’My friend Richard Harris. Joe Jackson recalls some fiery encounters.’ Joe Jackson reads his own article.

'My friend Richard Harris. Joe Jackson recalls some fiery encounters.' That was the headline on the front cover of the Irish newspaper, the Sunday Independent, on September 4th 2022. It was a 'hook' for 'A Turbulent Journey,' a 4-page article in the newspaper's Life magazine. The strap for that article said, 'Richard Harris and Me: The Journalist who cracked the actor's 'fake facade,' revealing the human behind the hellraiser. Journalist Joe Jackson interviewed Richard Harris for the first time in 1987. A deeply insightful and occasionally fiery encounter, it was the catalyst for a friendship that would endure until Harris's death in 2002. Here, Jackson looks at the conversations that inform his forthcoming biography of the star.' 

That book, Richard Harris: Raising hell and Reaching for Heaven is now published. In this podcast, I read the above article.