We'll be performing at the first ever Glastonbury Festival.
His third album, entitled The Unforgettable Highlander, will soon be available at all good record stores.
The success of his first two albums, The Local Boy of Jazz and The Great Jazz Dictator,
has seen ship tour venues around the world, mixing with Hollywood celebrities such as friends and after.
This is Mary Marquess, BBC Scotland reporting on Fenton.
How come you never performed at the first Glastonbury Festival?
Well, it might sound a little bizarre, but the truth is, I was back home and I was hanging out with Charlie Chaplin at the Newton Hotel in Nairn.
And we're playing cards. And I'm losing as usual. As I've run out of money, he makes me eat one of his boots to pay off my debts.
And how did it go down?
Well, how did it go down? I had the runs for the next two weeks. I had to cancel the gig.
I never got asked back again, all because of Charlie Chaplin and his dodgy shoe.
You know, he even steamed it and served it to me like he did in his famous film, The Gold Rush.
Well, I never saw Chaplin again. And by hell, I never went back to Nairn.
After the press attention, Chip got from his trip to Luxembourg, my PR company, called Rough Diamonds Limited,
to cover Chip's affairs to make his profile more modern.
We got him a support gig playing with Keith Richards at Carnegie Hall in aid of drug awareness.
And then I got a call asking Chip to play at the Bourbon Street Jazz and Blues Tent at this year's Glastonbury.
I can't believe I got the call to do Glastonbury, especially after the support gig I did for Keith Richards in the Carnegie Halls, New York.
The trip to New York was a success, apart from one minor incident with the NYPD Blue.
I can't believe the boys in blue never activated this. Look Eddie, just shut up and cut it.
And now you're sure the feds aren't out there right now looking at us? Eddie, just cut it off.
I made Chip go back to the recording studio to record something much edgier and much more uptempo.
Also, Luke Harris. The New Scottish Jazz Sensation would be headlining the jazz stage, and that man couldn't rap and jazz at the same time.
He learned that growing up on the streets of Paisley, which Chip could never learn in Fintor and his rap is still banned out there.
I've been listening to a new kid called Luke Harris. He's doing some amazing stuff.
What's so special about him?
It's the drum beats. It's called Uptempo.
Fast? I can give you some fast drum beats.
Man, I got this machine here. Look, I've been experimenting with this.
I used to use it back in Berlin with New Order. Just bear with me. I ain't used it in a while.
Anyone up for a cup of tea? A scone? A smoke?
Well, I got a call from the Glastonbury Festival asking me if I'd perform, because it seemed a few of their performers were still recovering
from food poisoning from the Northampton Jazz Festival.
That turned out lucky for you then?
Yes. Very lucky indeed.
I was delighted to get the call. It's been a dream of mine to play there.
And you two and Lady Gaga, they were both headlining, and they both influenced my music in so many ways.
I was over the moon to get the call. First thing I could think of is, well Kate must be there.
She's always up for a fling with a dirty grubbing position.
And of course, playing the festival would be a great bonus too.
Saying one of the producers of the Northampton Jazz Festival for BBC Four was ill from food poisoning.
They were desperate. They asked me to help out producing the live coverage.
We started plugging his new single on local radio ahead of the festival, and on his new Twitter account.
I remember creating a drum beat for Blue Monday by New Order, but these crooks, Barony and Ahuki, they never gave me any credit, nor any money, not to this day.
Nice chap, about the new single. Reading from my notes, it's pretty out there. A bit more high tech for jazz.
Yeah Dave, I decided to experiment a bit more drug-free, I may add. Remember, kids take drugs, only drugs take mugs.
You mean kids don't take drugs?
Well, same thing.
Nice chap, you're playing at Glaston, buddy. Next week. Excited?
Of course, Dave. Of course.
You're playing the same stage as Lucaris, whose headline in the jazz stage.
Now we had him in here last month with his new album, and on one of his tracks, a duets with none other than Paolo Nettini.
Who? Paolo? Who?
Is he an Italian? Does he sell pizzas?
What?
Is he anything to do with the old guy who has the ice cream parlor in lossy mouth?
You've never heard of Paolo Nettini. Come on, shit, where have you been?
That Lucaris is some character. You know he could talk for Britain. What a laugh we had when he was in.
Okay, yeah.
Thanks, folks. We've got Lady Gaga and Poker Face.
Right, that's everything your rucksack got. Your pills, your lighter, your thick socks, and your oily jumper.
Wait a minute, I forgot your Swiss Army knife.
Ah, old kind girl.
Shit. You're in the toilet. I can't find your Swiss Army knife, but this is the sharpest one I've combined.
You know, Bill, it's kind of strange here. This is a railway station and, well, we've been here ages and I haven't seen any trains or people.
Yeah, it's true, ship. Oh, damn it, man. The trains are on strike.
Oh, my gosh. Bill, what's your next plan of action?
I had a word with the Glastonbury guys on show, but they say you can't go anywhere. You're just going to have to meet us back at the train station in a few days.
But the trains are on strike. How am I supposed to get home?
It was great seeing everyone again and being back on the Jays Festival circuit. I don't really know why they haven't called me up over the last few years to play, but I never hold any grudges.
Man, there's teams in the fridge with no labels on them. Don't touch them. Yeah, it was great seeing all the guys again and I came back from my set and meeting Luke Harris. I love his music and what a character.
It was great meeting all those new jazz musicians and the drinks were flying and I had a buzz on. It was great talking to Shep.
I remember my folks took me to see him in, where was it? Paisley Town Hall it was, and he got bottled that night. It wasn't bad though.
Well, Luke, Shep and the guys wished me good luck. I went on to do my set, which went down a tree. I could get used to doing those kind of things.
You sure you want to leave these tins in the fridge? I said leave them. Okay, you don't even know what they are.
I was buzzing backstage and felt like I was speaking to a younger spirit and look. I went on stage, performed my new song, which went down a treat, although I thought the drum beat was a little fast.
Yeah, the drum beat was a little bit manic. I was wondering if Shep was trying his hand at a little bit of jungle music.
It made the prodigy sound like Barry Manilow, and the Camel Brothers came round and asked him to turn it down. And of course, Shep went back to playing his usual songs.
I was still knackered from the whole travel experience, but I had some of my hooch and I slept the whole time I was there at Glastonbury.
I felt alive and I wished the young Mr Harris the best of luck. Then I went backstage and got stuck into the Glastonbury homebrew, which the organiser Michael Evus makes for everyone.
I said, good night everyone. This whole China play had finished and I went off to Mac Winnebago. So if I don't see you in the morning, I'll see you at the next festival. God willing.
Luke went on stage like a man possessed. Well, I'm a manist. He was coped out of his tits.
Halfway through the set, it was difficult to hear, Luke, because you two, they were playing a full blast.
The volume was deafening. You could have heard bonus screeching and begging from the North Pole.
By this stage, I can't remember hearing you two. I was so pissed. I was on another planet. Planet Shep Baker.
Yeah, Luke, he finished his sets and then he came backstage and he was absolutely raging.
I was raging. No one does this to Luke Harris. Not even Bono, that little Irish, Baker, and his so-called biggest band in the world.
We paisley guys know how to get revenge, bigger, small. Tongue's ya, bastard!
He asked, gentlemen, who is up for sticking it to the man?
And Shep put his hand up and off he went. I mean, Simon just stayed there and watched you two in the big screen backstage.
About ten minutes later, I could not believe what me and Ronnie were seeing on the screen.
And I said to Simon, maybe this is part of the show.
I've been watching the monitors and all weekend the coverage had gone smoothly. Until you two had gone on.
About an hour into their set, their big stage screens started revealing these messages.
Bono banging on about save humanity and all that end-poverty crap.
Well, the audience started laughing.
Bono wasn't looking at the screen so he wasn't aware of it.
But I did notice one YouTube fan who was aware of it and he was standing right behind me.
It was the head of the BBC's light entertainment division, Dicky Thompson.
I couldn't believe that I pulled that off. I made up some cock and bull story to the YouTube crew about looking after their screens and they bought it.
I think Shep enjoyed the prank too.
I really can't remember any of it, to be honest with you. Just another day in the life of Shep Baker.
Easy come, easy go.
Then all of a sudden I wake up, I find myself being carried, bodily, but whole team of security guards.
Then it looks over. Same thing as having to Shep.
When Bono found out about this, he got his crew together and he went looking for his backstage.
But you see, I landed rather lucky that night. I ended up in a tent with some hot blonde roadie.
And yeah, after the YouTube set ended, I saw Shep and Bill being carried away with all their gear.
As if they were being chucked out of a hotel.
And Bono, he was ranting and raving behind them like a pissed up gypsy man.
And I said to Simon, is that really Bono? He's tiny. Almost like a hobbit.
Yeah, Shep, I forgot it. How did that gig go?
Well Bill, it was probably the best gig of my life. But I can't understand why we get flung out by that little Irish guy.
Ah, you probably use this personal port-a-louis. You know these rock stars?
They get real techy about people using their shit wagons.
After Glastonbury, Shep's Twitter followers went up and up.
Even celebs like Phillip Schofield and Stephen Fry were following him.
We wouldn't just type in any random shite into his account and people would start following him.
Yeah, it was all over the news about Shep and Bono.
And about Luke Harris and Kate Moss.
My phone was red hot. Bookings were flying in for him.
But some of the people, they condemned Shep.
And the other half, they thought that he was a working class hero for standing up to one of the world's great dictators, Bono.
And we managed to fulfil one of Shep's long time ambitions.
Which was?
A duet with some old guy named Tony Bennett.
Well, I ended up all over the news pictured with Kate Moss.
Not a bad thing, I've got to say.
The only thing is though, it went a bit Tom's up when I took her to meet the family in Paisley.
For some reason though, she didn't seem that keen on me afterwards.
But you know, with all that press attention I managed to land myself a jet with,
Jesse Jai and Will I Am from the Brown Eyed Beans.
So tell me Shep, has Bono forgiven you for the prank?
Listen, Bono can do what he wants. I'm not apologising to him.
Backstage toilet should be for all artists and that's what I believe in.
Okay, so by all these press stories it's time that you and Luke Hardis had a good time at Glastonbury.
Will you do another one?
Well, it took me over 40 years to wait to get invited back to Glastonbury.
And after what happened this year, it might take longer than 40 years to get invited back again.
So moving on from that, you're working on a new album and the two are coming up.
A duet with Tony Bennett. Tell me, Shep, and all the years you've been making music,
why have you now left a village that you grew up in?
David, I don't really know the answer to that.
But all I can say is it's the one place I can remember how to get home to.
And life can't be more simple than that.
Shep, thanks for coming in and good luck with Big T and the new album.
Thank you.
