DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – DON'T STAND ME DOWN

DEXYS MIDNIGHT RUNNERS – DON'T STAND DOWN with special guest Helen O'Hara. This interview took place before and after we listened to the vinyl album. In March 1985, Kevin Rowland, lead singer and songwriter of Dexys Midnight Runners was facing total ruin. Don’t Stand Me Down, his labour of love and an album he had spent two years of his life writing, recording and mixing, might just have been burned in a fire at the record label’s office in New York, and lost forever. Two years work, and possibly the best album of the eighties might just have gone up in smoke … As composer, violinist, arranger, producer and muse, HELEN O’HARA is at the very heart of Dexys' masterpiece album Don’t Stand Me Down. Helen Shares the full, tumultuous story of the making of it in her new memoir What’s She Like. We were delighted that Helen was our very special CAT Club guest. In the interviewer's chair was CHRIS MADDEN. This event took place on 27th October 2022 in the Pigeon Loft at The Robin Hood, Pontefract, West Yorkshire. To find out more about the CAT Club please visit: www.thecatclub.co.uk This podcast has been edited for content and for copyright reasons. Happy Trails.