Keith Hancock (2)

Keith played with some of the folk world’s biggest names. Released in 1986, This World We Live In was Keith Hancock’s first album, a milestone in his career. The album came about as a chance meeting with his old school buddy Clive Gregson. Keith sang a few of his self-penned songs at a Gregson & Collister gig, and Clive immediately offered to produce. He toured with Richard Thompson soon after the album was released. Just four years later The Keith Hancock Band toured the UK. Featuring Martin Carthy, Dave Swarbrick and Ruari McFarlane it firmly demonstrates how fast Hancock’s career was progressing. For the next twenty years Hancock toured the world in one guise or another. He spent four years in a very successful pairing with Lee Collinson touring Australia and Canada extensively. Keith retired from full time touring in the mid 90s to become a single parent. Now he is back doing occasional tours anywhere in the world. Keith Hancock lives in Saigon, Vietnam, where he makes a living as a highly successful writer, touring his music as and when he has the time. He owns and runs Saigon Districts, a Saigon based website and writes for many other sites all over the world.