Jake Bugg (2013)

Jake Bugg (2013)

Lights, sound, show-time, music.
Young kid, fast-strumming a guitar.
Three-minute songs. Precise.
Sock it to the wanting crowd,
you marvel.
He slips on like a knitted jumper,
and off, creating electricity,
to loud, crackling, applause.
Johnny Cash incarnate.
The new lightening bolt.
His career starts here –
he’s in the fish bowl –
but isn’t bothered.
It’s quite a way from a council estate
to Wembley Arena.
The curtain descends. He knows
he’s made it.
It’s time to party!