David Caddy words & vocals
Paul Hart music & guitar
Influences
Shakespeare, Spenser, Ralegh, Donne, Herbert, Smollett,
Blake, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lamb, Hazlitt, Shelley,
Byron, Keats, Clare, Dickens, the Brontes, Rossetti,
Swinburne, William Barnes, Woolf, Bunting, Pound,
William Carlos Williams, Olson, George Oppen, Moore,
Lori Neidecker, Dylan Thomas, David Gascoyne, WS Graham,
Humphrey Jennings, Lynette Roberts, Louis MacNeice,
Sexton, Lowell, Bronk, Carver, Joan Wyndham, Ed Dorn,
Walker Percy, John Fowles, Charles Bukowski, WG Sebald,
Edward Field, Gerald Locklin, Lori Jakiela, Dave Newman,
Jeff Martin, Joan Jobe Smith, Donna Hilbert, Fred Voss,
Lee Harwood, Barry Macsweeney, John Riley, JH Prynne,
Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Sarah Hopkins, Pansy Maurer-Alvarez,
Sounds Like
Ratdog, The Be Good Tanyas, Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Mouth Music, Bob Dylan, John Amen, Wild Man Fischer, Bjork, Tymon Dogg, Miles Davis, Moondog, Tom Waits, Nick Cave, Lucinda Williams, Eliza Carthy, Nina Simone, The Byrds, Little Feat, Johnny Cash, Nanci Griffith, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, John Martyn, Sinead O'Connor, Patti Smith, Bill Jones, Richard Thompson, Christy Moore, Andy White, Messiaen, John Tavener, Webern, Eric Whitacre, Arvo Part, Zappa, Jerry Garcia, 17 Hippies, Electric Prunes, Incredible String Band, Cassandra Wilson, Rosetta Howard, Hot Tuna, Mary Coughlan, June Tabor, Here & Now, Cowboy Junkies, Spiritual Family Reunion, Alan Bush, Patrick Street, Sandy Denny, Massive Attack, Joni Mitchell, Seth Lakeman, Marianne Faithfull, Loudon, Martha & Rufus Wainwright, Leonard Cohen, The Passions, Blind Willie Johnson, Hem, Dolly Parton, Global Village Trucking Company, Syd Barrett, Dick Gaughan, Kronos Quartet, Bruce Cockburn, Billy Bragg, Annette Henshaw, The 101ers, Waterboys, Loving Awareness, Neil Young, Bonnie Raitt, Laurie Anderson, Lou Reed, The Band, Charles Lloyd Quartet, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Mighty Baby, Hendrix,
Record Label
Penned in the Margins (UK), Clamp Down Press (USA)
Described by the critic, Jay Parini, as 'the Robert Frost of the Blackmore Vale', David Caddy lives and writes in rural Dorset, surrounded by the 'mud and root' that inspires his work. Founder of the East Street Poets, he directed the legendary Wessex Poetry Festival from 1995-2001.
David is Editor of international literary journal Tears in the Fence, has performed all over Europe and the US, and teaches poetry, fiction, drama, comedy and script writing. He is also a freelance lecturer in modern and contemporary English and American poetry. His recent books include London: City of Words and The Willy Poems. He regularly reviews for the Use of English magazine and Terrible Work online magazine. His latest book is Man In Black, published by Penned In The Margins in November 2007.
'[Man in Black] is like an ancient script that throws light on who and what we've become, and how. It comes out of the oppressed land.’ - John Kinsella
Man in Black is the extraordinary latest collection by Dorset poet David Caddy. These poems are brimming with radical intent, drawing from a rich and varied lineage. They present a startling vision of the countryside in decline and confirm Caddy's reputation as one of England's most significant poets of place.
Dropping by to say hi David. I keep saying that things are about to turn around butI am still in the financial trough. Very hopeful with many new opportunities though.
Thank you for your support and everything.
Sincerely, Sandra
PS THIS IS A FREE DOWNLOAD UNTIL fRIDAY TO ATTRACT SOME ATTENTION.
Hey! How's the weather over there? I just want to let you know that i'm coming to the UK in late May/early June to play bass with Kevin Montgomery and Tommy Allsup. Tommy played guitar with Buddy Holly, and is THE guy that flipped the coin with Ritchie Valens. I figured that with you being a musician that you would really be able to appreciate this show. Kevin made a little video at my studio last week while we were recording....check it out http://myspacetv. com/index. cfm?fuseaction=vids. individual&videoid=34589518
There are a series of shows in England and Scotland....dates are on my myspace.
We won't be doing my material, but it is a really special show, and Tommy is a true rock'n'roll legend.
Anyway, take care and hope to see you there.
DW
Thanks David! I've enjoyed your lit mag, although I'm not sure I understand modern poetry and writing that much. I guess I harken from another era. Eventually I will be able to afford the postage to send you a CD.
The right leads to neighbor's yard.. Around Magnolia to left is my front yard... which is minimal, due to ever increasing flower beds. I hope to just have paths through my entire yard & just that path having stepping stones. No grass to mow.. Zero pollutants!
y ve listened laughed fucked and fought frozen smoking silence catered charlatan erupting violence bathed shaved and towelled off
y ve disagreed and burned acceptance unearned red turns purple gold even then destruction unfolds flattened shaken impatience unearthed
y ve grown long left and lingered baptized theorized and traumatized stood up staked and crucified leaving itching fingers triggered
i remained you remained you on the counter atop yesterdays news i left you there to slowly ripen soft to search you dig you out of yr oozing mass of impermanence hungry cicatrix i will eat you with my fingers and mouth with bandage worm wood and nightshade
FIRE ON THE WATER INFERTILE WET-NURSE SUCKED ON SEARCHED
Happy St Paddy's Day, David. I reference your wonderful blogger. com essay in my poet of a humorous poem today. The link to it is on the post, so I hope more readers take advantage of your offering. It's excellent.
'[Man in Black] is like an ancient script that throws light on who and what we've become, and how. It comes out of the oppressed land.’ - John Kinsella
