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Joe Jackson – Two Rounds of Racket Tour

May 31 @ 8:00 pm - 11:00 pm

$59.50

Joe Jackson plus the music of Max Champion – Two Rounds of Racket Tour. Features Joe Jackson performing both a solo set as well as a set of the music of Max Champion, accompanied by a 9-piece band.

Joe Jackson was born on August 11 1954 in Burton-on-Trent, England, but grew up in the South Coast naval port city of Portsmouth

At age 16 Joe played his first paying gig, as pianist in a pub next door to a glue factory just outside of Portsmouth. This was followed by other pub gigs (in which he was often trying to entertain crowds of drunken, bottle-throwing sailors) and accompanying a bouzouki player in a Greek restaurant.

At age 18 Joe won a scholarship to study Composition, Piano, and Percussion at London’s Royal Academy of Music.

By 1978 Joe was living in London and hawking an album-length demo, with his own band (Graham Maby, Bass; Dave Houghton, Drums; Gary Sanford, Guitar) standing by. That demo — already called Look Sharp — eventually found its way to American producer David Kershenbaum, who was in London in the capacity of talent scout for A&M Records. Joe was immediately signed and Look Sharp more professionally re-recorded in August ’78. The Joe Jackson Band finally started to play regular gigs and the album was released in January 1979.

Details

Date:
May 31
Time:
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost:
$59.50
Event Category:
Website:
https://www.theegg.org/events/event/joe-jackson-solo/

Venue

Hart Theatre at the Egg
Agency Building 1, S Mall Arterial
Albany, NY 12203 United States
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Phone
(518) 473-1845
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