Mike Absalom

Mike Absalom (born 9 November 1940) is an English pop, folk and celtic music musician, poet and children's entertainer. The Province newspaper once described Absalom's musical work as "innocence with a macabre twist". His recording and performing work in the 1970s concentrated on controversial subject matter including sex, drugs and the church.

His skewed sense of humour and observation led to the issue of Mike Absalom in 1971 (produced by Campbell-Lyons), before Hector and Other Peccadillos (1972) garnered a larger audience. The former album featured a Roger Dean drawn record sleeve designed as a guide to Notting Hill Gate. The latter included session work by Ray Fenwick. His live work encompassed both the United Kingdom and Continental Europe. The show was hosted by "Whispering" Bob Harris.

Mid- to late-career Finding minimal lasting commercial success, Absalom relocated to Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada in 1980, and continued to work as a solo performer as well as performing on CBC Television. In 1986, after expanding his largely folk music repertoire to incorporate celtic elements, he formed Mike Absalom & the Squid Jiggers, who became popular in Western Canada.

Performance venues Absalom has performed in the Royal Albert Hall, London, at the Grand Municipal Theatre in Punta Arenas, Chile, on BBC Television's The Old Grey Whistle Test (1973), and across Europe and North and South America.