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Garry Jones
12+ albums
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Garry Jones was a bass guitarist of such versatility that he was equally at ease backing jazzer Annette Peacock as Chuck Berry. The quality of his own output, whether solo or in the context of a group, also argued a talent far above the ordinary. Garry's was an academic success story too as he entered Liverpool's Waterloo Grammar School a year early and gained an honours degree in Latin at Lancaster University. In his final years, a scholarly nature dictated multi-faceted research into such disparate subjects as post-medieval icehouses in the environs of his home in Arborfield, Berkshire, and an intriguing new angle on the origin of Shakespeare's plays. To a wider world, however, Garry will be remembered as a musician whose career left the runway thrumming bass in various Merseyside rock outfits before he moved to Reading in 1975 to join Broad Street Rumour. Then, with guitarist John Townsend, he formed El Seven, who ploughed an appealing New Wave furrow, and were signed briefly to United Artists. However, a remarkable 1980 single, Radio Tokyo coupled with a poignant Jones opus, Turn Out The Light, topped Melody Maker's independent chart. Magnifico, an EP on the same local label sold steadily over a long period, and a latter-day track, Under Control - augmented by Lol Coxhill and Mike Cooper - appeared on a 1982 compilation album of Reading groups, Beyond The River, and was described by one discerning listener as "Albert Ayler meets The Sex Pistols". With the sundering of E
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# Garry Jones This album rewards attention for its rare demonstration of musical intelligence applied across genres—a bassist comfortable in jazz complexity and rock directness, yet with distinctive compositional vision. What emerges is neither fusion nor dilution but a coherent artistic voice grounded in genuine technical mastery. The work reflects an inquiring mind equally engaged with historical research and creative experiment, suggesting music made from genuine curiosity rather than commercial calculation. The craft throughout is unshowy but precise, allowing ideas space to develop naturally. For listeners seeking substantive instrumental work that resists easy categorization, this represents the output of an uncommon musician operating at full intellectual and technical capacity.
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Gloryland
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Fried Glass Onions Memphis Meets The Beatles Vol 2
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Eyes Shine Bright
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Romantic Reflections
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Fried Glass Onions Memphis Meets The Beatles Vol.2
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Fried Glass Onions Memphis Mee
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Not Far Away (Pop Rock ESC 2014 Danmark)
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Swiss NF 2014
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A Christmas to Remember
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First Snowfall... From Jim Clark
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Fried Glass Onions - Memphis Meets The Beatles (CD 2)
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Fried Glass Onions: Memphis Meets The Beatles (Disc 2)