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Taking The Michael

• Stuart Bailie
• 28 Mar 08, 06:19 PM

It’s the last of the four programmes in the Radio Ulster series, So Hard To Beat. Tonight at 7pm it’s Michael Bradley, bass player with The Undertones. I hope I’ve done justice to the guy and his excellent stories, but the intensity of the last few weeks have drained the system of adrenalin and the deadline is precariously close as I write.

There are anecdotes all the way, including the tale of how an assassination threat kept the Clash away from Derry and how the Undertones didn’t really rate the singing of Feargal Sharkey until the world told them otherwise. Mickey is also very good on the long evenings in the O’Neill house, where the trainee ’Tones would sit and talk music for hours, fuelled by tea and the indulgence of the parents.

Anyone know the difference between highboys and French flares? We got lost in the vagaries of ’70s working class couture, but agreed on the might of Iggy and the New York Dolls, and how John O’ Neill can still write an amazing song. You can hear the show again on Saturday, 11am.

Stu Bailie presents The Late show on Radio Ulster, every Friday from 10pm until midnight. See his playlist here.

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