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Jamie T
Born in Wimbledon, London, on January 8, 1986, Jamie Alexander Treays—known
professionally as Jamie T—found that music helped ease the panic attacks he
experienced as a teenager. He began making mixtapes and DIY beats in his
bedroom, then wrote songs on acoustic bass, drawing on characters he encountered
in the South London pubs where he first performed. His early single “Sheila”
(2006), about the consequences of binge drinking, introduced his drawled,
mockney delivery and sharp stories about working-class life. Critics compared
his writing to Mike Skinner, Ian Dury and Billy Bra...
