Ian Clayton is a jobbing writer, story teller and broadcaster. He loves books, films and music. He is a traveller, a collector, a gatherer and is passionate about finding the voice of the common people. He still lives in the town where he was born and lists his hobbies as tap-room conversation and gentle subversion. Amongst other things he is a recognised authority on the life and works of Billie Holiday, has a fondness for the comedy songs of George Formby and aspires to play blues harmonica like Jimmy Reed. His partner of twenty-eight years Heather is a social worker and their son Edward is a budding pianist. www.ianclayton.info
Ian Clayton
Listen
Ian Clayton - Taproom
Ian Clayton spends the day being regaled by Arthur ‘Sooner’ Millard in a Featherstone taproom. From Bringing It All Back Home. Read by the author.
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Taproom (29:22)
Ian Clayton - Young Man Blues
The story of the night that Jimi Hendrix played Ilkley starts in John Entwistle’s Cotswolds mansion. From Bringing It All Back Home. Read by the author.
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Young Man Blues (15:58)
Interviews
Ian Clayton Interview
Ian Clayton answers questions about Bringing It All Back Home in a public house in the Castleford Potteries, a traditional drinking hole adjacent to a dilapidated old tin hut which was once home to a school where a young Henry Moore began his education.
Books
Bringing It All Back Home
Heart warming, moving and laugh out loud funny, Bringing It All Back Home by Ian Clayton is the truest book you will ever read about music and the things that really matter.
‘One of the best books about popular music ever written.’ – Alan Lewis, Record Collector