John Dowie

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It's Hard to be an Egg 03:12 Tools
Acne 01:44 Tools
Idiot 01:50 Tools
Hitler's Liver 02:30 Tools
British Tourist 01:45 Tools
British Tourist (I Hate the Dutch) 01:45 Tools
Naked Noolies in the Moonlight 01:11 Tools
I Don't Want To Be Your Amputee 01:44 Tools
Time Warp 02:02 Tools
Jim Callaghan 02:21 Tools
John_Dowie_-_British_Tourist 01:41 Tools
Mind Sketch 02:50 Tools
I'm Here to Entertain You 02:07 Tools
Grounded in Reality 02:13 Tools
Miserable Childhood 02:12 Tools
Nietzsche 00:54 Tools
No More Fucking 05:28 Tools
John_Dowie_-_I_Dont_Want_To_Be_Your_Amputee 01:42 Tools
Irritation 02:02 Tools
Hitler’s Liver 02:02 Tools
Mine Sketch 02:54 Tools
Angry Old Men 02:08 Tools
Snail Tamer 01:49 Tools
Beer 03:10 Tools
Love You (Like Hell) 03:31 Tools
John_Dowie_-_Time_Warp 02:54 Tools
I Dont Want To Be Your Amputee 01:42 Tools
John_Dowie_-_Jim_Callaghan 03:31 Tools
Mime Sketch 03:31 Tools
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John Dowie (born 1950 in Birmingham) is a British comedian, musician, and writer. He began performing stand-up comedy in 1969 Dowie was among the inaugural acts on Tony Wilson's legendary Factory Records label. In 1978 he contributed three comedic songs to the very first Factory music release, A Factory Sample, along with Joy Division, The Durutti Column, and Cabaret Voltaire. In 1981 a seven-inch single followed, the Martin Hannett-produced It's Hard to be an Egg, which Dowie described as a flop. "It's Hard to be an Egg" was also featured in episode 1 of the 'Wood and Walters' show. It is noteworthy as having unusual packaging even by Factory standards: the disc is white vinyl with a "yolk" printed on the label, and is packaged in a clear plastic sleeve with a real white feather. Dowie's final Factory contribution was a VHS video entitled simply Dowie, a recording of a live performance at the Edinburgh fringe festival with Ralph Steadman cover art. In 2005 Dowie collaborated with Phill Jupitus and Neil Innes on a musical comedy CD for children. In 2006, he recorded a remake of British Tourist, with the Dutch computer music group, the POW Ensemble for [labelX-OR Records. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.