“THIS is the bare bones of Joe Brown,” says no less than Joe Brown himself.
With over two hours of music, chat and magical stories in the show Just Joe, the singer and virtuoso guitarist, who was Britain’s first true pop star, chronicles his career, from his friendship with Johnny Cash to George Harrison being best man at his wedding.
March sees him on the final leg of his first national solo tour, taking in 70 dates, and brings him to Newbury’s Corn Exchange on Wednesday, 7th and to Wycombe Swan on Wednesday, 28th.
Joe’s career has seen him go from being a young, solo star (his first major hit was A Picture Of You in 1962) to starring in West End musicals such as Charlie Girl (for two and a half years, alongside Dame Anna Neagle) and Pump Boys and Dinettes, to reinventing himself 20 years ago as a generation-crossing solo act with an impressive band. (Rather than the cabaret act so many performers from the past have become).
And yet this isn’t quite a solo show as the cool Cockney – now 76 and armed with guitars, mandolin, banjo and ukulele – is joined by another sterling name from the music world.
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