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Ivor Cutler by KT Tunstall

It was really good, KT clearly a huge fan and she did a great job presenting and interviewing people close to him.
 
I met him once at a book signing and saw him live too; I'm a life-long fan! Hopefully, I'll get to see the programme tomorrow.
 
My father was a huge fan, my mother less so. I have a few of his albums and was lucky enough to see him once, when he supported The Roches!

Mick
 
Did they manage to shoehorn in this famous photo:

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It was really good and touching that all those close to him had tears in their eyes while talking about him.
Must dig out Velvet Donkey
 
She was interviewed about it on R2 yesterday and they played a couple of his songs.
Not bad, original, a character etc but "Whats your favourite kind of jam, Whats your favourite kind of jam, mines a traffic jam" etc.... not exactly side splittingly funny...
Like a duck in a tutu.... So odd you just have to watch. I guess that's "his thing".
Apparently The Beatles wanted to cover one of his tracks and he refused them permission! They were fans of his and he was in "Magical Mystery Tour".
 
Missed it. Hopefully it will be on again.

If you have sky or Virgin media, then it's available on catch-up for 30 days; I still haven't watched it yet, one of those days when I was about to settle when the phone went.
 
The only utterings I have of him are his contributions to Robert Wyatt's 'Rock Bottom - on the basis of which I think he was offered a deal with Virgin. He used to get played a lot on Resonance FM when I used to listen to that. I will stay up and pop this on NowTV after the other half has retired to bed.
 
I had it on record an have finally managed to watch. I met him briefly a few times as he lived in a flat of one of my friends, in her house in Hampstead. Some of the program seemed filmed in the flat. I haven't managed to ask her as she's quite old and frail now and I haven't been able to visit her since Covid. Ivor was not the only poet and or eccentric that stayed there over the years. She seemed to specialise in this sort of tenant.
 
Wow. This was amazing.

Things I learned:

1) Alfie Benge and Robert Wyatt are probably the loveliest couple in Britain
2) I'd love to hear a whole album of KT Tunstall singing Ivor Cutler's songs and playing the harmonium
3) It had never occurred to me that Jim O'Rourke's transcendental 'Women of the World' was an Ivor Cutler cover.
4) ivor Cutler was the loveliest kind of British eccentric, sharing the same rarefied air as, probably only Ken Campbell and Vivian Stanshall.

Now scouring discogs to get some nice copies of his albums.
 
Wow. This was amazing.

Things I learned:

1) Alfie Benge and Robert Wyatt are probably the loveliest couple in Britain
2) I'd love to hear a whole album of KT Tunstall singing Ivor Cutler's songs and playing the harmonium
3) It had never occurred to me that Jim O'Rourke's transcendental 'Women of the World' was an Ivor Cutler cover.
4) ivor Cutler was the loveliest kind of British eccentric, sharing the same rarefied air as, probably only Ken Campbell and Vivian Stanshall.

Now scouring discogs to get some nice copies of his albums.

A lovely write up.
 
I got around to watching it at last and what a lovely programme it was too! Very moving and I was very impressed with KT's enthusiasm and sincerity. Great to see Robert and Alfie and only right, that John Peel got a mention too and those 21 sessions! A unique character and eccentric and my eldest two Daughter's both remember hearing Ivor when they were young.

For anybody interested, you might want to hear Return to Y'Hup: The World of Ivor Cutler.
 


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