Mister Acker Bilk would have celebrated his 90th birthday today.
To experience his musical genius, see my blog post on the occasion we bade the great man farewell.
CAMP: "A cornucopia of frivolity, incongruity, theatricality, and humour." "A deadly, winking, sniggering, snuggling, chromium-plated, scent-impregnated, luminous, quivering, giggling, fruit-flavored, mincing, ice-covered heap of mother love." "The lie that tells the truth." "Ostentatious, exaggerated, affected, theatrical; effeminate or homosexual; pertaining to or characteristic of homosexuals."
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my in-laws LOVED "stranger on the shore". it is a haunting tune.
ReplyDeleteWith just one tune, a lowly performer from the rural wilds of Somerset near Bristol was rocketed to world superstardom. He often called Strangers on the Shore "his pension", for very good reasons... Jx
DeleteSuch a shame we missed seeing him in concert a few years ago.
ReplyDeleteHis very last tour. Sniff, sniff... Jx
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