A youthful Jonathan Richman and a surprisingly (for the time) clear-eyed John Cale interviewed on After Dark by Aussie TV host Donnie Sutherland when the pair played some dates together down under in 1983. Richman describes their Australian gigs as “Bozo the Clown opening for Jean-Paul Sartre.’
Jello Biafra was on the same show, but sadly there’s not video of that on YouTube.
In the clip below, Cale sings “Chinese Envoy” accompanying himself on an acoustic guitar:
Here John and Jonathan are a second time with Sutherland. This time it’s Richman performing “Vincent Van Gogh.” Even Cale, who seems hungover in this one, breaks out into a big grin.
Thank you, Jim Neill!