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SUMMARY:Future Transmissions presents John Otway-Christmas Knees Up
LOCATION:Reading Face Bar
DESCRIPTION:- Club Velocity/New Mind presents A CHRISTMAS KNEES UP WITH JO
 HN OTWAY JOHN OTWAY is an English singer-songwriter who has built a sizeab
 le cult audience through extensive touring\, a surreal sense of humour and
  a self-deprecating underdog persona.From the age of 9\, John Otway knew h
 e wanted to be a pop star. But even at that young age\, having listened to
  his sister's Beatles and Stones records\, he knew he would never be able 
 to do what they do. However\, when his sister got the latest Bob Dylan alb
 um\, he knew there was a place for him and he set about learning how to pl
 ay guitar.A visit to a fortune teller would have a profound effect on the 
 young Otway. After gazing into her crystal ball\, she confirmed that Otway
  would indeed be a star and would have success with a blonde-haired musici
 an. Otway took this prediction very seriously and teamed up with Wild Will
 y Barrett (the only musician he knew who fitted the fortune teller's descr
 iption). In 1972\, the pair released their first single. Gypsy/Misty Mount
 ain was a dedication to the fortune teller who had assured Otway that fame
  and stardom was just around the corner. The single would be the first of 
 a string of flops\, but it did capture the attention of The Who's Pete Tow
 nshend who offered to produce a number of tracks for the duo.Despite Towns
 hend's involvement\, the duo remained on the fringes of the music scene\, 
 but continued to gain a live following with their frenetic\, raucous and o
 ften chaotic performances in the pubs and clubs around the UK. Otway had t
 o wait until 1977 and the rise of punk before his dream of fame and fortun
 e would finally become a reality. Having caught the eye of the producers o
 f the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test\, Otway's performance on that show would
  grab the attention of the watching audience. Otway\, ever the showman\, d
 ecided to jump on to the amplifier of his colleague during a performance o
 f Bob Lind's Cheryl's Going Home. (Un)fortunately for Otway\, he misjudged
  his leap and sent the amplifier tumbling as he crashed down straddling th
 e box under the amp. The full force of the impact was absorbed by the most
  tender part of his body\, but in doing this one simple act of recklessnes
 s and his wanton disregard for his own safety\, Otway was the talk of ever
 yone who watched that evening's programme.Not only did he see a surge in h
 is audiences\, sales of Otway's sixth single\, the half-spoken love song R
 eally Free increased dramatically and reached number 27 in the UK Singles 
 Chart. An appearance on the BBC's flagship music programme Top of the Pops
 \, where Otway & Barrett were introduced by Elton John later\, Otway was f
 inally a star. It would however\, be his greatest success for some time.By
  1990\, his musical career had flatlined and acting work had all but dried
  up\, Otway tried his hand at writing a book. His autobiography Cor Baby\,
  That's Really Me (subtitled Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure) was an hone
 st\, heart-on-sleeve appraisal of his career so far and this study in self
 -deprecation soon found him climbing his way back to the top as the book q
 uickly outsold all of his albums. First\, he teamed up with Attila the Sto
 ckbroker touring as Headbutts and Halibuts with whom he wrote a surreal ro
 ck opera called Cheryl.He also teamed up with a talented musician from Har
 low called Richard Holgarth. Holgarth soon got to work on putting together
  a band from a pool of musicians he had worked with in his hometown. In Ja
 nuary 1993\, the band\, featuring Murray Torkildsen\, Adam Batterbee and S
 eymour\, played their first gig in the Concorde\, Brighton. By the end of 
 the year\, Otway celebrated his 2\,000th gig with an electrifying performa
 nce with his band in a sold out show at London's Astoria. The gig set a re
 cord for the most number of people in attendance and the most beer sold at
  this sadly no more venue. Encouraged by this\, Otway looked at bigger and
  bolder ways in which he could harness this new found success. In 1995\, h
 e released the album Premature Adulation\, his first album of new material
  in over ten years and then\, in 1998\, after a concerted publicity campai
 gn\, packed over 4\,000 fans into the Royal Albert Hall. The show also saw
  him re-united with his first ever band The Aylesbury Youth Orchestra.Real
 ising he could use his fanbase\, Otway began to engage in minor publicity 
 stunts. In 2000\, a grassroots campaign saw his Beware of the Flowers Caus
 e I'm Sure They're Going to Get You\, Yeah beat the likes of Paul Simon an
 d Bob Dylan in a BBC poll to find the greatest lyrics of all time. Voted i
 n at number seven\, Q Magazine declared the result a fix and questioned th
 e integrity of the Otway fans.By now\, Otway had been receiving birthday p
 resents from his ever-loyal fans. Presents included a set of bagpipes\, a 
 skateboard and a Theremin. Ever the enthusiast\, Otway instantly took to t
 he Theremin - it was the instrument he was seemingly born to play - and he
  quickly incorporated the instrument into his set. Coming up to his 50th b
 irthday\, Otway was asked what he would like to receive. The answer was "a
  second hit".The success in the greatest lyrics poll had given Otway and h
 is fans a taste of blood and there was one poll that they all really wante
 d to crack - the UK Singles Chart. It had been 25 years since Really Free 
 had got to number 27 and many felt it was time for Otway to get a taste of
  chart glory once more. A concerted drive\, including a poll scrutinised b
 y the Electoral Reform Society saw the Barry Upton produced Bunsen Burner 
 (with music sampled from The Trammps' song Disco Inferno and lyrics devise
 d to help his daughter with her chemistry homework) selected as the song f
 or Otway's triumphant return.To encourage fans to buy more than one copy o
 f the single\, he released three different versions including The Hit Mix.
  The B-Side to this version was a cover of The House of the Rising Sun. Th
 e song was recorded at Abbey Road studios and featured over 900 of his fan
 s on backing vocals. Otway credited them all by name on the single's sleev
 e thus ensuring that many would buy several copies for families and friend
 s as well. On 6 October\, prior to his birthday gig at the London Palladiu
 m\, Otway and his fans gathered outside a pub on Argyl Street to hear the 
 chart countdown. Not knowing if they had been successful\, many in the cro
 wd feared the worst as number 10 was read out as Girls Aloud. Stood on a b
 arrel\, holding a transistor radio\, Otway celebrated with the crowd as Bu
 nsen Burner was announced at number nine. After 25 years\, Otway was back 
 in the charts and back on Top of the Pops. He was also finally able to rel
 ease his Greatest Hits album. Commenting on the fact that the title of thi
 s album is now in the plural\, Otway was justifiably very proud of it for 
 havingNot satisfied with having two hits\, Otway's next scheme would see h
 im plan an ambitious world tour for 2006. He proposed hiring his own jet t
 o take his band\, 300 of his fans and some special guests to some of the m
 ost prestigious venues around the world. The lure of seeing their hero in 
 places like Carnegie Hall and Sydney Opera House saw encouraging numbers s
 igning up to join Otway on his trip\, but after the initial enthusiasm res
 cinded\, only 150 signed up and the tour was cancelled as the cost of the 
 plane spiralled.Despite the failure of the world tour\, Otway is still tou
 ring in various formats. In 2009\, he was re-united with Wild Willy Barret
 t for The Incompatible Otway and Barrett UK tour\, the duo now perform tog
 ether regularly and even recorded a new album in 2011 called 40-Odd Years 
 of Otway and Barrett consisting of re-workings of old songs and a new\, pr
 eviously unrecorded song The Snowflake Effect. Otway also tours as a solo 
 act\; as a duo with Richard Holgarth\; and often with his band. He regular
 ly performs Glastonbury Festival and has been a stalwart of the Edinburgh 
 Fringe - most recently appearing in Peter Buckley Hill's Free Fringe.In 20
 10\, Otway published his second autobiography. Also subtitled Rock and Rol
 l's Greatest Failure\, I Did it Otway was another humorous look back at th
 e years that followed on from Cor Baby That's Really Me.In order to celebr
 ate his 60th birthday in 2012\, Otway booked the Odeon Leicester Square to
  show the documentary of his life. Titled Rock and Roll's Greatest Failure
 : Otway the Movie\, the sell out screening saw cinematic history made with
  the final scenes of the movie being filmed from the red carpet on the mor
 ning of the film. The film was funded by fans becoming producers who\, as 
 with the Hit campaign\, were all individually credited in the movie credit
 s. Following the success of the producers' premiere\, 2013 has seen Otway 
 take the completed movie to the Cannes Film Festival and it has been scree
 ned in cinemas throughout the country. Unlike his albums\, the film has be
 en critically acclaimed - receiving a four star review from The Guardian n
 ewspaper - and has been put forward for several BAFTAs including "British 
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