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The Mark Patterson Show: Mark meets Eamonn McCann - Part 1

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Mark meets Eamonn McCann - Part 1

BBC Radio Foyle - The Mark Patterson Show, Mark meets Eamonn McCann - Part 1

Eamonn McCann's early life and childhood music in Derry’s Bogside.

How was Derry campaigner Eamonn McCann shaped by the music of his childhood and early life in Derry’s Bogside? With music from Big Momma Thornton, Gay McIntyre and Johnny Quigley.

Most people here would have an opinion about Eamonn McCann. The life of the former Assemblyman has been characterised by passion for civil rights, gay rights and powerful oratory. But what shaped McCann’s life. Mark joins Eamonn in his Bogside home to talk at length about his childhood, and the vivid colour of his old Rossville St home. With music from Big Momma Thornton, Bessie Smith, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Gay McIntyre and Johnny Quigley.

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