Culture That Made Me: Cork singer Joe O’Callaghan of Hot Guitars 

Joe O'Callaghan saw Pink Floyd in Cork, and Jimi Hendrix in the Isle of Wight
Culture That Made Me: Cork singer Joe O’Callaghan of Hot Guitars 

Joe O'Callaghan of Hot Guitars, at his home in Cork. Picture: David Keane

Born in 1949, Joe O’Callaghan grew up off Model Farm Road, Cork. In 1977, he co-founded Hot Guitars, a legendary blues band on the Cork music scene, not least for his antics as a frontman and its long-running Monday night residency in Sir Henry’s. 

Hot Guitars at Sir Henrys. 
Hot Guitars at Sir Henrys. 

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