John Otway
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John Otway was born in Aylesbury, learned to play the violin at school and got an early taste of performing in the Aylesbury Youth Orchestra.
Otway got together with Wild Willy Barrett in the seventies and they had one big hit 'Really Free' which reached number 27 in the charts in 1977.
Otway and Barrett went their separate ways after a few years and Otway went on the road with many others including a band called The Europeans, Ollie Halsall, Attila The Stockbroker.
In the early nineties John met up with Richard Holgarth and, through Richard, the other members of The Big Band. Otway's first new album for many years, 'Premature Adulation' featuring the Big Band, was released in 1995.
In 1999 the BBC ran a poll to find the greatest lyrics of the millenium, and Otway was a surprise entry at number 7 with his song 'Beware of the Flowers'.
In 2002 John got his long awaited second hit: 'Bunsen Burner' which reached number 9 in the singles chart.
Otway continues to tour constantly - sometimes with Wild Willy, sometimes with Richard, sometimes with the Big Band, sometimes with Attila and sometimes solo.
