The maverick former Public Image Ltd bassist takes us on a typically picaresque journey through his \u2018Kafka-esque\u2019 days at Transport for London, being named by Sid Vicious and his spiritual learnings<\/p>\n
Sometimes, on the top deck of a London bus, pension-age punks will politely disturb the concentration of a man on his iPad. \u201cThey\u2019ll say: \u2018Are you Jah Wobble?\u2019\u201d recounts the musician born John Wardle, his upbeat cockney accent ringing with delight. They will ask if he\u2019s working on anything. \u201cAnd I like to say: \u2018Yes, I\u2019m recording an album. I\u2019m doing it right now<\/em>.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n In the 2020s, the 68-year-old bassist and bandleader has been revisiting the city of his birth and youth, composing and producing albums including the cosmic dub of The Bus Routes of South London, or the celestial electronica of Thames Symphony, while traversing London on public transport.<\/p>\n
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