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Jackie Leven Live And Solo At 12 Bar Club, London
The best thing about this long performance is how intimate it is. There you are up front and close to this ageless talent as he weaves his tales and tickles the guitar intertwining so many genres right there. With the voice of an angel, solid and powerful augmented by a complete command of the guitar. This set includes many of the songs from his recordings and some that have never been heard before and wont be again.
Right in line with most of the UK folk and guitar pickers he uses the whole guitar, body and soul like our favorite Eric Roche.
Who is Jackie Leven
Jackie Leven was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician born Alan Moffatt in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1950, in the Pictish region he called “the Kingdom of Fife,” a few miles southwest of the River Leven. Though he was Scottish, his parents were English of Irish and Romany ancestry. During his elementary school years, he was a classmate of future British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Jackie Leven was a Scottish songwriter and folk musician. After starting his career as a folk musician in the late 1960s, he first found success with new wave band Doll by Doll. He later recorded as a solo artist, releasing more than twenty albums under his own name or under the pseudonym Sir Vincent Lone
Jackie Leven Recordings
During the late 1970s he co-founded art punk outfit Doll by Doll with guitarist Jo Shaw. They issued four acclaimed albums including 1979’s Gypsy Blood. His solo career began with 1994’s The Mystery of Love Is Greater Than the Mystery of Death, and included 1995’s Forbidden Songs of the Dying West and 1997’s Fairytales for Hard Men in an unofficial trilogy about the fragility of masculinity, a recurring theme in his work. 2000’s Defending Ancient Springs, 2001’s Creatures of Light & Darkness, and 2002’s Shining Brother, Shining Sister all featured collaborations with Pere Ubu‘s David Thomas. Jackie Leven Said, a live collaboration with author Ian Rankin, appeared in 2005. Wayside Shrines and the Code of the Travelling Man was released in September of 2011.
The man is an absolute legend. Here is a very extensive biography of Jackie Leven.
Video Stats for Jackie Leven Live at 12 Bar Club, London
Date of Recording: Dec 10, 2000
Video: NTSC Color
Audio:Stereo
Time: 1hr 45min (massive double set!)
Digital File Size: 999Meg
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