Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the artist name of Sam Duckworth (Slam Dunkworth); a man from Southend in Essex. He has been making music under the guise of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly since 2004 now and has to date released two studio albums; his debut in 2006, and then the second album in 2008. Others provide backing when out on the road, strictly speaking however; Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is the one man performance project of Sam Duckworth.

In 2005 Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly made its musical debut with the Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly EP. Four of the five tracks featured here would later be included on debut album 'The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager' also; it's a very strong EP and it should therefore come as no great surprise that Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly was snapped up by Atlantic Records. Atlantic obviously saw his potential, and given the strength of his EP I'm sure it was very clear to them that Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly was to be a success.

'The Chronicles of a Bohemian Teenager' was finally released in September 2006, consisting of twelve tracks; it's one that really shows the true talent of Sam Duckworth and his excellent acoustic indie sound. Every track on the album is brilliant, and with several tracks released as singles this release was very much a success.

March 2008 was the chosen month for the release of second album 'Searching for the Hows and Whys', and given the high quality of the first release it was again very clear that this album was going to be a success. One of the tracks from the second album even features Kate Nash; this shows how much the second album was being pushed and just how popular Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly had become by now.

Sam Duckworth is a very hard working artist and can often be found touring the country and showcasing his exquisitely fine music. He's a great talent and blends brilliantly his acoustic indie tones with fine electronica undertones. The music is energetic and the voice of Sam Duckworth always comes shining through in the sound. Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is a truly talented artist from sunny Southend and always the music has very much to offer.

A trip to the Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly Myspace page truly is highly recommended; you will here be able to admire five of his finest tracks and I can assure you that it's well worth taking the time to listen as I'm sure you'll be incredibly impressed with what you hear here.

So why does a man named Sam Duckworth decide to give his solo project the name of Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly? Well, apparently it comes from a ZX Spectrum magazine; the magazine had run a feature about the Batman video game providing solutions and one of the sections was given the heading of 'Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly'. The rest is history as they say and Sam Dunkworth took this odd section title with him and eventually ended up using it as the name of his solo project.

Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is certainly a lot more exciting a name than Sam Duckworth; not that there's anything wrong with the name Sam Duckworth, and after all it does slide so well into Slam Dunkworth; Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly is still a stronger name for a musical project however and what a find it was for Sam when he read that super Spectrum article.