Thanks for the welcome all... i'm not generally a frequent flyer on these forums so i'm on and off here and there. Have now got all my housemates into the music of the Thackray. Am discovering more and more great stuff from the back catalogue of Jake. Are there any fans around the M'cr area....ever any Jake Thackray night around this area?

Hello! I'm new to all this forum mullarkey so bear with me. I first heard Jake as a child because my dad was a big fan. I remember seeing him periodically on TV and loving the word play, the lovely melodies and the storytelling of his songs. Apparently as a small child I could be heard singing Brother Gorilla in my pushchair but the less said about that the better. As I've grown up I've heard his songs less and less but have always found myself humming them during introspective moments, so went out and bought a 'best of' cd, and now completely re-love him again. Nothing makes me chuckle quite like Sister Josephine, or brings a tear to my eye like Old Molly Metcalfe. A true troubadour and poet in the French style with a liberal dose of Yorkshire good sense. Inspiring.

Greetings -
I'm a lifelong Jake fan, since the Braden's Week days. From Scotland, but these days living in Qatar. I keep the flag flying by performing Jake numbers from time to time in the Sofitel bar. The ones I do most are Personal Column, Jolly Captain, The Gypsy, Castleford Ladies Magical Circle. The ex-pats enjoy it but I'm not sure how much of it the Qatari Arabs understand!

- Paraglider