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Keef Jackman - "How Long Blues" .wmv APACHEJOHN1 5 views Keef Jackman performing ukulele blues @ The Corn Exchange, Hertford, feb. 12th 2011
Keef Jackman - "She's No Lady - She's My Wife" .wmv APACHEJOHN1 10 views Keef Jackman 'Live' @ The Corn Exchange, Hertford, Feb 12th 2012
Busker Brian Ceilidh Feb 4th .wmv APACHEJOHN1 20 views Brian performs "You Are My Sunshine" accompanied by his guitar.
Buzz The Poet, Ceilidh, Feb 4th 2012 APACHEJOHN1 4 views Buzz The Poet;- A Recital of a Self Penned Poem.
The Streets Of Old Highway WMV.wmv APACHEJOHN1 30 views Apache John Band 'live' @ The Acoustic Club, The Half Moon, Bishop's Stortford, Herts., England, 27th January 2012. "The Streets Of Old Highway".
MYSTERY MAN AC WMV.wmv APACHEJOHN1 33 views Apache John Band @ The Acoustic Club, Bishop's Stortford, Herts, 27th January 2012. England playing the song "Mystery Man", written by Apache John & Busker Brian (Pearce).
Busker Brian @ Ceilidh Jan 2011.wmv APACHEJOHN1 23 views Brian taking his turn at playing a song at a house ceilidh in Bishop's Stortford, Herts.
Apache John Band "Going On A Journey" .wmv APACHEJOHN1 26 views
2nd Movement, Doodle Oak Morris Dancers.wmv APACHEJOHN1 41 views The "Second Movement" of The Doodle Oak Morris Dancers @ Woodfest, Hatfield Forest, Essex on September 11th 2011.
Apache John @ Woodfest 2011 Pentacles - Boots.wmv APACHEJOHN1 53 views Apache John, solo live performance At Hatfield Forest September 11th 2011.

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About Apache John
I spent a significant percentage of my childhood and teens at my Grandparents' Croft on The Isle of Skye. Much of the images presented in my songs originate from those prolonged Summer visits to the Inner Hebrides. My interest in music began in 1962, when as a boy, I heard the song 'Oh My Darling Clementine' sung at a Boy Scout Campfire. The combination of melody and lyrics moved me to my very soul. I was determined from then on to use melody as a vehicle for story stelling. I was a young boy then and did not understand that 'Clementine' was meant to be tongue-in-cheek. I took it very seriously at the time. A few weeks later I was given a couple of 78 RPM Lonnie Donegan singles by someone who felt pity on a young boy who had no records to listen to other than his parents 'Scotland A Go-Go' LP. The Lonnie Donegan singles changed the world for me! Tom Dooley/Rock 'O' My Soul/ The Grand Coolie Dam & Nobody Loves Like An Irish Man were nearly all stories put to melody! My parents bought me an old jazz guitar with f-holes and I started to learn a few chords. The first song I wrote was called 'Auntie Nell Made A Smell'. Three years later in 1965 I was watching a TV pop program called 'Ready Steady Go' and came across a young folk singer called Donovan who I perceived to be performing the same type of songs as Lonnie Donegan. I was totally blown away because this was my type of music! I quickly found out about Dylan and became very excited when I came across songs such as 'With God On our Side' and 'Mr Tambourineman' and as a consequence of this, I deluded myself into thinking that had I been older these would have been the very songs I'd have written myself! It was so unfair being so young! Anyway, that's how it felt at the time! In 1973 I performed one of my own songs on a London Broadcasting Radio Show hosted by Jimmy Saville. As well as writing more songs than I can perhaps remember, I fronted The G String Skiffle Band in the Eighties (the brainchild of fellow Song Writer, Len Abraham) and we played extensively through The East Midlands and quite regularily at the coalmining clubs in places such as Mansfield. The Band was televised performing live with Noddy Holder on London Weekend Television in 1986. Later that year the BBC featured the band performing another of my songs on the streets of London. Today, with the help of my wife 'Amazon Jan', and the musicianship of Houseboat Andi & Joss-Stick Julia (of the Blackfoot Tribe); to complement our band, we aspire to bring an acoustic, raw sound, reflecting our musical, emotional and social history. If you go to http://www.lemonrock.com/apachejohn or use the following link:- http://buskerbrian.com/apachejohn.html these sites will take you to more of our songs and videos, which you may download, or just listen to, if you wish. Hope you like them.

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