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GUEST,DD Remember Les Cousins, in London's Soho? (300* d) RE: Remember Les Cousins, in London's Soho? 03 Jul 11

Jackson Frank's accident was while he was in school (about age 13, I think) when a furnace exploded burning him badly.

At age 21 he received his compensation money and came over to England to buy a sports car- possibly that DB5, though I'm not sure.

He also performed (a lot) at Cousins along with all the other great folks mentioned here (Bert, John, Al, Mike, Long John, Wiz, Ralph, Paul, Sandy etc, etc, etc) and wrote Blues Run the Game which everyone played (and many still do: the last time I saw Bert Jansch at the Troubador in LA he played and sang it after a loving intro about Jackson) and Simon recorded for the Sounds of Silence album. His voice and songwriting were magic.

An all-nighter with JCF would usually bring out the best performers; plus Cousins was the place to be after a major folk act played in town. It wasn't just Paul Simon who came late after playing the Royal Albert Hall. So too did Bob Dylan and others.

Great days, er nights.

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