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

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.