<p>This was the second interview I did with Damien, and true to form, he took the chat beyond the usual trivia people too often talk about on music shows. Here he is telling truths and talking "real stuff" about, yes, the music that made him, and his own music, but also about a far broader range of relevant subjects. </p>

This was the second interview I did with Damien, and true to form, he took the chat beyond the usual trivia people too often talk about on music shows. Here he is telling truths and talking "real stuff" about, yes, the music that made him, and his own music, but also about a far broader range of relevant subjects.

<p>This was the second interview I did with Damien, and true to form, he took the chat beyond the usual trivia people too often talk about on music shows. Here he is telling truths and talking "real stuff" about, yes, the music that made him, and his own music, but also about a far broader range of relevant subjects.&nbsp;</p>

Damien Dempsey The Music That Made Me. Damien on Phil Lynott, Christy Moore, Sinead O Connor plus "real stuff" about class, drugs and his background

Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

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