Career Edgar Jones (musician)

1 career

1.1 career: 1994
1.2 1995–2001: isrites , big kids
1.3 2002–2011: edgar jones & joneses , free peace
1.4 2012–present: solo work
1.5 collaborations

career
early career: 1994

jones born in liverpool. ged lynn , paul maguire, formed stairs, 1960s-oriented band english beat, garage rock, blues rock , psychedelic influences. band s manager, jason otty, play harmonica, , band later feature 2nd guitarists carl cook , daniel kearney before splitting in 1994. band achieved cult status album mexican r n b (1992).

1995–2001: isrites , big kids

jones formed isrites sean payne later of zutons, paul maguire s younger brother dave , luke goldberg later of book, , big kids again sean payne , russell pritchard later of zutons, , howie payne of stands. although both bands split before releasing anything, material has since been issued on several compilations released viper label.

2002–2011: edgar jones & joneses , free peace

having ditched summertyme pseudonym, edgar released first solo album edgar jones jones in 2005 entitled soothing music stray cats encompassing elements of jazz, r&b, soul , doo wop , recorded on portastudio donated johnny marr. edgar followed album gettin little joneses backed joneses in 2007 , masked marauder in 2009.

jones formed free peace in august 2008 nephew nick miniski , guitarist stuart gimblett. ep released via gigs, mail order , independent record shops in liverpool , in process of recordings debut album, set released on own label, loud soul in october 2009. band saw jones return 3 piece rock sound of stairs , had reportedly finished 20 songs debut album. despite regularly gigging, including major support slots oasis, band split album entitled stormy weather released under name edgar jones free peace thing in september 2011 on viper label on s year after band disbanded.

2012–present: solo work

under name edgar summertyme, jones released fourth solo album sense of harmony in 2012.

in november 2015, jones reunited stairs. stairs later released collection of rare recordings viper label.

in april 2016, jones soothing music stray cats re-issued on limited edition vinyl via mellotone.

in july 2016, jones put backing band johnny echols of love, show @ sefton park dubbed liverpool love featuring guest vocalists such john power , dave mccabe.

jones latest solo record entitled song of day , night released in 2017, on skeleton key records. jones put touring band, dubbed new joneses , toured uk fellow skeleton key acts headlining kristian ealey stage @ smithdown road festival in sefton park s palmhouse.

collaborations

since break-up of stairs, jones has worked ian mcculloch on mysterio (1992), paul weller (live , appears on live @ royal albert hall dvd, 2000), johnny marr in version of healers (where replaced alonza bevan of kula shaker), saint etienne, cherry ghost on thirst romance (2007) , lee mavers following departure of john power la s.