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Barking, Essex (1977 – present)
In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London’s pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking. Bragg became disillusioned with his music career, and in May 1981 joined the British Army as a recruit destined for the Queen’s Royal Irish Hussars of the Royal Armoured Corps. After three months, he bought his way out of the army for £175 and returned home, having attended basic training but having never served in a regiment as a soldier.
Bragg began performing frequent concerts and busking around London, playing solo with an electric guitar. His roadie at the time was Andy Kershaw, who became a BBC DJ (Bragg and Kershaw later, in 1989, appeared in an episode of the BBC TV programme, Great Journeys, in which they travelled the Silver Road from Potosí, Bolivia, to the Pacific coast at Arica, Chile). Bragg performing at South by Southwest in 2008.
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Back to Basics
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Tooth & Nail
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GeorgeDrucsen
Review: Billy Bragg – Tooth And Nail [8/10]
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ShirkHorse
What do people think of Tooth and Nail? Overall, I like it. It's nice to have a more-or-less entirely acoustic album from Bragg. One thing I would say is that I'm personally not keen on the American accent he has adopted, but I appreciate he is experimenting with a new sound. Lyrically, I think it is very strong, and it makes a nice change to have a less overtly political Bragg album.
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kanto_sho
Shame few pics from Braggs first group Riff Raff (page is dominated by a rapper)
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northernbeach
Gerade ist aus England das neue Billy Bragg Album "Tooth and nail" angekommen. Direkt bestellt, scheiß auf Amazon und Co. Schon beim ersten Mal hören geht das direkt ans Herz und in'n Kopf und über die Gänsehaut in den Bauch und zum Lächeln ins Gesicht. Definitiv ein Album, dass mich dieses Jahr und vielleicht länger begleiten wird. Und das Autogramm vom Bard of Barking, dem Sherpa of heartbreak rundet das Ganze ab. Thanx a lot Mr Bragg.
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Furashubakku
I quite like "There Will Be a Reckoning" from the new album.
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Neue_regel_
underrated
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Furashubakku
I'm going to see Billy for the first time in November. Glad he's playing Sheffield. :-D
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byyoutheradio
pertamax 2013! yeah
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midgetall
Shambala 2012 - first time hearing and seeing billy and I loved it hugely!
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viragom
If it weren't for the 1993 tv movie Safe I wouldn't have fallen in love with him. Soooo glad I did.
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Nobodylikesyou
Must I paint you a picture?
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academyofrock
Billy Bragg mentioned in this blog on punk rock attitude http://www.hrzone.co.uk/blogs/peter-cook/musings-peter-cook-rock039n039roll-hr-blogger/punk-rock-hr-no-nonsense-guide-hiring
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balverin
does anyone know the setlist of the current europe tour?
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BarbaraMuerdter
Some picctures of the show in Berlin on May 17th at Heimathafen Neukoelln: http://www.popkontext.de/index.php/2012/05/18/billy-bragg-am-17-mai-2012-im-heimathafen-neukolln-berlin/ And the Aftershow: http://www.popkontext.de/index.php/2012/05/18/billy-bragg/
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watchtowerman
hey guys, I konw and love billy bragg only from the mermaid avenue sessions. and now he's coming to town. I'd like to know him better, so which LPs would you recomend for starters?
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TheHagMan
One of the reasons - I am proud to be British! A great songwriter and great man - only gets better as he matures - Thanks for everything Billy!
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DeadKinks
As it usually happens to great songwriters, his truer love songs are the political songs.
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sipoflife
Love the political lyrics!
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musikfreek121
i just discovered Billy Bragg the other day. That empty feeling I always felt in my heart is now full of life. Thank you, Billy Bragg.
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great_destroyer
The Internationale EP = love, love
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