Sep 18, 2006 • 1 min read

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly explains his name

Sam Duckworth, aka Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly, has told The Sun why he uses a stage name and says Billy Bragg comparisons are a compliment.

Singer songwriter Sam Duckworth - aka Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly - has explained to The Sun why he has called himself a name that is a bit wacky and disrupts my sentences when I'm trying to write news stories about him. Far from trying to piss me off, what he actually wants to do is to distinguish himself from other artists that he doesn't fancy being pigeonholed alongside.

He apparently told the tabloid: "The name's ambiguous but one of the main reasons I didn't use my real name is that it helps detract me from the James Morrisons and those other singer-songwriters. I hate being lumped in with them. I don't sound anything like them. There are too many preconceptions when you go under your own name."

He doesn't mind being compared to Billy Bragg, however, commenting: "It's a big compliment. I think musically or politically we're similar. We're both no-holds-barred and in your face. We also strive for honesty."

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