Interview with Neil Innes - The Rutles

The late great Neil Innes talks about the wonderful The Rutles - This interview has been unedited.

It was originally used for a short news item on Neil Innes - but as the interview is so good, I think it's great to hear the whole interview as Neil was so fabulously entertaining.

Neil Innes was an English writer, comedian, and musician. He collaborated with Monty Python and played in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Rutles.

Terry Gilliam called him the Seventh Python.

In the 1960′s, Neil Innes started the Bonzo Dog Band which had a song featured in The Beatles film, Magic Mystery Tour.

In the 1970′s, Neil worked closely with the Monty Python team, playing a major role in performing and writing songs for their sketches, even appearing in the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail as a head-banging​ monk.

In the years to follow, Neil has involved an eclectic body of work including children’s television appearances, and the well-renowned Rutles album which parodied the Beatles Anthology.

Part two of the interview is to be found here    • Interview with Neil Innes (Part 2) - ...