They Did It Otway - John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett in the Seventies Dave Thompson:Paperback Teddy became the predator

Teddy became the predator

timeless verses were translated into English by Edward FitzGerald and first published in 1859

all the secrets that I have kept changed my life forever

diminished capacity

and a celebration of the restorative power of creativity

They Did It Otway - John Otway & Wild Willy Barrett in the Seventies Dave Thompson:Paperback Teddy became the predatorWriting a book about Otway Barrett that ends in 1979 is like writing a book about the Beatles that ends in 1963. Or would it? What if that book was actually written in 1979, at a time when true pop stardom still seemed to be in reach, and then abandoned, forgotten, tucked away in a folder, and only rediscovered by utter chance, when its author, close to 30 years older than when it was written, was looking for something else entirely? That would be