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The Hooley Show

• Stuart Bailie
• 7 Mar 08, 12:15 PM

Last year I presented a TV show about Ulster music called ‘So Hard To Beat’. While people seemed to like the result, it was frustrating to chop out so many amazing stories from the edit. So this year, I’m back with a radio version of the story, allowing extra space for the anecdotes.

So the plan is to have a weekly chat with one of the fascinating characters from the plot. Tonight, I’m starting with Terri Hooley, a friend, a folk devil and the guy who released ‘Teenage Kicks’ on his record label, ‘Good Vibrations’. He’s a lovely man but he tends to ramble, so the edit has been demanding. But it’s a tremendous journey, from Hank Williams to punk rock in bombed-out Belfast. The stories are funny, tragic and era-defining along the way.

So Hard To Beat goes out on Radio Ulster tonight at 7.30pm and is repeated on Saturday at 11am. Other names in the series include Moya Brennan from Clannad, Barry Devlin from Horslips and Mickey Bradley from The Undertones.

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

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