Thoughts on Songwriting
In 1966, Harry Nilsson seemed ready to break out to become a huge star. His songs had already featured in the charts – he had penned The Monkees’ Cuddy Toy in 1967 and The Beatles deliberately and repeatedly namechecked him as their favourite American artist. And yet, by the time of his tragically early death …
Everything about Jake Thackray was… wrong. His timing. His influences. His viewpoint. His singing style. Everything he did was pungently and uniquely out of step with almost every fashion of the second half of the 20th century. And yet, for well over a decade he skirted around the edges of public life on stage on …
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