Listen to St Annes Folk Club founder and columnist Steve Canavan's new track 'I love Dominic Cummings' which is causing quite the stir online

Blackpool Gazette columnist and journalism lecturer at University of Central Lancashire Steve Canavan has proven a Bank Holiday hit with a new song dedicated to the Prime Minister's senior adviser Dominic Cummings
By Nicola Jaques
Published 24th May 2020, 15:05 BST
Updated 24th May 2020, 15:18 BST
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The part-time songwriter, who founded St Annes Folk Club, uploaded his track 'I Love Dominic Cummings' to You Tube on Saturday evening and it has now garnered thousands of views and shares on social media.

The dad-of-two has since attracted the attention of journalist and Tony Blair's former aide Alastair Campbell, who shared the track from the bloke he called the 'working class man of Blackpool' with his 592,000 followers.

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Sports journalism course leader Steve, originally from Manchester, has been writing songs through lockdown, The Dominic Cummings ditty is the 51st in his catalogue, which also includes a song "Anything but Wilfred" after the birth of Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new son.

Steve said: "I love music, I like to play guitar, I've been playing for 20 years. During lockdown it was my aim for a song a night.

"It wasn't, isn't meant to be political - it's just topical, a subject that made a good little ditty, while I was sat watching Paw Patrol with my little lad actually.

"I didn't even think it was that good, I don't think many of my songs are but hopefully they give a few people a laugh.

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"I uploaded it on Saturday evening, it had a few views and I thought nothing more about it. I woke up and the phone hasn't stopped since. If I'd have known, I would have made it slightly better and recorded it again not uploaded the first take."

Blackpool Gazette columnist Steve Canavan has proven an online hit with ditty 'I Love Dominic Cummings'Blackpool Gazette columnist Steve Canavan has proven an online hit with ditty 'I Love Dominic Cummings'
Blackpool Gazette columnist Steve Canavan has proven an online hit with ditty 'I Love Dominic Cummings'

Steve has often talked of his passion for music and love of folk, whose dad Mike, was a performer on the scene for many years. Steve founded the popular St Annes Folk Club in 2014 and usually they meet the first Saturday of the month at the Pavilion Cafe in Ashton Gardens, St Annes.

Steve added: "Obviously the club is hold at the moment. I've been using the time to write songs, I've written a couple on home schooling, things people can relate to and have a laugh about.

"There are no current plans to release 'I Love Dominic Cummings.'"

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