dave ainsworth(@daveainsworth63) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Remembering the singer-songwriter and poet Jake Thackray who was born John Thackray on this day in Leeds in 1938. He died in 2002.

Remembering the singer-songwriter and poet Jake Thackray who was born John Thackray on this day in Leeds in 1938. He died in 2002. #JakeThackray #Leeds
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Potted Pélissier(@pottedpelissier) 's Twitter Profile Photo

d.2002 balladeer, Jake Thackray. In the style of Georges Brassens with a Yorkshire twist, he was uniquely francophile in the 1960s folk revival as was in the Edwardian music hall, whose Dog Song is truly Thackrayesque. Jake Thackray British Music Society folkandroots

#otd d.2002 balladeer, Jake Thackray. In the style of Georges Brassens with a Yorkshire twist, he was uniquely francophile in the 1960s folk revival as was #HGPelissier in the Edwardian music hall, whose Dog Song is truly Thackrayesque. @jakethackray @BMusicSociety @folkandroots
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John Sprackland(@johnsprackland) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Bantam Cock (1972) by . As (fellow fan) Neil Gaiman said, in the early 70s I was exactly the wrong age to appreciate Thackray's frequent TV appearances. Ah, but I'm wiser now!

#NowPlaying Bantam Cock (1972) by #JakeThackray. As (fellow fan) Neil Gaiman said, in the early 70s I was exactly the wrong age to appreciate Thackray's frequent TV appearances. Ah, but I'm wiser now! #vinyl
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Trevor Middleton(@trevormiddleton) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The sun’s over the yardarm (and possibly the Northern Lights are twinkling, too), so it’s time to celebrate what would have been the 85th birthday of one of the North (of England)’s greatest delights, the irreplaceable

youtu.be/BVVg0obpZcI via YouTube

The sun’s over the yardarm (and possibly the Northern Lights are twinkling, too), so it’s time to celebrate what would have been the 85th birthday of one of the North (of England)’s greatest delights, the irreplaceable #JakeThackray 

youtu.be/BVVg0obpZcI via @YouTube
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Paul Thompson(@jakethackrayfan) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This Jake Thackray song about tribalism, written for German TV, is still very relevant. I hope one day to release his performance. In the meantime, here is the version I made with John Watterson, produced by Will Thompson youtu.be/1sW-od-pmgY?fe…

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Nikki Copleston(@nikkicopleston) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Just starting this biog of Jake Thackray, by Paul Thompson and John Watterson. Loved Jake from the moment I set eyes on him on tv in the 60s, on Braden's Beat.

Just starting this biog of Jake Thackray, by Paul Thompson and John Watterson. Loved Jake from the moment I set eyes on him on tv in the 60s, on Braden's Beat. #JakeThackray
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