Ivor Cutler RIP

mccardigan · Post by **mccardigan** » 07 Mar 2006, 13:34

Poet, singer and performing artist Ivor Cutler has died. His monotone utterings were a favourite of mine through the 80s and 90s. He was 83.
My favourite poem of his can be seen at the foot of all my posts.

Post by **Alias** » 07 Mar 2006, 13:45

Another sad one. Saw that doc. on him a couple of months back and vowed to look out for some of his songs/CDs. Never got round to it though.

Post by **paulinblack** » 07 Mar 2006, 14:59

Remember being introduced to 'Gruts' by a mad scientist in the 80s. Never quite got it.

Paul

steveareno · Post by **steveareno** » 07 Mar 2006, 15:06

That's sad news. I used to enjoy his poetry on John Peel's show from the early 80's until Peelie's own sad demise. He was a big champion of IC.

Steveareno.

Post by **theraven1979** » 07 Mar 2006, 15:47

Just getting into this guy as well. I too saw the doc and managed to catch "Ivor's Last Stand" on the telly as well. RIP

Jim

ceebs · Post by **ceebs** » 07 Mar 2006, 19:06

A great loss. Remember some of the late 80s being soundtracked by the Gruts LP. Managed to see him when he did a series of shows to promote that LP, and it was one of the most interesting and unusual shows i`ve seen.

seeingtree · Post by **seeingtree** » 09 Mar 2006, 13:36

steveareno wrote:That's sad news. I used to enjoy his poetry on John Peel's show from the early 80's until Peelie's own sad demise. He was a big champion of IC.

Steveareno.

That's where I picked up on him as well. A session some time around 82/83 when he did a poem about playing with a grain of sand.

I went to see him in 99 at Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Mostly 30 something noisy males who were all being a bit roudy - he silenced us all with a look.

Wonderful guy.