Vacalebrico - Joe Strummer by Europhone Radio

18 November 2014 / 1hr 7mins / Italian

Federico Vacalebre describes talks about Joe and the Italian mini-tour, as well as their meetings in London.

Joe Strummer, the Clash and that raid in the Neapolitan Casbah

Napoli Today / April 14, 2014 / Daniela

It is truly a very intense and personal episode of "Vacalebrico" broadcast on Monday 14 April at 10pm on Europhone Radio ( www.europhoneradio.it ). 

In his program of rock stories, Federico Vacalebre could not miss the story of "his" Clash, the group to which, at just eighteen, he dedicated the first book of his career, but above all "his" Joe Strummer, Uncle Joe calls sometimes, recalling the London meetings in the year of the punk explosion, but also an anomalous guided tour of Naples by the punk who had written on his guitar, like Woody Guthrie, "this machine kills fascists". 

The Clash, or what was left of them, played the sad repertoire of "Cut the crap" in Cava de' Tirreni and our journalist-narrator took the opportunity to take the man who wanted a white revolt on a Vespa ride around Naples worthy of the black ones set to the rhythm of reggae: she took him to see the Quartieri Spagnoli, the National museum... 

But let's not reveal too many details: you have to listen to this episode, at least if you have a rock heart.

The repeat will be broadcast as always on the following Saturday, April 19th at 5pm. There is, however, no danger of missing a single appointment: it is possible to listen to the stories of holiday notes again thanks to the podcasts of each episode aired. You can find them on www.europhoneradio.it in the "Programming" menu, "Vacalebrico" section.

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