Episode 149 Songwriter and Performer Peter Wilson a.k.a. Duke Special chats with Fender Jackson in Peter's house in Belfast on Thursday 20th March 2025.
Conversation includes: a performance of ‘Nursery Magic’; introductions; early life; the origins of Duke Special; The Empire Music Hall in Belfast; the Great Soprendo; The Velveteen Rabbit; Jan Carson; Lyric Theatre & Replay Theatre; Robert Wilson’s ‘The Black Rider’ with Marianne Faithfull; ‘Man on the Moon’; Andy Kaufman; Nick Cave; the use of props; Deborah Warner; ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’; Bertolt Brecht; Tony Kushner; ‘I Read the News Today, Oh Boy: The short and gilded life of Tara Browne, the man who inspired The Beatles’ greatest song’; Paul Howard; mellotron; Casio keyboards; using limitations as an advantage; The Beatles, Beach Boys and bouncing tracks; first exposure to music; doing a community work degree in Jordanstown University; being oneself; singing with a Belfast accent; Van Morrison’s ‘Coney Island’; having a self belief in where you’re from; performing with Gerry Leonard, the other alumni of Bowie’s band and the RTÉ Orchestra as part of Dublin Bowie Festival 2025; David Brophy; Shobsy; ‘Quicksand’; BIMM Music Institute; The Spirit Store in Dundalk; a performance of ‘Ballad Of A Broken Man’ and other topics.
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