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Jon Loomes

General Info

  • Genre: Acoustic / Folk / Indie

    Location DONCASTER, UK

    Profile Views: 24752

    Last Login: 8/14/2011

    Member Since 9/22/2006

    Website www.jonloomes.com

    Record Label Fellside

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    ..JON LOOMES .. sings and plays a dozen or so instruments. He breaths fire, writes sonnets, paints in the style of Botticelli and makes violins. He doesn't like to blow his own trumpet (actually, it's a cornet) but he's aware that everyone says he is too self-deprecating, a failing that he is struggling hard to put right. Handsome, charming, witty and modest, Jon Loomes is beautifully constructed from English fine bone china and is lavishly adorned with 22 carrat gold. He comes fully equipped with heated seats, sat nav and electric windows, on the road from just £200,000. Send no money now. ....Jon runs a recording studio specialising in acoustic music. He's also in charge of the Melodeon, Concertina and Violin departments at The Music Room in Cleckheaton. .. ..Jon performs solo, plays in a duo with the very delicious and fragrant Mr. ..Paul Scourfield.. (squeezeboxer extraordinaire), is part of Paul's legendary English Ceilidh outfit ..The Mad River Band.. and is currently grinding his hurdy gurdy for the incredibly strange and unbelievably french trio ..Hérétique... He was a founder member of the Notorious folk/punk act ..Whorticulture.. for which he apologises profusely. He was also a member of one of ..Spiers and Boden..'s unsuccessful side projects. Apparently ..Jim Moray.. has done a "cover version" of one of his songs, although given that everything Jon does is trad. arr... it's a little bit silly to say that. .. .. TODAY'S NEWS: THE BROTHERS DROHNE .. (Jon Loomes and The inimitable Philip G Martin) will be playing this coming Monday at the Tower of London, opening for ..The Good, The Bad & The Queen. .. Jon has absolutely no idea what's going on, but it all sounds very exciting. .... Contrary to popular belief, it would appear that Jon Loomes IS indestructable after all. ...... ....NOW THIS IS JUST PLAIN WEIRD - THERE'S SOME MAD STUFF ON THE NET!.. ........ .. If I was one of these celebrities I'd be quite upset at being told I looked like a man. Still, it's nice to know I have something else in common with Eva Herzigova - To be quite honest, I've no idea who half of these people are. Then again, I'm not too sure who the one in the middle is either. ..
  • Members

    ..Jon Loomes ..(guitar, vocal, fiddle, english concertina, melodeon, cittern, bagpipes, hurdy gurdy and so on) ...... Ably assisted by my very good friends:.. .... ..Paul Scourfield.. (melodeon, mandola).. ..Michael Beeke.. (English bagpipes, recorders, tuba).. ..Philip G. Martin.. (Hurdy-gurdy, Pipes, Psychedic Post-Punk Genius).. ..Murray Grainger.. (Accordions, Bandoneon, Counter Tenor).. ..Tony Taffinder.. (Amazing photographs, Guitar tech extraordinaire).. ..Colin Kendall.. (Maker of great guitars, superb mandolins etc).. ..Jimmy Ivanovitch Olorosco Ap Hendrix Ben Correlli.. (Svengali)..
  • Influences

    Martin Carthy, Nic Jones, Ralph McTell, Joseph Taylor, Nelson Ridley, Levi Smith, Caroline Hughes, John Renbourn, James Fagan & Nancy Kerr, Roger Nicholson, Jez Lowe, The Ramones, John Cooper Clarke, Jimmy Ivanovitch Correlli, Jello Biafra, Arthur Scargill, Kier Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Cats
  • Sounds Like

    Martin Carthy, Nic Jones

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    http://www.myspace.com/somebizarrerecords land turtles cannot put one’s self onto a fence post,  happiness and success grounded be that turtle, Only that person who has no knowledge is capable of knowing  There is no avoiding the dirt of cart wheels  http://www.myspace.com/somebizzare.somebizarre1 ;

    1 year ago
  • Shirley R. Hampton

    Hey!thanks add me.


    2 years ago
  • Shirley R. Hampton


    Hi,how are you?

    2 years ago
  • Shirley R. Hampton



    Hey,How are you todady .i love you space fans.

    2 years ago
  • Ash (TOUR BUILDING) Man…

    Enjoying your site !

    From bardic roots



    Ash Mandrake, entering the folk scene in 2011
    With hats, double neck guitar, loop machine and medieval mischief
    Please enjoy. Ash :o)

    2 years ago
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    Pierrot: the Movie

    Hi, Jon and all Friends of Pierrot !
    Just to let you know that our MySpace page now features previously unreleased footage of a Wild Night Out on the Isle of Axholme...

    2 years ago
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    Hello,How do you do?

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    Hi,how are you?

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    It's Monday today, I think it's a new begi

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  • David Franks: Walkabout…

    After you've finished here, you may like to hear this poem sung on MySpace...

    Poem cum song 5 of 230, WalkaboutsVerse (see my Blog for details):
    STATE TO STATE

    (TUNE:

    C F G F
    C F G F
    C F G F
    C F G F
    F G F C
    F G F C
    F G F C
    C F F F)

    From Sydney Town,
        In uni. break,
    I drove out west
        To earnings make
    Onion picking,
        On the fields
    Of Echuca,
        That year’s yields.

    After day’s work,
        From Y.H.A.,
    A group of us
        Would not delay
    To walk on down
        To the dirt rim
    Of the Murray,
        For a cool swim.

    On one such day,
        I do declare,
    Some three of us
        Had a big dare
    To swim across,
        From state to state,
    The wide Murray -
        I took the bait.

    Yes, foolishly,
        I took the bait -
    A choice that I
        Would come to hate,
    For I almost
        Did drown that date,
    Making the swim
        From state to state.

    (C) David Franks 2003

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Bio:

JON LOOMES sings and plays a dozen or so instruments. He breaths fire, writes sonnets, paints in the style of Botticelli and makes violins. He doesn't like to blow his own trumpet (actually, it's a cornet) but he's aware that everyone says he is too self-deprecating, a failing that he is struggling hard to put right. Handsome, charming, witty and modest, Jon Loomes is beautifully constructed from English fine bone china and is lavishly adorned with 22 carrat gold. He comes fully equipped with heated seats, sat nav and electric windows, on the road from just £200,000. Send no money now.

Jon runs a recording studio specialising in acoustic music. He's also in charge of the Melodeon, Concertina and Violin departments at The Music Room in Cleckheaton.

Jon performs solo, plays in a duo with the very delicious and fragrant Mr. Paul Scourfield (squeezeboxer extraordinaire), is part of Paul's legendary English Ceilidh outfit The Mad River Band and is currently grinding his hurdy gurdy for the incredibly strange and unbelievably french trio Hérétique. He was a founder member of the Notorious folk/punk act Whorticulture for which he apologises profusely. He was also a member of one of Spiers and Boden's unsuccessful side projects. Apparently Jim Moray has done a "cover version" of one of his songs, although given that everything Jon does is trad. arr... it's a little bit silly to say that.

TODAY'S NEWS: THE BROTHERS DROHNE (Jon Loomes and The inimitable Philip G Martin) will be playing this coming Monday at the Tower of London, opening for The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Jon has absolutely no idea what's going on, but it all sounds very exciting.

Contrary to popular belief, it would appear that Jon Loomes IS indestructable after all.

NOW THIS IS JUST PLAIN WEIRD - THERE'S SOME MAD STUFF ON THE NET!

If I was one of these celebrities I'd be quite upset at being told I looked like a man. Still, it's nice to know I have something else in common with Eva Herzigova - To be quite honest, I've no idea who half of these people are. Then again, I'm not too sure who the one in the middle is either.

Member Since:

September 22, 2006

Members:

Jon Loomes (guitar, vocal, fiddle, english concertina, melodeon, cittern, bagpipes, hurdy gurdy and so on)

Ably assisted by my very good friends:

Paul Scourfield (melodeon, mandola)
Michael Beeke (English bagpipes, recorders, tuba)
Philip G. Martin (Hurdy-gurdy, Pipes, Psychedic Post-Punk Genius)
Murray Grainger (Accordions, Bandoneon, Counter Tenor)
Tony Taffinder (Amazing photographs, Guitar tech extraordinaire)
Colin Kendall (Maker of great guitars, superb mandolins etc)
Jimmy Ivanovitch Olorosco Ap Hendrix Ben Correlli (Svengali)

Influences:

Martin Carthy, Nic Jones, Ralph McTell, Joseph Taylor, Nelson Ridley, Levi Smith, Caroline Hughes, John Renbourn, James Fagan & Nancy Kerr, Roger Nicholson, Jez Lowe, The Ramones, John Cooper Clarke, Jimmy Ivanovitch Correlli, Jello Biafra, Arthur Scargill, Kier Hardy, George Bernard Shaw, Cats

Sounds Like:

Martin Carthy, Nic Jones

Record Label:

Fellside

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