Jegsy Dodd

Jegsy Dodd (born 1957, Wirral) is an English performance poet from Wirral. He first came to prominence in the 1980s with his backing group, The Sons of Harry Cross. The Sons of Harry Cross were Paul Spencer - Drums, Ian Jackson - Bass and Ken Hancock - Guitar. His current backing band is called The Original Sinners.

Dodd recorded a session for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in 1985 after sending Peel a demo tape. At Peel's suggestion he formed a band to work with, which he called The Sons of Harry Cross, a reference to the Brookside character. In September 1985 Jegs and the boys recorded Polluted Minds an 8-song cassette recorded at the Station House in New Brighton. This was self-financed and sold at Jegsys stand up gigs. The cassette featured 8 tracks,4 with music and 4 without. Four of these tracks were later re-recorded for the Winebars and werewolves album. His Winebars and Werewolves album was a hit on the UK Indie Chart in 1986, reaching number 19. The album was recorded in two days in Jan 1986 at the naffi in Warrington with Sir Freddie viaduct. The first gig Jegs did with the Sons of Harry Cross was on Thursday the 27th of Feb 1986 at London Dingwalls supporting Half Man Half Biscuit. After 11 shows some of them supporting Half Man Half Biscuit Paul Spencer and Ian Jackson left the group after the international garden festival gig on Sunday the 8th of June 1986. Ken Hancock carried on with jegs till he became the guitarist for Half Man Half Biscuit.

With The Original Sinners he has released two albums - Wake Up And Smell The Offy (2005) and Loquacious, Loquacious, Loquacious (2008). The track Grumpy Old Men from Wake Up And Smell The Offy reached number one in the 2005 Festive 50 as voted for by listeners to the OneMusic shows of Huw Stephens, Rob da Bank and Ras Kwame.

He is co-author of REDMEN-A Season On The Drink, and Here We Go Gathering Cups in May; Both books are based on his experiences as a fan of Liverpool F.C..

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