Wednesday 6 September 2017

Johnny O'Keefe theme

Last night on "A Mixed Bag with Chris B" on 93.7 Edge FM, our theme was the life and music of Johnny O'Keefe.
In 2013 I spoke with the late John "Catfish" Purser, who was JOK's original drummer in Johnny O'Keefe and the Dee Jays.  I was saddened to learn of the recent passing of "Catfish" and thought it would be nice to play some of the interview in memory of the man.

Our playlist for the evening included many songs from Johnny O'Keefe's repertoire - The Wild One, Real Wild Child, I'm Counting on You, She's so Tough, She's my Baby, Move Baby Move, SHOUT (of course!!) and many more. We heard a couple of tracks from the late Billy Thorpe (Most People I know think that I'm Crazy and Over the Rainbow) because JOK was a mentor for Billy Thorpe.

"Catfish" spoke fondly of JOK, and shared his memories of those times spent with the King of Rock and Roll.  To hear snippets of that interview please click on the link below.  There are seven separate interview snippets.

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/part-one-john-catfish-purser-interview-when-the-dee-jays-formed

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/part-2-interview-with-the-late-john-catfish-purser-talking-about-jok-and-bill-haley

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/part-three-interview-with-the-late-john-catfish-purser-you-hit-the-wrong-note-billy-goat

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/part-five-interview-the-late-john-catfish-purser-joks-struggle-with-mental-health-his-car-crash-etc

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/part-six-interview-with-the-late-john-catfish-purser-remembering-johnny-okeefes-death

https://soundcloud.com/chris-b2/part-seven-interview-with-the-late-john-catfish-purser-talking-about-jok-being-a-great-bloke

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