"This man seems to have a bottomless well of things he wants to tell you," said one of my editors, Madeleine Keane, while reading the last interview I did with Richard in 2001. When I told him that, he said, "tell her she's right!" It's a great quote. But it's not in my latest book, Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven. Why is it not? Becuase, as I say in the introduction to this podcast, I didn't discover the long-lost tape until after I finished the book. I also say that hearing the tape for the first time in 2023 saddens me because it reminds me that Harris and I were friends and that I still miss the man.

"This man seems to have a bottomless well of things he wants to tell you," said one of my editors, Madeleine Keane, while reading the last interview I did with Richard in 2001. When I told him that, he said, "tell her she's right!" It's a great quote. But it's not in my latest book, Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven. Why is it not? Becuase, as I say in the introduction to this podcast, I didn't discover the long-lost tape until after I finished the book. I also say that hearing the tape for the first time in 2023 saddens me because it reminds me that Harris and I were friends and that I still miss the man.

"This man seems to have a bottomless well of things he wants to tell you," said one of my editors, Madeleine Keane, while reading the last interview I did with Richard in 2001. When I told him that, he said, "tell her she's right!" It's a great quote. But it's not in my latest book, Richard Harris: Raising Hell and Reaching for Heaven. Why is it not? Becuase, as I say in the introduction to this podcast, I didn't discover the long-lost tape until after I finished the book. I also say that hearing the tape for the first time in 2023 saddens me because it reminds me that Harris and I were friends and that I still miss the man.&nbsp;

Joe Jackson reassuring a ”tentative” Richard Harris during a 2001 phone call.

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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