Jakko Jakszyk

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jakko Jakszyk
Occupation	Guitarist
Date Of Birth	Jun 8, 1958(1958-06-08)
Age	66
Birthplace	England
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Jakko Jakszyk Biography

Jakko Jakszyk is one of the most popular and richest Guitarist who was born on June 8, 1958 in England, England, United Kingdom. Rock and jazz guitarist who has sung for King Crimson and who has played lead guitar for the band.

A young and still unknown Whitney Houston once asked Jakszyk permission to record one of his songs, either “Behave Yourself” or “Don’t Blame Me.”

Before joining King Crimson, he led bands for over thirty years, including 64 Spoons, Dizrhythmia, 21st Century Schizoid Band, Jakszyk Fripp Collins, and Rapid Eye Movement. He was a member of Level 42, the Lodge, and the Tangent and has collaborated with Tom Robinson, Peter Blegvad, Danny Thompson, Gavin Harrison, Warren Harry, Pandit Dinesh, and Dave Stewart. Jakszyk has also worked as a session musician and soundtrack producer.

Originally aiming to become a professional footballer, Jakszyk switched his full attention to his other two obsessions, music and acting, after failing to win a place with the Watford Boys football squad at the age of 15. As a developing musician, he was inspired equally by pop, progressive rock, and jazz fusion (with artists such as Allan Holdsworth, Henry Cow, King Crimson, and Hatfield and the North being particular favourites) and developed a high level of skill as both a guitarist and singer by his mid-teens. Having joined the National Youth Theatre at 14, he maintained his acting work in parallel to his musical efforts and would eventually gain his Equity card. In 1974, at the age of 16, he was kicked out of the Jakszyk family home by Norbert, and embarked on a struggling career as part-time actor and musician while working at a number of dead-end jobs to survive financially.

There was constant tension in the home between him and his stepfather.

Jakko Jakszyk Net Worth

Jakko Jakszyk is one of the richest Guitarist from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jakko Jakszyk 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His childhood dream was to play professional soccer, but when he failed tryouts, he took up the guitar.

He has appeared on the BBC in a couple of comedic musical programs.

Michael “Jakko” Jakszyk (born Michael Lee Curran, 8 June 1958) is an English musician, record producer, and actor. He has released several solo albums as a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist and has been the lead singer for King Crimson since 2013. His work has been variously credited to “Jakko”, “Jakko Jakszyk”, and “Jakko M. Jakszyk”.

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During this period, Jakszyk also contributed to sessions for the former Van der Graaf Generator saxophonist David Jackson’s album The Long Hello Vol. 3 (eventually released in 1982).

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Jakko Ranked on the list of most popular Guitarist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Jakko Jakszyk celebrates birthday on June 8 of every year.

Discouraged but not defeated, Jakko supplemented his income with acting work while continuing to pursue music. He continued his collaboration with Dave Stewart, contributing to his duo work with Barbara Gaskin and playing a prominent role on the Stewart-produced Neil’s Heavy Concept Album (a 1984 spin-off from the Young Ones comedy series). During this time he also met an up-and-coming drummer Gavin Harrison, who would become one of his most frequent collaborators. It was also during this time that he finally visited the United States to meet his birth mother.