The Frank and Walters released 'After All' in 1993 and from the beginning the song was a hit, skyrocketing the Cork band to the Top of The Pops. Since then, the song has become an anthem for Cork, voted as the city's favourite song in 2020 and re-entering the iTunes downloads charts at no.2 following the release of the TV show 'The Young Offenders.'
But what are the origins of the song and what makes it the perfect Cork anthem? To answer these questions I will be speaking to the band's songwriter, bassist, and lead vocalist Paul Linehan. To get an insight into the Cork music scene over the years, I will be speaking with UCC's Dr. Eileen Hogan.
Thanks again to my guests Paul Linehan and Dr. Eileen Hogan.
Music featured in this episode:
‘After All’ - The Frank and Walters
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Works Cited:
Hogan, Eileen. 'Corkonian exceptionalism': identity, authenticity and the emotional politics of place in a small city's popular music scene.’ Ethnomusicology Ireland, 2016, vol. 4, pp. 1-26.**
Hogan, Eileen. ‘Parochial Capital and the Cork Music Scene.’ Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music, edited Mangaoang et al, Routledge, 2020. https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429443367-18/parochial-capital-cork-music-scene-eileen-hogan
McAvoy, Mark. Cork Rock: From Rory Gallagher to the Sultans of Ping. South Bank Press, 2016.
O’Callaghan, Colm. ‘After All and The Young Offenders.’ The Blackpool Sentinal. https://theblackpoolsentinel.com/2018/03/17/after-all-and-the-young-offenders/.
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