He used to walk on stage with a guitar....
Jasper has been deeply involved in music all his life, and has some interesting views on the music business, artists' fees, the record industry, performance and audience reaction, gained from deep experience at his gigs and venues.
I've talked several times with Jasper about his career. We do go back a bit, which is actually part of the point of the Lives in Music series. I was in radio at the old BRMB when Jasper had his hit. I wound up playing (rather badly) in charity football matches with him back in the day. But he seems to have had a very interesting ride. Music and musicians have been key, much more than you might think. He's even sharing a vocalist with Robert Plant's current band - there's a pub quiz question for you.
You can stream or download the podcast here, or if you can't wait, scroll down to the end of this post for the podcast player.
Links - music clips and artist websites
Music clips are mostly from the late 70s, John Martyn excepted.
Jasper Carrott - Magic Roundabout
Jasper Carrott - Funky Moped (a vintage TOTP clip)
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sun Is Burning (Ian Campbell composition)
Al Stewart - Old Compton Street Blues
Johnny Coppin
Decameron - Journey's End
Harvey Andrews
Mike Silver
Jake Thackray
Joe Brown
John Martin - Small Hours with some background details. I may have embroidered the story...
Links - present day and ancient history
Jasper Carott's website
Jasper Carrott on wikipedia
The Boggery Folk Club
Ian Campbell on Birmingham Music Archive
The Podcast
A teaser video
Here's a 60 second YouTube trailer for the full podcast.
Lives in Music
The Lives in Music series celebrates people who have spent a lifetime in music. They may be famous; they may be people who have spent their lives working in the background for the love of it. They all have stories.
The theme music for this series is by Big Q Fish. 'Boksburg Jive Toon' was written by Brian Neil, and recorded at the Jam House, Birmingham, in 2017.
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Other podcasts in Lives In Music
all with show notes and music links1 - Ruby Turner
2 - Steve Ajao
3 - The Men Who Make Mellotrons
4 - Mike Hatton
5 - Horace Panter
7 - Sam Slater
8 - John Patrick
9 - Gordon Giltrap
10 - Jim Simpson
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