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JOHN OTWAY & WILD WILLY BARRETT

50 Years of Otway & Barrett

0	SEVENOAKS: Memorial Hall, Otford
P	Friday 2nd June, 2023
N	7:00pm

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Celebrating fifty years of live performance this year, the magnetic bond still holds but their partnership was never going to be smooth. Still loved for their total in-yer-face originality, the contrast between the deadpan humour of Barrett and mad onstage antics of Otway are hilarious to watch.

Otway is always at ease moving from the sublime to the ridiculous with the choice of songs he plays. An anarchic, shambling performer, Otway nonetheless stands up on his own as a musician and a first class songwriter. He genuinely enjoys himself which rubs off on all who see him perform.

Wild Willy Barrett is the perfect foil for Otway, with his impassive, laconic demeanour and dry, acerbic wit. But this belies the quality of his musicianship, he seems to play almost every stringed instrument known to man, plus a few hybrids of his own making, and is perfect to back a character like Otway.

For any Otway/Barrett virgins out there who don’t know what to expect, be prepared for everything from bare-chested theremin playing to wah wah wheelie bin as the duo jump from one hit and forty near misses to another: An amazing and irreverent performance by two master entertainers.