JACKIE LEVEN at TwickFolk-Sun 30th March

Subject: JACKIE LEVEN at TwickFolk-Sun 30th March
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Mar 08 - 08:50 AM

TwickFolk at The CABBAGE PATCH PUB
67 LONDON ROAD, Twickenham Middlesex TW1 3SZ

SUNDAYS at 8 PM
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Mar 30th JACKIE LEVEN £8 adv/£9 door

Born in 1950 into a Romany family, Jackie Leven spent his childhood and teenage years as something of an outsider in Fife, Scotland. Those times spent alone in glens and by rivers, still form the basis of his songs' imagery to this day. His mother was a lover of American black blues music, which strongly influenced him as a teen. Soon he was playing in local bands as well as playing his own blues songs in local folk clubs. After many years spent wandering, busking and sleeping rough, Jackie formed 'Doll By Doll', a controversial live act at odds with the cartoon violence of punk who made five critically acclaimed albums, before accepting they just weren't meant for those times, and regretfully going their separate ways. After another turbulent period Jackie co-founded The CORE trust - 'an holistic approach to addiction'. To this day the Trust operates a centre in London, working with people with all forms of addiction. Jackie has been their manager, chair of trustees, and is presently the patron. Shortly after this Jackie went to live in Oban on the west coast of Scotland. He spent the nights in bars with fishermen and forester friends, and the days writing the songs that became the basis of his return to music with the acclaimed Cooking Vinyl release "The Mystery Of Love Is Greater Than The Mystery Of Death". A string of excellent albums have followed, and the latest, 2005's "Elegy For Johnny Cash" takes a unique and candid look at 'last journeys' and the people who make them. Once again it seems Jackie's career is firmly back on track.

http://www.myspace.com/thejackieleven