Later ... With Jools Holland: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Mayhem

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Although he is much travelled through his work, he still relishes making fresh discoveries, which he is looking forward to doing in 2024 on a number of Saga cruises. He enjoys going there when on board: ‘The atmosphere is such that it becomes what you want it to become; you can have a romantic meal or dinner for six. He is hugely looking forward to where Spirit of Discovery is taking him in 2022, especially since the pandemic interrupted his previous Saga cruising schedule. Then in March he will be joining The Adriatic at Easter where the stops include Dubrovnik, Cagliari and Salerno. But Van contributed to many Laters over the years, never making this request again, and he brought the entire 25th show to a rousing climax with Gloria.

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In January 2005 Holland and his band performed with Eric Clapton as the headline act of the Tsunami Relief Cardiff. Whilst still known for his busking, he made the journey from street corners to stadiums with 'Let Her Go', which reached No. It was presented by the musician and raconteur Jools Holland and featured an unprecedented range of musical talent. In the punk days audiences used to gob and chuck stuff, which was their way of showing appreciation. He continued his solo career through the early 1980s, releasing an album and several singles between 1981 and 1984.From playing pubs in the East End docks as a teenage greaser, to leading his rhythm and blues orchestra and selling millions of records, it is his passion for music that has made Jools Holland into a doyen of the music scene. His 2007 autobiography, Barefaced Lies and Boogie-Woogie Boasts, was BBC Radio 4 "Book of the Week" in the week beginning 8 October 2007 and was read by Holland.

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The director Janet Fraser Cook’s decision was to bring the lights way down, screening out the audience and fellow artists, and concentrating on the performances.Holland used the phrase, "be there, or be an ungroovy fucker" in one early evening TV trailer for the show, live across two channels, causing him to be suspended from the show for six weeks. On 30 August 2005, Holland married Christabel McEwen, his girlfriend of 15 years and daughter of artist Rory McEwen. As well, Weekend Promming passes are still available which guarantee entry into this Prom up to 30 minutes before the performance starts.

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By his early teens he was appearing regularly in many of the pubs in South East London and the East End Docks. I went to the grandest hotel in Lisbon, and it wasn’t as grand as the ship, and wasn’t as well located,’ he says. The first features relative unknowns who made their TV debuts on the show and went on to great success afterwards.

At the launch, Queen Camilla was presented with a painting of Spirit of Discovery and joked: “I should be able to remind myself to book my berth. He started in the early eighties when he interviewed the Police for a documentary made while recording at George Martin's Montserrat studio. It was in the pubs of London’s docklands that Jools first started playing piano to audiences as a teenager. In the 1950s the dockers and merchant seamen would bring in blues and jazz records from abroad,’ he says.