Post by Ras Berry on Oct 28, 2011 17:58:30 GMT
Eighteen Things I Know About Jeb Loy Nichols
1. Jeb Loy Nichols is a musician, writer and artist.
2. He was born in America, in Wyoming, and raised in Missouri.
3. “The first music I really felt was mine was southern soul. I used to listen to the radio at night and fell in love with Bobby Womack and Al Green, The Staple Singers and Joe Simon - that whole Nashville/Memphis/Muscle Shoals thing.”
4. “I used to go to bluegrass festivals with my dad and come home and listen to Nat King Cole with my mother.”
5. When he was fifteen he heard his first punk record: God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols. “That and The Ramones completely changed me.”
6. In 1979 he got a scholarship to go to art school in New York. “A great time. Punk was over but hip-hop was starting and I got into that in an obsessive way.”
7. His first recording, in 1980, was an unreleased rap song called “I’m A Country Boy”.
8. In 1981 he visited friends in London and found himself living in a squat with Adrian Sherwood, Ari Up (from the Slits), and Neneh Cherry. “Adrian put me to work immediately, moving boxes of records all across London. It was Adrian that was my biggest influence – the way he crossed musical lines.”
9. He spent some years travelling through Europe, living for a while in Spain.
10. On returning to London he had his first art exhibition.
11. In 1990 he formed Fellow Travellers with On-U Sound man Martin Harrison and singer Loraine Morley. Fellow Travellers, a country dub band, recorded four CDs. Rollingstone critic Robert Christagau called them “The children of Merle, Marley and Marx.”
12. In 1994 Townes Van Zant, talking about Fellow Travellers, said “I like this very much. It’s very special. They’re doing something independent. The drummer and the keyboard are playing great together and the woman’s harmony is perfect. The guy’s singing with a voice I never heard before.”
13. In 1996 he recorded his first solo record. He has gone on to record 10 solo CDs. Rollingstone Magazine has called him “The high priest of country cool.”
14. He compiled the southern soul CDs Country Got Soul.
15. He lives on a remote small holding in the Welsh hills.
16. A book of his artwork, I Need You To Tell Me Something Different, was published in 2007.
17. His first novel, The Untogether, was published in 2008.
18. He continues to write, produce art, make music, and plant trees.
www.jebloynichols.co.uk/biog/
1. Jeb Loy Nichols is a musician, writer and artist.
2. He was born in America, in Wyoming, and raised in Missouri.
3. “The first music I really felt was mine was southern soul. I used to listen to the radio at night and fell in love with Bobby Womack and Al Green, The Staple Singers and Joe Simon - that whole Nashville/Memphis/Muscle Shoals thing.”
4. “I used to go to bluegrass festivals with my dad and come home and listen to Nat King Cole with my mother.”
5. When he was fifteen he heard his first punk record: God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols. “That and The Ramones completely changed me.”
6. In 1979 he got a scholarship to go to art school in New York. “A great time. Punk was over but hip-hop was starting and I got into that in an obsessive way.”
7. His first recording, in 1980, was an unreleased rap song called “I’m A Country Boy”.
8. In 1981 he visited friends in London and found himself living in a squat with Adrian Sherwood, Ari Up (from the Slits), and Neneh Cherry. “Adrian put me to work immediately, moving boxes of records all across London. It was Adrian that was my biggest influence – the way he crossed musical lines.”
9. He spent some years travelling through Europe, living for a while in Spain.
10. On returning to London he had his first art exhibition.
11. In 1990 he formed Fellow Travellers with On-U Sound man Martin Harrison and singer Loraine Morley. Fellow Travellers, a country dub band, recorded four CDs. Rollingstone critic Robert Christagau called them “The children of Merle, Marley and Marx.”
12. In 1994 Townes Van Zant, talking about Fellow Travellers, said “I like this very much. It’s very special. They’re doing something independent. The drummer and the keyboard are playing great together and the woman’s harmony is perfect. The guy’s singing with a voice I never heard before.”
13. In 1996 he recorded his first solo record. He has gone on to record 10 solo CDs. Rollingstone Magazine has called him “The high priest of country cool.”
14. He compiled the southern soul CDs Country Got Soul.
15. He lives on a remote small holding in the Welsh hills.
16. A book of his artwork, I Need You To Tell Me Something Different, was published in 2007.
17. His first novel, The Untogether, was published in 2008.
18. He continues to write, produce art, make music, and plant trees.
www.jebloynichols.co.uk/biog/
