Cursed Murphy versus Jerry Fish
Jerry Fish has been many things: a stadium rock god, a carnival barker and showman, entrepreneur, label owner and bandleader. He made his mark touring the world and recording three albums with An Emotional Fish, and after years of hard graft, music business machinations and good and bad luck, he formed his own band (and label) the Mudbug Club, releasing two platinum-selling albums, Be Yourself and The Beautiful Untrue, that combined roots music, torch songs, film atmospheres and brassy swagger. These days the name Jerry Fish is synonymous with festivals, carnival sideshow, circus and theatre. Most recently, Jerry was asked by Tom Gimbel, the late Daniel Johnston’s manager, to put on a show to celebrate 'Hi, How Are You Day', inspiring new conversations around mental health issues. The show was also marked by the release of Jerry's version of Johnston's masterpiece 'The Story of An Artist'. “I grew up in London,” Jerry once said, “but my family, my two great-grandmothers... I looked up the 1911 census, and they were neighbours. I’m from the river. I’d say if you went back far enough I’m just an amoeba that crawled out of the Liffey.” This episode of Cursed Murphy's podcast was recorded live by Dan Comerford in front of an invited audience in Wexford Library, and was produced with the support of Wexford Arts Department, Wexford County Council, and Wexford Library.