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Musselburgh. After quitting his labourer’s post to follow The Blockheads, Jock never had a job but supported himself with performing.
Poppy never performed on stage with her father but does feature in a recording on one of his albums, which Jock made when she was eight. She sang alongside her sister and performed it at one of his last shows before he died of cancer aged 63 in April.
Poppy says her father always encouraged her to pursue art and was friends with notable artists such as Humphrey Ocean.
She said: “Artwork and posters were always all over the walls. He collected postcards from galleries and loved finding a good art book in he died but I’d like to go back to Portobello beach. We used to walk there a lot and go to Luca’s, his favourite ice cream shop.
“I would like him to be remembered as the loving, intelligent artist that he was.”
Film-maker Robert Greene’s documentary, Jock Scot: Services to Rock N Roll, has contributions from ex-girlfriend Cherry, his pal MacGowan and Libertines singer Pete Doherty.
It was filmed just two weeks after Jock was diagnosed with cancer in 2015.
Robert said: “The thing I’m trying to put across is there was no master plan for Jock. He didn’t pursue a career and led a bohemian life but it was one that was culturally rich and significant.”