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The \\u201cbargain basement Baudelaire\\u201d is setting out on a UK tour in April and tells Mark Ellen here about the earliest shows he saw and played, memories which happily include \\u2026

\\u2026 the subtle art of crowd control.

\\u2026 seeing Bob Hope when he was 9 and the strange impression of the adult world that suggested.

\\u2026 the dress code that barred him from a Hendrix gig.

\\u2026 auditioning for Bernard Manning at the Embassy Club and what he learnt from him. 

\\u2026 \\u201cI was Little Richard\\u2019s gear carrier (aged 11)\\u201d.

\\u2026 why he based his look on Ronnie Wood.

\\u2026 the perfect song for the hopeless bass player. 

\\u2026 the deathless advice his Dad gave him.

\\u2026 why punk rock audiences were a breeze. 

\\u2026 the desperate fashion-chasing changes of tack of the Mafia, the band he formed in the \\u201960s. Who became the Vendettas. Who became the Lovely Flowers.

\\u2026 \\u201cthe last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it\\u201d and other comedy circuit one-liners.

\\u2026 the life-changing inclusion of "Evidently Chickentown" in the Sopranos\\u2019 credits.

\\u2026 and the greatest gig he ever saw \\u201cwhich may well have been cooked up in the playground of my imagination\\u201d.  

John\\u2019s tour dates here \\u2026.

https://johncooperclarke.com/gigs/

And this is his highly recommended memoir, I Wanna Be Yours \\u2026

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wanna-Yours-John-Cooper-Clarke/dp/1509896104

Tickets for Word In The Park in London on June 3rd here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-happy-return-of-word-in-the-park-tickets-576193870377

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