The Greatest Songwriter Never Known

€ 8,95

Washed-up songwriter, Gordon Thomson has unfinished business. Having ghost-written some of the biggest hits of the 1980’s, heis entering middle-age, feeling short-changed. Unlucky in love, suffering from writer’s block and resigned to playing cover versions in pubs and clubs.

A chance radio airing of one of his songs provides his inspiration to re-visit and record material written years earlier. In order to do so, however, Gordon must first reclaim a folder containing his life’s work, from his estranged former mentor, Tavish Goldberg. A challenge compounded by a mild developmental disorder.

Presenting as slightly eccentric, Gordon finds social interaction and relationships challenging, and perennially struggles to process past events - the tragic passing of his first love and unresolved issues surrounding his only other romantic involvement.

To retrieve his folder, Gordon enlists the help of his outrageous, cross-dressing, friend, Martin and Goldberg’s ex-wife, the uber-cool Debby. Together, they hatch a hastily conceived, hare-brained plan to nab the songbook from under Goldberg’s nose.

We are taken on mad-cap adventure, charting Gordon’s journey from awkward student to his chance meeting with Goldberg, time spent in the glitz of Los Angeles, and his unfortunate withdrawal from song writing. Then, fast-forward to follow Gordon and his eclectic group of friends in a hilarious, convoluted attempt to reclaim his life’s work.

Packed with oddball characters – the unscrupulous Goldberg, Gordon’s neurotic former co-writer, Benny Elfstein - ‘The Greatest Songwriter Never Known’ is an off-beat farce, that delivers a shot in the arm for every underdog or perceived misfit.