Ricky Ross Meets

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Ricky Ross in conversation with some of our most admired songwriters and musicians.

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Ricky Ross Meets: Jim Kerr

Jim Kerr

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Simple Minds front man and songwriter Jim Kerr shares the stories behind his songs.

Simple Minds front man and songwriter Jim Kerr shares the stories behind his songs. In this extended conversation he looks back at his musical career spanning over 40 years.

Jim Kerr is the front man from one of Scotland’s biggest bands – Simple Minds. With 5 UK Number 1 albums and countless top selling singles, his back catalogue takes us from punk to the end of apartheid to the shipyards of his hometown, Glasgow.

In this special programme, Ricky Ross spends time in conversation with Jim looking back at 40 plus years in the music business; hearing about why 'I Feel Love' by Donna Summer was a turning point for Simple Minds, what made salmon fishing part of a conversation with Nelson Mandela, and how reticent the band were to record what would turn out to be a US No 1 selling single, Don’t You (Forget About Me).

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