Justin Currie and Debsey Wykes
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Justin Currie and Debsey Wykes discuss their memoirs, music careers, and recommend books.
Justin Currie - lead singer of Del Amitri - and Debsey Wykes - frontwoman of Dolly Mixture - join Joe for a natter about their memoirs, music, writing, forgotten histories and much more. Justin talks about touring America, then and now, how the US took Del Amitri under their wings and, essentially, helped him buy a house! Debsey talks about touring with The Undertones and U2, keeping an archive - and writing to remember. They also recommend us some brilliant books that they have enjoyed recently! THE BOOK OFF 'The Haunting Of Hill House' by Shirley Jackson VS 'Train Dreams' by Denis Johnson Here's a little more info on our guest's memoirs: 'The Tremelo Diaries' by Justin Currie It’s 2022 and we join Justin at the doctor’s office, looking down the barrel of a Parkinson’s diagnosis. After concerned fans noticed a tremor in his hand, Currie sought the medical advice which led him to the discovery that would throw his future into uncertainty. The immediate fallout of his diagnosis is laid bare in Currie’s candid, stream of consciousness voice. A voice that is also by turns poetic, self-deprecating and darkly humorous across a series of diary entries that capture Justin’s…
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