Simon Joyner
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Simon Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska
, United States
. Considered by some to be the forefather of the burgeoning Omaha music scene , he has profoundly influenced the music of Bright Eyes. Joyner also collaborated with John Darnielle
, of The Mountain Goats
, and Beck
listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone. He is also famous for the so called "Peel Incident," when famous British DJ John Peel
played his album The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll from beginning to end on air. Joyner is named after Paul Simon.
Simon Joyner lives in Omaha with his wife and three children.
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the largest city in the state of Nebraska, United States, and is the county seat of Douglas County. It is located in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 20 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River...
, United States
United States
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. Considered by some to be the forefather of the burgeoning Omaha music scene , he has profoundly influenced the music of Bright Eyes. Joyner also collaborated with John Darnielle
John Darnielle
John Darnielle is an American musician, best known as the primary member of the American band The Mountain Goats, for which he is the writer, composer, guitarist, and vocalist.-Places Darnielle has lived:...
, of The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats
The Mountain Goats is an American indie rock band formed in Claremont, CA by singer-songwriter John Darnielle. For many years, the sole member of the Mountain Goats was Darnielle himself, despite the plural moniker....
, and Beck
Beck
Beck Hansen is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck...
listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone. He is also famous for the so called "Peel Incident," when famous British DJ John Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
played his album The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll from beginning to end on air. Joyner is named after Paul Simon.
Simon Joyner lives in Omaha with his wife and three children.
Albums
- Umbilical Chords (One-Hour OH-002 MC 1992)
- Iffy (Sing, Eunuchs! MC 1993) (reissue on LP by Unread Records in 2003; ltd. ed. of 300 copies with handmade covers)
- Room Temperature (One-Hour OH-006 MC & CD 1993) (reissue as a 2LP-set by JagjaguwarJagjaguwarJagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
(JAG041) on December 6, 2005) - The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll (Sing, Eunuchs! LP 1994) (reissue on LP and CD by Team Love (TL-016) on May 6, 2008)
- Heaven's Gate (Sing, Eunuchs! LP 1995) (released on CD by Brinkman Records in 1996)
- Songs For The New Year (Sing, Eunuchs! EUNUCH 38 LP 1997 / Shrimper Records SHR 92 CD 1997)
- Yesterday, Tomorrow, And In Between (Sing, Eunuchs! 2LP and CD 1998)
- The Lousy Dance (Truckstop LP and CD 1999)
- Hotel Lives (Truckstop 2LP and CD 2001)
- To Almost No One: Singer-Songwriter Series, Volumes 1-5 (w/ The Fallen Men) (Wee Black Skelf set of five 7" vinyl singles; the packaging was all hand-made and only 500 copies were assembled)
- Verbal Objects (Seagull 011 MC 2002) ("live recordings from the dreary West Coast, 2000")
- Here Comes The Balloons 1992-1999 (Unread Records compilation MC 2002) (a collection of 16 un-earthed, acoustic ballads, yarble, and dirge, spanning 1992-1999)
- Blue Melody: Live From The South (Shrimper Records CD-R 2003) (ltd. ed. of 500 copies; live in Chapel Hill, NC, July 2000)
- Lost With The Lights On (JagjaguwarJagjaguwarJagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
LP and CD March 16, 2004) - Stranger Blues (w/ Dennis Callaci) (Catsup Plate mini-LP November 2004) (recorded August 29, 2003 in the Callaci living room in Southern California; issued in a single edition of 500 one-sided LP's, silkscreened and hand assembled chipboard jackets in a "traditional" Catsup Plate brown butchers tape design scheme)
- Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994-1999 (JagjaguwarJagjaguwarJagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
JAG076 compilation 2LP and CD March 7, 2006) - Skeleton Blues (w/ The Fallen Men) (JagjaguwarJagjaguwarJagjaguwar is an indie rock record label based in Bloomington, Indiana.-History:In 1996, in Charlottesville, Virginia, friends of Darius Van Arman who performed in a band under the moniker The Curious Digit had just recorded a new album, but they were signed to no label...
LP and CD November 21, 2006) - Out Into The Snow (Team Love LP and CD September 15, 2009)
Singles and EPs
- Why You All So Thief?Why You All So Thief?Why You All So Thief? is a 7" EP split between The Mountain Goats and Simon Joyner .-Track listing:...
(Sing, Eunuchs! split 7" vinyl single w/ The Mountain Goats 1994) - Songs From A Room (Sing, Eunuchs! various artists 7" vinyl EP 1996)
- One For The Catholic Girls (w/ The Fallen Men) (Wurlitzer Jukebox 7" vinyl single 1998)
- The Christine EP (Secretly Canadian 12" vinyl and CD EP 1998)
- The Motorcycle Accident (w/ The Fallen Men) (Roomtone 7" vinyl single 1999)
- Grapefruit (w/ The Fallen Men) (Misplaced Music split 7" vinyl single w/ Two Dollar Guitar 2002)
- Here Come The Balloons (Tongue Master 7" vinyl single 2003)
Other appearances
- Bright Eyes - There Is No Beginning to the StoryThere Is No Beginning to the StoryThere Is No Beginning to the Story is an EP by Bright Eyes. The songs on it are fairly varied, with "From a Balance Beam" and "Loose Leaves" having more electronic qualities, while "Messenger Bird's Song" and "We Are Free Men" are more rooted in acoustic...
(2002, Saddle Creek)