Description:	7" on Young & Lost Club
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Folk/Folk Rock
	Label:	Young & Lost Club
	Price:	£4.49
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

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...according to our Mingus on 19 July 2007.

Johnny Flynn And The Sussex Wit: "Ode To A Mare Trod Ditch" (Young & Lost Club) The office is split on what they think of this, Me and Maggie are fans and gets our continued backing whilst Ant and Mr Phil are not convinced. Not as immediate as the debut, more of a slow burner methinks. You get fiddle, drums, guitar, banjo combined with a theatrical approach to song delivery that's both very clear and accessible. I don't know what it is but there's a certain charm about Mr Flynn, I think he really means it...they'll be massive given time, not stadium massive but big like a frog in a stream that's like a river when you're just a kid. Viva le Flynn

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What their label says...

Johnny Flynn is a rather special individual.  A jack of all trades, and master of each, he is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, actor, poet and artist.  Rejecting the traditional dichotomy of successful actors with unsuccessful musical ventures, and vice-versa, Johnny has an admirable habit of making whatever he turns his hand to look easy.

Ode To A Mare Trod Ditch is Johnny’s second 7” release on Young & Lost Club, on June 18th 2007.  In a similar format to his debut release, The Epic Tale Of Tom & Sue, it’s a two-act suite comprising of the songs ‘Eyeless In Holloway’ and ‘Oh, To Eat An Apple’.  

Inspired by time spent  in New York discovering the Anti-Folk stylings of Dianne Cluck and Jeffery Lewis - and informed by the circle of current emerging singer-songwriters with whom he has often performed such as Emmy The Great, Patrick Wolf and Jeremy Warmsley – Johnny, with the able assistance of his band The Sussex Wit,  writes and performs an exquisite blend of bluegrass and country.

Much of Johnny’s time in between these releases has been spent touring the world as the lead in the Old Vic’s productions of ‘Twelfth Night’ & ‘The Taming Of The Shrew’ – performing twice a day before playing gigs later in the evening.  If that wasn’t enough work for one man, he also found time to do all the artwork for Ode To A Mare Trod Ditch, write the accompanying poem and shoot and edit the video for ‘Eyeless In Holloway’ himself on location in Hong Kong, Australia and New York.

In the pipeline for Johnny Flynn this summer are a soon-to-be-announced record deal, and a host of live dates to showcase his bewitching talent.