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SUMMARY:An Audience without Jake Thackray
LOCATION:Birmingham Kitchen Garden Cafe
DESCRIPTION:Performed by John Watterson (Jake's biographer) - CELEBRATING 
 THE LIFE AND WORK OF ONE OF OUR FINEST AND FUNNIEST WORDSMITH John Watters
 on is delighted to announce his show for 2026 - An Audience without Jake T
 hackray \, celebrating the life\, songs and wonderful wordsmithery of the 
 great Yorkshire chansonnier..Without Jake.Leeds-born Jake Thackray (1938-2
 002) is increasingly recognised as being one of the greatest English songw
 riters of the twentieth century\, a unique talent\, whose songs are full o
 f poetry\, wit\, irreverence and humanity. He became known to millions thr
 ough his regular appearances in the 1960s and 1970s on programmes such as 
 Braden’s Week and That’s Life. Since his death in obscurity 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. With John
 .John Watterson is the UK’s leading performer of Jake’s songs. As Fake
  Thackray he has toured with Fairport Convention and more recently with Ja
 sper Carrott. John has performed at Latitude\, Cropredy and the Edinburgh 
 Fringe Festivals. He has also played for Jake’s family. John has appeare
 d many times on radio\, including Radio 4’s Great Lives\, a Radio 2 docu
 mentary on Jake presented by Cerys Matthews and Radio 3’s The Verb hoste
 d by Ian McMillan. Recently was invited to appear on TVs Meet the Richards
 ons with Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont.John and colleague Paul Thompson
  have recently published the first and only biography on Jake\, ‘Beware 
 of the Bull\, The enigmatic genius of Jake Thackray’.The show will inclu
 de many Jake classics (Sister Josephine\, On Again On Again\, The Bantam C
 ock and others)\, anecdotes from John’s research into Jake’s life for 
 the recently published biography as well as some of the ‘lost’ Thackra
 y songs John has rediscovered and recorded on his CD\, The Lost Will and T
 estament of Jake Thackray. “Affectionate and skilful. Long may John cont
 inue” (Sir Richard Stilgoe).“Jake’s songs are in safe hands” (Ralp
 h McTell).“I am sure my old friend would be delighted” (Jasper Carrott
 ).\n\nBoletos: https://wegottickets.com/event/690824
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