John Jones (UK folk singer)

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original member of:	Oysterband (from 1976 to present: lead vocals, diatonic button accordion)

picture:	https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Jones_-_Oysterband_(26114862583).jpg [info]
Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/artist/538854 [info]
Bandcamp:	https://johnjonesoyster.bandcamp.com/ [info]

Appearances

Date	Title	Attributes	Artist	Length
	instruments
1987	The Lost and Found (remix)	accordion	Oysterband	4:22
1989-12-16	Johnny Mickey Barry's / Salmon Tails Down the Water (live, 1989-12-16: Westgate Hall, Canterbury, England)	diatonic button accordion	Oyster Band	5:37
1989-12-31	I Fought the Law (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)	diatonic button accordion	Oyster Band	4:08
1989-12-31	New York Girls (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)	diatonic button accordion	Oyster Band	5:32
1989-12-31	Red Barn Stomp (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)	diatonic button accordion	Oyster Band	4:52
1990-11-27	All Along the Watchtower (live, 1990-11-27: BBC radio)	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	June Tabor & The Oyster Band	3:22
1990-11-27	White Rabbit (live, 1990-11-27: BBC radio)	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	June Tabor & The Oyster Band	2:25
1991	Granite Years (remix)	accordion	Oysterband	4:18
1993	Blood Wedding	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband	4:04
1994-08	Love Vigilantes (1994 re-recording)	accordion	Oysterband	4:06
1994-08	Polish Plain (1994 re-recording)	accordion	Oysterband	4:05
	Beercart Lane	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Fiddler’s Dram	2:26
	Bold Riley	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	The Oyster Band	4:16
	Bully in the Alley	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	The Oyster Band	4:02
	Hal-an-Tow (1986 recording, single)	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	The Oyster Band	4:25
	Here’s to You	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband	3:16
	I Look for You	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband	4:04
	Nottingham Goose Fair	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Fiddler’s Dram	3:15
	Star of the Sea	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband	3:35
	Streams of Innocence	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband	4:03
	The Corner of the Room	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband	3:48
	The Day That the Ship Goes Down	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	The Oyster Band	4:30
	The Old Dance	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	The Oyster Band	4:23
	When I’m Up I Can’t Get Down	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband	3:31
	mixed
1990	Coal Not Dole (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)		Oyster Band	2:16
1990	I Fought the Law (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)		Oyster Band	4:08
1990	Johnny Mickey Barry's / Salmon Tails Down the Water (live, 1989-12-16: Westgate Hall, Canterbury, England)		Oyster Band	5:37
1990	New York Girls (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)		Oyster Band	5:32
1990	Red Barn Stomp (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)		Oyster Band	4:52
	produced
1984	Dumbarton Castle / 'Twas Within a Mile		Oyster Band	5:22
1984	Go and Enlist		Oyster Band	3:19
1984	Jack's Alive / The Clare Jig		Oyster Band	3:18
1984	Kentish Cricketers / Galopede		Oyster Band	3:48
1984	La Morisque		Oyster Band	6:18
1984	Mrs Forster's / The First of May		Oyster Band	4:11
1984	Not the Fiery Clockface		Oyster Band	3:34
1984	P's / J's		Oyster Band	4:24
1984	Spaghetti Junction / Dixie's / Stack Ryan's		Oyster Band	3:56
1984	The Belfast Almanac / Folkestone for the Day		Oyster Band	3:15
1984	The Redowa Polka		Oyster Band	4:21
1984	Three Jolly Sheepskins / Speed the Plough		Oyster Band	5:18
1989-10 – 1990-01	Gonna Do What I Have to Do		Oyster Band	3:19
1989-10 – 1990-01	Jail Song Two		Oyster Band	4:07
1989-10 – 1990-01	The Oxford Girl (Slow version, 1989/90)		Oyster Band	4:23
1990	All Tomorrow’s Parties		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	3:49
1990	Dark Eyed Sailor		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	4:14
1990	Dives and Lazarus		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	4:20
1990	Finisterre		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	3:43
1990	Lullaby of London		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	2:44
1990	Mississippi Summer		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	3:18
1990	Night Comes In		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	4:54
1990	Pain or Paradise		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	3:13
1990	Susie Clelland		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	5:13
1990	Valentine’s Day Is Over		June Tabor & The Oyster Band	3:26
	A Longport Hymn		Oyster Band	2:00
	Abroad as I Was Walking		Oyster Band	4:08
	Annan Water		Oyster Band	3:47
	Bold Wolfe		Oyster Band	4:38
	Fanny Blair		Oysterband	6:31
	Gallop Hey		The Oyster Band	3:12
	Holligrave / Wayfaring Stranger		Oyster Band	5:22
	Michael Turner's Waltz		The Oyster Band	2:46
	My Young Man		Oysterband	3:41
	Old Molly Oxford		Oyster Band	1:33
	Rufford Park / Bobbing Joe		Oyster Band	6:38
	Slippin’ and Slidin’		Oyster Band	2:47
	Sons of Freedom		Oyster Band	4:23
	Stonecutter Boy		The Oyster Band	1:50
	The Dockyard Gate		Oyster Band	3:27
	The Furze Field		Oysterband	2:51
	The Green Bed		Oysterband	3:54
	The Prentice Boy		Oyster Band	4:53
	The Sheepstealer		The Oyster Band	2:53
	Think of England		The Oyster Band	4:09
	Valse du Cochon Noir / Port Arthur Stomp		Oysterband	4:04
	Waiting on Glory		Oysterband	3:18
	William Hall		Oysterband	3:48
	vocals
1987	The Lost and Found (remix)	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:22
1989-12-31	Coal Not Dole (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)	lead vocals	Oyster Band	2:16
1989-12-31	I Fought the Law (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)	lead vocals	Oyster Band	4:08
1989-12-31	New York Girls (live, 1989-12-31: The Hackney Empire, London, England)	lead vocals	Oyster Band	5:32
1991	Granite Years (remix)	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:18
1993	Blood Wedding	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:04
1993	Rambling Irishman	lead vocals	Oysterband	5:03
1994-08	Another Quiet Night in England (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:21
1994-08	Bells of Rhymney (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	5:09
1994-08	Coal Not Dole (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	2:05
1994-08	Love Vigilantes (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:06
1994-08	One Green Hill	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:15
1994-08	Oxford Girl (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:11
1994-08	Polish Plain (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:05
1994-08	We Could Leave Right Now (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	5:35
1994	20th of April	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:38
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	Factory Girl (live, 2004-05: Bush Hall, London, England)	lead vocals	Oysterband & June Tabor	6:31
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	John Barleycorn (live, 2004-05: Bush Hall, London, England)	lead vocals	Oysterband, Steve Knightley & June Tabor	3:52
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	Love Will Tear Us Apart (live, 2004-05: Bush Hall, London, England)	lead vocals	Oysterband & June Tabor	3:43
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	The Cornish Farewell Shanty (live, 2004-05: Bush Hall, London, England)	lead vocals	Oysterband, Eliza Carthy, June Tabor, Jim Moray, Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks & Steve Knightley	2:43
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	The New Jerusalem (live, 2004-05: Bush Hall, London, England)	lead vocals	Oysterband, Eliza Carthy, June Tabor, Jim Moray, Brett Sparks, Rennie Sparks & Steve Knightley	2:37
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	We Shall Come Home (live, 2004-05: Bush Hall, London, England)	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:43
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	Whitehaven (live, 2004-05: Bush Hall, London, England)	lead vocals	Oysterband & Brett Sparks	2:52
2006	Dancing as Fast as I Can (radio version)	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:56
2006	Dancing as Fast as I Can	lead vocals	Oysterband	5:40
2006	Here Comes the Flood (radio version)	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:51
2009	Boy in the Window	background vocals	John Jones	3:46
2009	Boy in the Window	lead vocals	John Jones	3:46
2009	Fire Marengo	background vocals	John Jones	2:55
2009	Fire Marengo	lead vocals	John Jones	2:55
2009	Henry Martin	lead vocals	John Jones	3:40
2009	Let Me Fall	lead vocals	John Jones	2:32
2009	Litten Tree	lead vocals	John Jones	3:18
2009	Newlyn Town	lead vocals	John Jones	3:09
2009	One Morning in Spring	lead vocals	John Jones	4:14
2009	One Night as I Lay on My Bed	lead vocals	John Jones	3:04
2009	Polly on the Shore	lead vocals	John Jones	4:15
2009	Polly on the Shore	background vocals	John Jones	4:15
2009	Rocks of Bawn	lead vocals	John Jones	5:49
2009	Searching for Lambs	lead vocals	John Jones	3:47
2009	Walking Through Ithonside	lead vocals	John Jones	3:57
2009	Walking Through Ithonside	background vocals	John Jones	3:57
	A Fire Is Burning	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:19
	Another Quiet Night in England	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	4:06
	Bold Riley	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	4:16
	Born Under the Same Sun	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:46
	Bully in the Alley	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	4:02
	By & By		Chumbawamba	4:33
	Cry, Cry	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:34
	Day Trip to Bangor	background vocals	Fiddler’s Dram	4:20
	Daytrip to Bangor (single version)	background vocals	Fiddler’s Dram	2:55
	Flatlands	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	5:45
	Fly or Fall	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:36
	Gaol Song	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	3:41
	Gone West	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:04
	Hal-an-Tow (1994 re-recording)	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:25
	Hal-an-Tow (1986 recording, single)	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	4:25
	Here’s to You	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:16
	Hull or Hell	background vocals and guest	Chumbawamba	3:31
	I Look for You	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:04
	Jack in London City	background vocals	Fiddler’s Dram	4:05
	Laughter in a Time of War		Chumbawamba	2:49
	Lest We Forget	lead vocals	Chumbawamba	1:28
	Molly Bond	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	4:33
	Moving On	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:46
	My Son	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:40
	Nottingham Goose Fair	background vocals	Fiddler’s Dram	3:15
	Roll Away	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:54
	Roll Away	background vocals	Oysterband	3:54
	Star of the Sea	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:35
	Streams of Innocence	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:03
	The Corner of the Room	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:48
	The Day That the Ship Goes Down	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	4:30
	The Old Dance	lead vocals	The Oyster Band	4:23
	The Road to Santiago	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:29
	The Time Is Now	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:22
	Walking Into Battle With the Lord		Chumbawamba	2:58
	We Shall Come Home	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:19
	When I’m Up I Can’t Get Down	lead vocals	Oysterband	3:31
	Wonders Are Passing	lead vocals	Oysterband	4:28
	instruments
1984	20 Golden Tie-Slackeners	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oyster Band
1985	Liberty Hall	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oyster Band
2004-05-18 – 2004-05-20	The Big Session, Volume 1	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oysterband with Eliza Carthy, The Handsome Family, Ben Ivitsky, Jim Moray, James O'Grady, Show of Hands & June Tabor
2011-02 – 2011-04	Ragged Kingdom	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	June Tabor & Oysterband
	Archetype Café	bass	Talis Kimberley
	English Rock 'n' Roll: The Early Years 1800–1850	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oyster Band
	Fiddler's Dram	diatonic button accordion [meodeon]	Fiddler's Dram
	Freedom and Rain	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	June Tabor & The Oyster Band
	Freedom and Rain	accordion	June Tabor & The Oyster Band
	Jack’s Alive	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	Oyster Ceilidh Band
	Lie Back and Think of England	diatonic button accordion [melodeon]	The Oyster Band
	vocals
1985	Liberty Hall	lead vocals	Oyster Band
2011-02 – 2011-04	Ragged Kingdom		June Tabor & Oysterband
	English Rock 'n' Roll: The Early Years 1800–1850	lead vocals	Oyster Band
	Freedom and Rain		June Tabor & The Oyster Band
	Jack’s Alive	lead vocals	Oyster Ceilidh Band
	Lie Back and Think of England	lead vocals	The Oyster Band
	arranged
	'Twas Within a Mile (Oysterband arrangement)
	(When I Was No But) Sweet Sixteen (Oysterband arrangement)
	Abroad as I Was Walking (Oysterband arrangement)
	Annan Water (Oysterband arrangement)
	Banks of Newfoundland (John Jones arrangement)
	Banstead Downs
	Belle Rosine (Oysterband arrangement)
	Blackwaterside (Oysterband arrangement)
	Bobbing Joe (Oysterband arrangement)
	Bold Riley (Oysterband arrangement)
	Bold Wolfe (Oysterband arrangement)
	Bonnie Suzie Clelland
	Bonny Bunch of Roses (Oysterband arrangement)
	Boscastle Breakdown (Oysterband arrangement)
	Brandy (arrangement of "Drops of Brandy"?)
	Bright Morning Star (Oysterband arrangement)
	Coal Creek Mine
	Cropper Lads
	Dark Eyed Sailor (Oysterband arrangement)
	Dives and Lazarus (Oysterband arrangement)
	Dumbarton Castle (Oysterband arrangement)
	Factory Girl (Oysterband arrangement)
	False True Love (Oysterband arrangement)
	Fanny Blair (Oysterband arrangement)
	Fire Marengo (John Jones arrangement)
	Folkestone for the Day (Oysterband arrangement)
	Fountains Flowing
	Gallop Hey (Oysterband arrangement)
	Galopede (Oysterband arrangement)
	Gaol Song (Oysterband arrangement)
	Go and Enlist (Oysterband arrangement)
	Hal-an-Tow (Oysterband arrangement)
	Herne Bay Dance (Oysterband arrangement)
	Hoolichan's (Oysterband arrangement)
	Hunting the Hare (Oysterband arrangement)
	I'll Show You Wonders (Oysterband arrangement)
	If My Love Loves Me (Oysterband arrangement)
	Jack's Alive (Oysterband arrangement)
	Jim Jones (John Jones arrangement)
	John Appleby (Oysterband arrangement)
	John Barleycorn (Oysterband arrangement)
	Johnny Leary's (Oysterband arrangement)
	Johnny Mickey Barry's / Salmon Tails Down the Water
	Judas (Was a Red-Headed Man) (Oysterband arrangement)
	Kentish Cricketers (Oysterband arrangement)
	La Morisque (Oysterband arrangement)
	Limbo (Oysterband arrangement)
	Lyke Wake Dirge (Oysterband arrangement)
	Mad Moll (Oysterband arrangement)
	Marche due fin du bal (Oysterband arrangement)
	McMahon's (Oysterband arrangement)
	Michael Turner's Waltz (Oysterband arrangement)
	Molly Bond (Oysterband arrangement)
	My Young Man (Oysterband arrangement)
	New York Girls (Oysterband arrangement)
	Newlyn Town (John Jones arrangement)
	News of the Victory (Oysterband arrangement)
	Not the Fiery Clockface (Oysterband arrangement)
	On One April Morning (Oysterband arrangement)
	One Morning in Spring (John Jones arrangement)
	One Night as I Lay on My Bed (John Jones arrangement)
	Oyster River Hornpipe (Oysterband arrangement)
	Peacock Followed By the Hen (Oysterband arrangement)
	Polly on the Shore (John Jones arrangement)
	Port Arthur Stomp (Oysterband arrangement)
	Rambling Boys of Pleasure (John Jones arrangement)
	Rambling Irishman (Oysterband arrangement)
	Rocks of Bawn (John Jones arrangement)
	Rufford Park (Oysterband arrangement)
	Scartaglen (Oysterband arrangement)
	Schottische d’Auvergne (Oysterband arrangement)
	Searching for Lambs (John Jones arrangement)
	Son David (Oysterband arrangement)
	Sons of Freedom (Oysterband arrangement)
	Speed the Plough (Oysterband arrangement)
	Stack Ryan's (Oysterband arrangement)
	Star of the County Down (Oysterband arrangement)
	Stonecutter Boy (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Belfast Almanac (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Bishop of Chester's Jig (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Blean Hoodening Song (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Breaking of Our Lord's Birthday
	The Clare Jig (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Clog (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Committee Jig (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Cornish Farewell Shanty (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Curlyheaded Ploughboy (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Curragh of Kildare (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Dockyard Gate (Oysterband arrangement)
	The False Knight on the Road (Oysterband arrangement)
	The First of May (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Furze Field (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Green Bed (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Humours of Ballydesmond (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Kesh (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Lakes of Cool Flynn (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Lakes of Cool Flynn (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Lawyer (Oysterband arrangement)
	The Leaves of Life (Oysterband arrangement)
	The One-Horned Sheep (Oysterband arrangement)
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	composed
	After Rain
	And As for You
	Arise, Arise
	Black and White Bird
	Boy in the Window
	Down by the Lake
	Ferryman
	Ghosts of the Village
	Henry Martin
	I Know It's Mine
	In Your Eyes
	J's
	Jump Through the Fire
	Let Me Fall
	Liberty Hall
	Litten Tree
	My Country Too
	Native Son
	Never Stop Moving
	No Ordinary Girl
	Noah and the Raven
	On the Edge
	Pierrepoint's Farewell
	Red Barn Stomp
	Scattergun
	She Wrote Her Name Today
	She's Moved On
	Six Grey Men
	Someone You Might Have Been
	Spirit of Dust
	Steal for Joy
	Street of Dreams
	The Wanderer
	This Is the Voice
	Walking Through Ithonside
	Ways of Holding On
	lyrics
	A River Runs Through
	A Time of Her Own
	After Rain
	Black and White Bird
	Down by the Lake
	Ferryman
	Ghosts of the Village
	Henry Martin
	I Know It's Mine
	Jump Through the Fire
	Let Me Fall
	Litten Tree
	Never Stop Moving
	No Ordinary Girl
	Pierrepoint's Farewell
	Scattergun
	She Wrote Her Name Today
	She's Moved On
	Spirit of Dust
	Steal for Joy
	Street of Dreams
	The Wanderer
	This Is the Voice
	Walking Through Ithonside
	wrote
	A Clown's Heart
	A Fire Is Burning
	After London
	All That Way
	Angels of the River
	Another Quiet Night in England
	Blood Wedding
	Born Under the Same Sun
	Boy in the Window
	Bully in the Alley
	Bury Me Standing
	By Northern Light
	Control
	Cry, Cry
	Dancing as Fast as I Can
	Diamond for a Dime
	Diamonds on the Water
	Don't Slit Your Wrists for Me
	Elena's Shoes
	Everybody's Leaving Home
	Everything Must Go
	Everywhere I Go
	Fiddle or a Gun
	Fly or Fall
	Following in Father's Footsteps
	Gone West
	Granite Years
	Hallelujah
	Hangman Cry
	Heaven to Calcutta
	Here Comes the Flood
	Here's to You (Oysterband)
	I Built This House
	I Look For You
	I Once Loved a Lass (Oysterband arrangement)
	If You Can't Be Good
	Jail Song Two
	Jam Tomorrow
	Just One Life
	Liberty Hall
	Like a Swimmer in the Ocean
	Little Brother
	Long Dark Street
	Milford Haven
	Moving On
	My Mouth
	My Son
	No Reason to Cry
	Not Like Jordan
	Only When You Call
	Our Lady of the Bottles
	Over the Water
	Palace of Memory
	Pigsty Billy
	Rise Above
	Road to Santiago
	Sail On By
	Ship Sets Sail
	Shouting About Jerusalem
	Someone Somewhere
	Steal Away
	Sticks and Stones
	Streams of Innocence
	Take Me Down
	That Melancholy Way
	The Boy's Still Running
	The Corner of the Room
	The Day That Ship Goes Down
	The Deserter
	The Early Days of a Better Nation
	The Oxford Girl
	The Shouting End of Life
	The Soul's Electric
	The Wilderness
	Tincans
	Too Late Now
	Uncommercial Song
	Voices
	Wayfaring
	We'll Be There
	When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down)
	Where the World Divides
	Wonders Are Passing

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