Monday Long Song

I've been fortunate enough to witness Jon Wilks perform 'Greek Street' in venues of all shapes and sizes over the past few years and, be it a field, a hall or, most recently a tiny room, I'm invariably reduced to a blubbering mess by his moving recollection of a brief, fondly remembered, youthful affair. 'Greek Street' was originally released on Jon's fourth album 'Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost' and a further two live versions of the song appear on his recent, terrific, odds and sods collection 'Bones'. If you, like me, are prone to a wobbly bottom lip, 'Bones' may well have you reaching for a hanky more than once, particularly with his devastating interpretations of Peter Knight's 'From a Butterfly Kiss' and Robin Williamson's 'October Song', both utterly sublime.

Jon is currently part of the hastily rejigged Songs of Martin Carthy tour and later in the summer, for the third year in succession, he'll be curating a stage at FolkEast. He's also working on a book about the legendary 1960's London folk club Les Cousins, itself based on Greek Street, which is due for publication at the end of this year. 

Greek Street