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aliasmacalias
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 New member? - 2004/12/27 09:30 It's a great pleasure to see the membership of this site rising steadily (503 as I type this) - but it occured to me that it is (mostly) the same people posting here as on Topica. So who is everyone? Care to leave a note here and let us know?

Starters:

My name is Ian Burdon and live in Edinburgh. I remembered Jake from TV in the late 60s and through the 70s but got hooked when I saw him at the Cambridge Folk Festival in August 1981 and thereafter at the George Square Theatre in Edinburgh.

I have one wife and two children, no pets but 4 guitars at the last count as well as a venerable old mando-banjo and several harmonicas. I have various other interests and if you really must enquire further then you can find outmore here:- http://www.cosmicsurfer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk I got boogie, boogie, in my socks
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Pam
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 Re:New member? - 2004/12/27 12:48 Hello all, oldies and newbies alike!

I'm Pam, from Solihull, been a fan of JT since the 1970's, thanks to Woman's Hour using "Lah-di-Dah" as the sig to one of their serials in 1970 (if anyone can identify the serial I'd love to hear about it).

Went to see him at various folk clubs and theatres and always loved the humour, his way with words, the poignancy, and the satire - but mostly he was a really lovely man.

It's great that there is now lots about him on the internet - follow the links from this site if you haven't found them yet, - and the people here are - well I was going to say wonderful, but that's a bit OTT (!). I'm especially pleased with all the new activity here, and would love to see some postings from new people, and the ones we haven't heard from for some time. We seem to be developing quite a large contingent from outside the UK too.

Love the Jakefests, meeting everyone, hearing the songs and stories. Highly recommended!

Following Ian's example with personal details, I have a husband, three grown up "children", three delicious grand-daughters, a cat, but no guitars or any other musical instrument, not even a decent voice................ and no website or avatar either.

Nice to meet you!
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Keiwit
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 Re:New member? - 2004/12/31 09:09 Well, hello. I'm new. On December 24th (i.e. last Friday) I'd never heard of Jake Thackray so I can't help but feel I've missed his prime as a performer. I'm 25 years old, and my aged father gave me the "Very Best of..." CD for Christmas. By lunchtime I'd learned that Quentin Howard thinks highly of him - and also that The Lodger is one of the funniest songs I'd ever heard. If anyone's still looking for favourite sentences then "But I'm British so my upper lip was stiff" did it for me. As it were.

My father being the inspirational and rather drunk man that he is, decided I would probably enjoy the work of Jake Thackray based on the fact that I am very keen on artists such as Tom Lehrer, Flanders & Swann, Victor Borge and Gilbert & Sullivan. I also enjoy the work of Eminem and the Red Hot Chili Peppers but that would seem less relevant here.

Anyway, as I returned to the office yesterday (and have just shy of bugger all to do), I thought I'd have a wander through the internet to see whether anyone else has heard of Jake Thackray. Lo and behold. So here I am.

And, as I said: Hello.
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aliasmacalias
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 Re:New member? - 2004/12/31 10:10 And very welcome you are too Keiwit, if you've been hooked then you're in the right place. Keep your eyes on this board both for archive footage of Jake and for news of opportunities to hear the songs kept alive in performance and meet others from this board at the same time. Two for the price of one, what a result!

Cheers

Ian I got boogie, boogie, in my socks
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KeithD
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 Re:New member? - 2004/12/31 10:25 Keiwit wrote:
my aged father gave me the "Very Best of..." CD for Christmas

And all praise to fathers like that! Is he a member here yet, I wonder.
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Keiwit
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 Re:New member? - 2004/12/31 10:35 I rather hope he isn't, as I've already referred to him as "aged" and "drunk" and I haven't yet been a member for 24 hours.

On a positive note, I did say he was inspirational. Unfortunately he only really inspires me to drink and get old.
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