YouTube video: Jason Barnard sits down with Damon Minchella, founding bassist and songwriter of Ocean Colour Scene, and longtime collaborator with Paul Weller and Richard Ashcroft. Damon reflects on a remarkable career spanning Britpop’s rise, creative battles with major labels, his friendship with Oasis, and performing with The Who for Live 8 and Paul McCartney for War Child. He also discusses his autobiography You’d Look Good on a Donkey, the realities behind Ocean Colour Scene’s success, and how a life-changing injury led him into academia while continuing to tour at the highest level. This is an in-depth conversation about music, creative control and longevity in the industry.
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Damon Minchella: You’d Look Good On A Donkey: Britpop, Basslines & Bad(Ish) Decisions
