WHERE'S JAMIE T GONE?

by Ben Homewood, 22 May 2011

 

Remember this guy? He totally changed my life in 2005. Fuck I've never listened to four songs as much as the first four he put out on the 'highly limited and very much sought after' debut EP. From his interviews to his mixtapes (still got them all) he talked about stuff I liked to do. Skateboard (or pretend to) and listen to American (So-Cal) and British (77 and beyond) punk rock. His favourites were the same as mine, Rancid, The Clash, The Specials, Elvis Costello. Hell, Jamie even turned me on to some new stuff (Willy Mason, The Bishops and um Hot Club De Paris).

 

I stood next to him in 12 bar once but was too scared to say hi. Embarrassing, but not as bad as at Electric Gardens Festival (it doesn't exist anymore) when he played in the tent before Mystery Jets. He came round the back to sign stuff and talk to fans (loads of girls). I just stood there, slightly behind everyone looking like a massive loser. Of course I didn't go up to him. They all knew I was there though, after all you can't not notice someone acting very much like a weirdo. Anyway, his music is fuckin a. Check these VHS copies out.