow music lover. For fellow rock fans.  

Christy Dignam. A Year later. Lest we forget. His most soul searching interview.

On Christy's anniversary I am posting again this staggeringly brave interview he gave to me this time 20 years ago. 

Dolores O' Riordan. Young and Innocent in 1993.

I'm posting this again because it reminds me of the first time I met Dolores, at the start of her career, when she was so young and so innocent, and it shows. 

Billy Joel From Darkness to Light. An Inspiring interview.

I used this interview in my Ebook, From Darkness to Light, becuase it is a story that may inspire people who are going through hard times. That's always been my main aim as a writer. 

A Song for My Father. Written by Joe Jackson in 1978.

My father once said to me, 'Joseph, working-class people like us are not supposed to write poetry."  He told a few people that he wrote poetry. I still write poetry and rarely show it to anyone. But 46 years after I found him dead from a fall at the age of 50, I am putting this poem in a podcast to celebrate the love a son can feel for a father. 

Nick Cave talks about Elvis, Scott Walker and Leonard Cohen

It's great when you interview a musician who turns out to be as fanatical about music and certain music heroes, as you are

Richard Harris 2001 remembers his last brawl.

Richard, as I say in his bio, Richard Harris Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven, hated the idea that all his fans wanted to hear about were his brawling and women and drunkenness, but this is a bit of fun!

The Sawdoctors. The Music That Made Us

I always championed the Sawdoctors, and here we have great fun about the music they love and created. 

Eamon Dunphy U2 biographer. "They tried to mincemeat me!"

When this interview was published nearly thirty years ago, a magazine editor cut this section about Dunphy's experience with U2. I think it should be on-the-record.