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John Turnbull

JOHN TURNBULL

About Me



I play lead guitar and sing in 'The Blockheads'.
Some of the bands I have enjoyed working with are:
Bob Geldof
World Party
Dave Stewart and the Spiritual Cowboys
Eurythmics
Talk Talk
London Beat
Paul Young
Nick Lowe
Skip Bifferty
The Chosen Few
Loving Awareness
Glencoe
Kaos Band

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/26/2006
Band Website: theblockheads.com
Band Members:

Chaz Jankel (aka Chas Jankel) - Guitar, Keyboards and Vocals
Mick Gallagher (aka Mickey Gallagher) - Hammond Organ, Piano and Synths
Norman Watt-Roy - Bass
John Turnbull - Guitar and Vocals
Derek The Draw (aka Derek Hussey) - Vocals
Dylan Howe - Drums
Gilad Atzmon - Sax
Lee Harris (aka Luc Warm) - Damage Control 2007 tour with Phill Jupitus - vocals
This is the official John Turnbull Myspace page, overseen by John and maintained by Kelley. Site designed by Kelley Pope


Sounds Like: Ian Dury & The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Record Label: BLOX
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Good News

Greetings friends, J T here on my day off. The U K tour is going good ,lots of new songs in our set now ,they work fine with The old Dury Blockheads set ,hoorah!.... Still excited about making my alb...
Posted by John Turnbull on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:45:00 PST

The Good News

Greetings friends, J T here on my day off. The U K tour is going good ,lots of new songs in our set now ,they work fine with The old Dury Blockheads set ,hoorah!.... Still excited about making my alb...
Posted by John Turnbull on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 11:45:00 PST

The Good News

Hello and greetings to all blockheads and blockettes.I am warming up for the Blockheads gig at 100 Club Oxford Steer on Feb. 7th and the acoustic gig on feb 29thb at union chapel islington with Chaz ...
Posted by John Turnbull on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:06:00 PST

John to tour with World Party in Sept

John will be hitting the road with World Party in Sept .World Party will be opening for Steely Dan on their Australian and New Zealand tour.See live show dates here .. tickets go no sale Monday Apri...
Posted by John Turnbull on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:40:00 PST

2007 marks 30 years of Blockhead

2007 marks 30 years of Blockhead music and we shall be celebrating the only way we know how... by playing loads of shows! First up will be a tour at the start of the year in which most of the venues ...
Posted by John Turnbull on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 06:47:00 PST

totally enjoyable blockheads gigs

Good evening lovely creatures , just to thank you all for tottallyy enjoyable gigs at Stratford on avon and burgess hill.. I went to a different dimension during Gilads solo in Clevor Trever at burges...
Posted by John Turnbull on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 05:58:00 PST

new music.

greetings lovely creatures,, had to tell you about Sean Lennons new album, Friendly Fire, its brilliant and so spooky cos he looks so like his dad,. its a DVD and CD. well worth the money..Imet Sean y...
Posted by John Turnbull on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:38:00 PST

post blockhead tour blues

oi oi bloggers and blockettes,its me on a day off,,, quite a rare item these daysSo the blockhead U K tour finished with a bang in wales, yes my trusted old friend boogie mark 1 gave up the ghost .in ...
Posted by John Turnbull on Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:20:00 PST

blockhead news sept. 2006

hey they say we cant do what we want but what do they know.im off on tour again round U.K. with thr blockheads.Ive been in usa most of the summer with Karl and world party,going back in november.. any...
Posted by John Turnbull on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 11:58:00 PST