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From the March / April Q&A on RT’s Beesweb site (http://www.richardthompson-music.com/catch_of_the_day.asp?id=1405):
Four years ago a friend from Newcastle sent me a documentary about Jake Thackray… and I’m still searching for the right words to describe his compelling oddball sensibility. Beyond his unique brand of humor, his delivery was so emotionally intense and playing so unto his own. Was he taken seriously at the time? Did you ever cross paths? Peter C. Krakow – Ithaca, NY
He really was unlike anyone else. Linda and I did his TV show once back in the 70s, and that’s the only time I’ve met him. He seemed from another era, maybe the 50s, and perhaps his closest musical references would be Noel Coward and Paddy Roberts, but having said that, he was a one-off. I loved his droll delivery, and bizarre sense of humour and subject matter. I’m sure he was too strange for mainstream acceptance, although he was on the telly a bit, and it was probably self-doubt more than anything else that curtailed his career.
Nothing particularly new but good to know he’s a fan.
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