Slightly OT: RIP Jonti Thackray
Jonti Thackray, the son of English folk singer Jake Thackray died last year. Andie Rathbone was in various bands with him prior to joining Mansun. The other musician being referred to in the above article may well be Andie.
A couple of years after Mansun split up, the duo worked together again under the name Seraphim, but never released anything. In at least one interview, Paul Draper falsely claimed that Jonti was being lined up to replace him as the singer in Mansun.
I believe this is is Andie's son, who recorded a cover of one of Jonti's songs (that was also recorded as a Seraphim song):
Posted Oct 27, 2025, 8:30 PM UTC
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