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Fake Thackray
Type:Performance
18 - 22 Rainhall Road
Barnoldswick
Lancs
BB18 5AF
Tel: 01282 813 374
About
THURSDAY 18th May 2017 at BARNOLDSWICK MUSIC & ARTS CENTRE
**DOORS 7:00 pm - 10:30 pm**
BUY TICKETS HERE:
https://www.barnoldswickmusicandartscentre.com/john-watterson
If you enjoy a great night out, and a proper belly laugh, then this is definitely one for you!!! A hilarious and heartfelt celebration of the life and songs of one of this country's finest and funniest wordsmiths. Highly entertaining whether you are discovering Jake for the first time, or an ardent fan!!!! Admired by, and influencing many performers such as Jarvis Cocker, Morrissey, Mike Harding & Jasper Carrott, the late Jake Thackray is being increasingly acknowledged as one of the greatest English songwriters of the twentieth century, a unique talent, whose songs are full of poetry, wit, irreverence and humanity.
His intelligent and hilarious lyrics, talent for storytelling, clever wordplay, occasional, artful use of vulgarity and surreal imagination delighted many viewers and outraged some. Since his death in 2002 there has been growing recognition of his genius and a resurgence of interest in his work. His admirers include Jarvis Cocker, Alex Turner, Don Black, Thea Gilmore, Cerys Matthews, Benjamin Clementine and Neil Gaiman.
John Watterson is the UK's leading performer of Jake's songs. As Fake Thackray he has toured with Fairport Convention and performed at Latitude, Cropredy and the Edinburgh Fringe Festivals. He has also played for Jake's family and appeared on Radio 4's 'Great Lives'. For the past three years John has been researching to write the first biography on Thackray, with the help of Jake's family, friends and fellow performers. In the course of this research, John has uncovered 15 wonderful songs written by Jake but never released - some have lain forgotten in the BBC archives for decades, others found in Jake's personal papers haven't ever been heard. These songs, along with never-before told stories from the biography research plus several much-loved Jake classics, feature in John's new show.
