There's not a Who fan who hasn't heard of him! Wacky, comica1,
and eccentric. Speed-freak skinny. 54! - the boy who never grew
up. The original Mod from The Who's power base at the
Goldhawk Social Club.
Said by Pete Townshend to have been an influence on his past
and continuing works, and cited as the inspiration for the classic Quadrophenia.
"Irish Jack" - christened so by Who manager
Kit Lambert during a night-of madness - first met The Who in 1962
when the band was still known as The Detours (playing a bunch
of wedding dates in a half filled work diary), and he's been around
ever since: pontificating on the attitude of Mod, eulogizing
his Shepherd's Bush heroes, and sometimes eloquently tripping
over backstage cable.
Irish Jack reads his stories in London and New York, and always
the theme is the same: growing up in Sixties London and keeping abreast
of "the only band" he says, "that ever mattered". All of
his stories are true factual accounts, and he reads them with
unreserved glee, celebrating his own survival and the times
he lived in.
Photo taken by Heather Reilly Hiemstra
backstage at Hyde Park, 29 June 1996
332 1/2.
| In The Very Beginning |
Photo Courtesy of Seamus Murphy ©
Pete Townshend, Nick Goderson, Nicola Joss,
Bill Curbishley at Trinifold, Roger Daltrey & John Entwistle
Larry and Frank Richmond and Evelyn Sasko.
Louise Black and Windswept Pacific.
Launch location courtesy of Ger O'Brien
Presentation equipment provided by
Niall Clancy of Aardvark Internet Publishing Ltd.
 | Webmasters note: Jack has a new book "The Who Concert File" co-written by Joe McMichael, published by Omnibus Press (ISBN0.7119.6316.9). I HIGHLY recommend this book! It is a complete look at The Who's tour history with information on hundreds of shows. If you can't find it at your local book/music stores...
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