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Nic Jones (full name Nicholas Paul Jones) was born in 1947 in the English town of Orpington, Kent. He is one of the most enduring artists to come out of the 70s English folk revival. Although he originally styled himself as a folk singer, his fame rests largely on his skill as a guitarist and in composing memorable arrangements for traditional songs. 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...
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Orpington is a place in the London Borough of Bromley. ...
Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ...
Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004...
A roots revival (folk revival) is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. ...
Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ...
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In popular music an arrangement is a setting of a piece of music, which may have been composed by the arranger or by someone else. ...
Biography
His early musical interests included acts like Ray Charles and The Shadows. He first learned to play guitar while at school. His interest in folk music was aroused by some old school friends who had formed into a folk band called the Halliard. When the members of the Halliard decided to turn professional, one of them left to pursue a different career and Nic was invited to take his place. Whilst playing with the Halliard, Nic learned how to play the fiddle, and also how to research and arrange traditional material. Ray Charles was the stage name of Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004). ...
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The Halliard split up in 1968 as the members decided to pursue individual interests. For Nic, after a period at home with his family, this meant forging a career as a solo artist. At first finding work as a session musician, his solo career eventually took off and he recorded five solo albums, plus contributions to another album with the folk act Bandoggs.
In February of 1982, he was involved in a serious car accident while driving home after perfoming at Glossop Folk Club. He broke a large number of bones and suffered some brain damage and was hospitalised for eight months. Although he survived, he still suffers co-ordination problems and feels he is unable to play the guitar well enough to perform and record. He can no longer play the fiddle at all.
Nic now lives in York and continues to play guitar and write songs for his own pleasure. He has also developed a passion for chess. His wife, Julia, set up the record label Mollie Music which has issued two albums of re-mastered live recordings from Nic's early career. York is a city in northern England, at the confluence of the Rivers Ouse and Foss. ...
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Guitar Style Nic's guitar style was unique in its day and has often been imitated since. He played with a plastic thumb pick but not his fingernails. Instead he opted to grasp and pluck the strings of the guitar which led to the slapping down onto the fingerboard with no small force, a technique similar to that employed when plucking the lute. This created the percussive effect which became his signature sound. This article discusses the anatomical nail. ...
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He was also frequent user of open tunings, particularly in C and G. In guitar playing, a common meaning for open tuning is one where the strings are tuned so that a chord is achieved without fretting, or pressing any of the strings; using such a tuning other chords may be played by simply barreing a fret, or through the use of a...
It is interesting to note that Nic started out styling himself as a folk singer who played the guitar simply to accompany his singing on a few songs but his lasting fame rests largely on his hugely impressive guitar work. Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ...
Discography Nic's first four albums were originally released on vinyl and have never been reissued, making them rather sought after. The label that now owns them, Celtic Music, has stated it will not release CD versions until all the existing vinyl versions are sold. However, in spite of repeated enquiries by fans, no-one has yet managed to buy one of the 'existing' vinyl copies.
With the Halliard:
- It's The Irish In Me - The Halliard (1967)
- The Halliard and Jon Raven (1967)
As a member of Bandoggs (Pete and Chris Coe and Tony Rose) As a session musician with Maddy Prior and June Tabor Solo, now Unavailable: This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...
- Ballads and Songs (1970)
- Nic Jones (1971)
- The Noah's Ark Trap (1977)
- From the Devil to a Stranger (1978)
Solo, still available: - Penguin Eggs (1980)
- In Search of Nic Jones (1998) (remastered live material)
- Unearthed (2001) (remastered live material)
In 1999, John Wesley Harding released a tribute album entitled Trad Arr Jones. John Wesley Harding (b. ...
In 2001, Penguin Eggs was voted the 2nd best folk album of all time by listeners of the Mike Harding show on BBC Radio 2. The opening track on this album, Canadee-I-O, besides being an excellent example of Nic's guitar style is notable because it was recorded by Bob Dylan and included on his 1992 album Good as I Been to You. Whilst Canadee-I-O is a traditional folk song, some critics have accused Dylan of stealing Nic's arrangements for this song without credit or the offer of royalties. Others disagree, and believe the arrangements to be different. Another school of thought is that the arranger's copyright on recordings of traditional songs is little more than a legal fiction, allowing artists to receive "mechanical royalty payments" that would otherwise be kept by their recording labels. See the links below for further discussion on this issue. Mike Harding (born 1944) is a British singer and comedian. ...
BBC Radio 2 is one of the BBCs national radio stations and is the most popular station in the UK. It broadcasts throughout the UK on FM radio between 88 and 91 MHz from its studios in Western House, adjacent to Broadcasting House in central London. ...
Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and poet whose enduring contributions to American song are often compared, in fame and influence, to those of Stephen Foster, Irving Berlin, Woody Guthrie, and Hank Williams. ...
Web Sites - Nic's web site
- Interview on the Living Tradition site
- Article on Dylan/Jones arrangements for Canadee-I-O (Broken Link)
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