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Guide Cats for the Blind: Songs and Poems of Les Barker

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Funniest album ever ... even if you are not a cat lover
The first time I heard Les Barker, I was in the car and the radio was playing his poem "Guide Cats for the Blind." I almost had to pull over I was laughing so hard. Clearly Barker knows cats! An incredibly prolific writer, this CD includes 40 of his poems and songs. Not one is a dud. Some are pure fun. Some are social and/or human commentary. Many take very familiar subjects and twist them in the most curious and satisfying ways. I promise you will not forget "Deja Vu."
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November 3, 2005 (California, USA) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5

I had to have this.
I was introduced to Guide Cats for the Blind by The Midnight Special on NPR. So darn funny I HAD to have it.
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August 15, 2009 (Tallahassee, FL) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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(2-CD set for the price of one CD) Strange songs and poems are Les Barker's specialty. The Financial Times praised his work as a ''blend of Edward Lear nonsense, Stanley Unwin wordplay, the surreal inconsequentiality of Reeves and Mortimer and the demotic robustness of Stanley Halloway monologues.'' Here he performs the first and last piece on this 40 track set, and his remaining works are brought to life by Terry Wogan, Mark & Lard, Ned Sherrin, Sir Jimmy Young, Charlotte Green, Johnnie Walker, June Tabor, Peter White, Ken Bruce, Sally Boazman and many others. Top to learn more

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Top Cat, White Tie & Tails - Guide Cats for the Blind Volume 3

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Four years ago Clive Lever had a eureka moment. He suddenly conceived of a CD on which stars would recite verse by one particular poet for one particular charity. He had no idea whether it would work. After all, as a blind diversity officer for Kent County Council, living and working in Maidstone, whom did he know in the world of showbiz? And how many people had ever heard of the poet, the Mancunian wordsmith who defected to Wales, Les Barker, let alone the British Computer Association of the Blind?

Yet Clive's extraordinary persistence, courtesy and vision won over Sir Terry Wogan, Sir Jimmy Young, Charlotte Green and many more. Their collective efforts in 2003, have raised £29,000 for the BCAB on the initial album Guide Cats for the Blind, which is still adding to the funds. That paved the way for the likes of John Humphrys, Emma Chambers and Tom Paxton to read, or sing, more of Barker's remarkable comic verse on the sequel album, The Missing Persians File, in 2005.

To date that has made a further £7,000 for the BCAB, which turns e-mails into speech and does so much else to change people's lives. Tracks from both albums have been played regularly on Radio 2, BBC, local radio and the digital station Oneword, giving these gems of performance and verbal dexterity a very much wider audience.

Another two years have elapsed and here is the third in the series. Although the title Top Cat, White Tie and Tails clearly nods in the direction of musicals, this is in fact an all-spoken album, apart from some soft musical background sound effects. Top to learn more

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Guide Cats For The Blind (Songs And Poems Of Les Barker)

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November 3, 2005 (California, USA) | Helpful Votes: 6 | Rating: 5

I had to have this.
I was introduced to Guide Cats for the Blind by The Midnight Special on NPR. So darn funny I HAD to have it.
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August 15, 2009 (Tallahassee, FL) | Helpful Votes: 0 | Rating: 5

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Missing Persians File: Guide Cats For the Blind, Vol. 2

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Guide Cats For The Blind

” After releasing five Guide Cats for the Blind ) Some of the other songs are performed by folk singer John Connolly, June Tabor, Canadian folk singer Eileen McGann, Ken Galipeau (an American who has recorded a whole album of Barker songs), and John Tams with Coope, Boyes and Simpson. Ackroyd Band, Barker’s band, performs two tracks, namely “O Sole Mio”, the Italian classic given a new twist (as in “this flatfish is mine”) and a catchy ditty called “Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwlllantisiliogogogoch.

Artists Performing the Poems of Les Barker, Poet & Professional Idiot – Vol 5 - Les Barker + Skuffle + Julia Hills + John Conolly + Bernard Cribbins + Nonny James + Bob Williamson + Jon Briggs + Linda Bellingham + June Tabor + James Bolam +... BCAB stays up to date with recent developments in computing and technology, identifying relevant information and resources for blind and partially sighted people. BCAB aims to promote the use of computers and technology amongst blind and partially sighted people. What Is The British Computer Association Of The Blind. The Folking team are a dedicated group of writers, each with their own inimitable style, with a passion for music and a commitment to furthering the interests of folk/rock, contemporary folk, acoustic and Americana music with a nod towards the... Les Barker A Short Biography from the Age of Three Until Nearly Teatime - Les Barker writes strange poems and comes originally from Manchester, but he’s now a fluent speaking Welshman.

If I had to pick my favorite Les Barker poems, they’d all be the funny ones: “Cosmo, the Fairly Accurate Knife Thrower”, “Guide Cats for the Blind”, “Administerium and the Science of Unclear Physics”–he does write serious poems, and they have been... It could be that some day we’ll have him back to St Louis, and you’ll have more fun at the show if you’ve already heard him. I’ve been thinking we could use this site to focus on various Focal Point favorites from all the years we’ve been in business– 1975 to the present, for heaven’s sake. And who better to start with,on April Fools’ Day, than self-proclaimed professional idiot Les Barker. A solo performance by Les Barker is easy enough to describe: it’s just him, sort of swaying back and forth in front of a microphone. com/ Don’t be fooled by the fact that it says “Mrs Ackroyd” instead of “Les Barker”: she’s his deceased dog. He has published 76 small books of poetry and released 20 albums, both solo spoken word and set to music and performed by some of Britain’s top singers.

(London, UK). Guide cats for the blind is not the cat equivalent of guide dogs for the blind. Guide Cats For The Blind by Michael. So what is guide cats for the blind. It is a fund raising program brought about by the collaboration between a talented poet, Les Barker and a charity organisation, "British Computer Association of the Blind" (BCAB). Les Barker Les Barker comes from Manchester, England and trained as an accountant but found his vocation in poetry.

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