Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes: The Official Biography

Yvonne Innes

ISBN 10: 1785121693 / ISBN 13: 9781785121692

Published by Nine Eight Books, 2025

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Light wear to the dust jacket. Shipped from the UK in recyclable card packaging.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dip My Brain in Joy: A Life with Neil Innes: The Official Biography
• Publisher: Nine Eight Books
• Publication Date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1785121693
• ISBN 13: 9781785121692
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

'Some called him the seventh Python, but I prefer to think of him as the first Neil Innes' Michael Palin Few individuals have had such an impact on British culture over the past fifty years as the comedy and music icon Neil Innes. He was the songwriting powerhouse of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah band. Beatles muse and collaborator. Injector of art college surrealism into 1960s TV comedy. Instigator of a revolution that led directly to Monty Python, the group he repeatedly joined on screen and stage. He was Ron Nasty, co-founder of the much-loved Rutles, the 'pre-fab four'. Accidental inventor of the phrase 'Cool Britannia'. Much-loved children's TV storyteller, thinker, maker, creator, undisputed national treasure and Britain's sweet idiot laureate. And through it all, Neil remained one of the kindest and brightest individuals in showbusiness. Musicians, comedians and fans alike loved being around Neil. He created music and joy and art wherever he went. And the person who loved having him round more than anybody else was Yvonne. Neil and Yvonne met at Goldsmiths College in the 1960s and they went on to walk hand-in-hand through life for over fifty years, until Neil's untimely death.

About the Author

Neil Innes was an English musician and comedian. He rose to prominence as the creative genius behind Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and went on to collaborate with Monty Python and co-created the Beatles parody band the Rutles. Yvonne met Neil in the 1960s and the couple married in 1966. They had three sons and were together for over fifty years until Neil's death in 2019.