Tony L
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I must admit I find Bragg incredibly irritating, the richer he becomes the more Working class he sounds. Rather affected IMO, but his heart is in the right place I suppose.
I’ve got his first 45rpm mini-album, Life’s A Riot With Spy V. Spy, and I saw him play several times around that time (just him and a guitar and a little amp, just what he could carry on the train). He was certainly working class then. He has become rather more political and articulate in the decades since, which for me doesn’t actually add much to what I liked so much about his debut (edge, directness, simplicity). I certainly view him as a thoroughly decent bloke and a protest singer in the truest historic sense of the term. His debut remains the only album I own, as it is with so many artists, but I follow him on Facebook as he just talks sense and has an interesting perspective. I like the guy.