CP Lee - Mancunian Musician, Comic and Film Historian - See him in action with his Musical Group - The Salford Sheiks - and listen to his podcast on

retaining a veneer of energised respectability as he looks forward to being 60 ... visit CP's podcast on the latest fifty forward website!

 

 

 

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CP Lee - Musician, Writer, Broadcaster and a lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Salford, UK. He has written and presented a series of documentaries for BBC Radio on topics ranging from Tiny Tim to Jazz Comic Lord Buckley, and he is a frequent contributor in the broadcast media on a wide variety of cultural topics for both TV and Radio. His first book 'Like The Night Revisited' was based on the infamous Dylan 'Judas!' concert at Manchester's Free Trade Hall in 1966 which he attended. Three other books followed, one more on Dylan, one on Manchester Popular Music and his most recent book about his personal music history. Currently researching Comedy and Identity at the University of Salford, CP continues to perform consultancy roles in the Heritage Industry as well as teaching, playing ukulele and fronting the Salford Sheiks, and not to mention ... running a Comedy website - itsahotun.com - devoted to the history of the Mancunian Film Company.

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CP has written and starred in his own TV series, Teach Yourself Gibberish, stage plays, notably Sleak which broke all box office records at London's Royal Court Theatre before transferring to the Roundhouse. (See Ray Lowry's 1977 NME review of Sleak) It was then performed in Amsterdam, Munich, Brussels and New York. Of late, CP won "Best Fringe Production" at Buxton Festival for Menotti's The Medium and he wins always with his performances as Lord Buckley - latest was to celebrate the Lords' 100th birthday in April 2006.

 

 
     
 

CP's PAST FOR YOUR PRESENTS- All POST FREE!

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THE BERTS BOOK - WHEN WE WERE THIN Signed copy £12.00 includes a free postcard or badge or something.

DVD - TEACH YOURSELF GIBBERISH (GTV 1981) TV series - All 6 episodes on 3 dvds in a triple dvd box £7.50

DVD - Sight and Sound ALBERTOS IN CONCERT (BBC2 1977) TV 40-minute concert on DVD in a slipcase £2.50 CLICK FOR COVER - cover also here

DVD - ROCKPALAST (WDR TV broadcast 1978) TV 28-minute concert/studio footage on DVD in a slipcase £2.50 cover coming soon - thanks Vic!

SNUFF ROCK (CD - 31 Tracks) Printed cdr-digital copy, boxed with a Snuff Rock badge inside. £4.00

A DYLAN BOOK - LIKE THE NIGHT (Revisited) Signed copy £6.50 includes free DYLAN 1966 postcard.

(another) DYLAN BOOK - LIKE A BULLET OF LIGHT Signed copy £7.50 includes a Bob Dylan badge.

A BOOK ABOUT MANCHESTER MUSIC - SHAKE, RATTLE & RAIN Signed copy £12.50.

Like a special inscription? Want to check the total cost and how to pay? - cp@itsahotun.com

 
     
 

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  CP 'Mr Tambourine Man' image by Andy Hinds  

 

 

CP talks to Aidan O'Rourke about the history of Manchester music and explains why the city has been so pre-eminent as a city of successful bands, not just in recent years but going back to the 19th century. Download this podcast from Aidan's site

 

   

CP is available to give talks on Film, Comedy, Rock, Bob Dylan and much more besides ...

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Quicktime Movie - BBC1 29/09/05 - CP/Stuart Flinders re Judas

CP Lee found Judas! - Listen - Bob Dylan at that JUDAS MOMENT

CP as Lord Buckley 1982 & April 2006 - See Movie of Willie the Shake

The Salford Sheiks World Tour 2007ended with a magnificent turn out in their home-town of Salford!!! - you may see and hear them from earlier in the tour by clicking Crawl Out Your Window rehearsal and Winterlude

Also - See the Sheiks doing COCAINE AND CORINNA CORINNA

The Salford Sheiks - April 2007 - Bob Dickinson, John Scott, CP Lee, Dave Lunt, Gary Atkinson

 

 

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The Albertos got together early May 2007 and celebrated the publication of CP's new book When We Were Thin, his insider's personal look back at the Albertos' part in the 1970s' music scene, featuring guest appearances by the Pink Floyd, Sting, Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks and Count Duckula.

Jacko Ogg and The Head People 1967 L:R  Bruce Mitchell, CP Lee and Spyder Mike King

Greasy Bear 1968 - L:R  Ian Wilson, Bruce Mitchell, CP Lee

 

Heads Down, No Nonsense,

YouTube Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias

Mindless ...

Quicktime Movie - See 1985 - Tom Watt in the Basement with CP, John Scott ... and some other famous people

 

Background photo Adrian Boot

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