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Jinder

Mercury Man...

About Me


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Jinder is a 27yr old singer/songwriter based in the UK, and a member of trio Mercury Men (see www.myspace.com/themercurymen for more). Having previously reached the UK top 20 with former band Candlefire, Jinder has since released three critically acclaimed solo albums ('Willow Park', 'I'm Alive' and 'The Three EPs') and has played over 1000 live shows worldwide, prior to the formation of Mercury Men, with good friends Simon Johnson and Gavin Wyatt. Mercury Men recently signed to Sony BMG/Arista, and are currently working on their debut album, due later in 2008. This May, Jinder is set to play a run of exclusive solo, acoustic shows, playing re-interpretations of the songs of Bob Dylan. This tour will be very short and exclusive, so don't miss out on tickets which are on sale now! Visit the live dates section for more.In the meantime, Jinder's solo albums are available from all good record stores throughout Europe, all major online retailers (amazon, hmv.com, CDbaby.com etc) all major online download retailers (iTunes, Napster etc) and, simplest of all, they are available to order from Jinder's website-see the link below for more.

More info can be found at:


www.jinder.co.uk

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/5/2005
Band Website: jinder.co.uk
Band Members: Jinder - Vocals, All Instruments
Influences: Townes Van Zandt, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, Neil Young, Dylan, Jackson Browne, James Taylor, Hank Williams, Nick Drake, Guy Clark, Gram Parsons, Chris Whitley, John Martyn, Lightnin' Hopkins, Robert Johnson, Ryan Adams, Cash, Jimmie Rodgers, Gillian Welch, Tom Waits, The Carter Family and endless more people.
Sounds Like: A gigantic mash-up of the above influences, but with a healthy dose of originality and God knows what else.
Record Label: Sony BMG
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Please vote for THE MERCURYMEN to play Twickenham Stadium at www.thelondonpaper.com/bonjovi

Hi all,          Please sashay over to www.thelondonpaper.com/bonjovi and vote for THE MERCURYMEN to support Bon Jovi this coming weekend! The only caveat ...
Posted by Jinder on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:23:00 PST

Dylan shows are done and dusted, now on with that Mercury Men album...

Hi All, Firstly I'd like to say a big thank you to everyone who turned out for the 'Jinder sings Dylan' shows...what fun we had. After the final Dylan show on Wed 19th March, I headed up to Lon...
Posted by Jinder on Fri, 23 May 2008 10:24:00 PST

New live shows, Jinder Sings Dylan gigs and Mercury Men arena tour...

Hello all, Apologies for my tardiness in blogging...it's been a mad few weeks, we're currently making the new Mercury Men album (due out in Oct, see www.myspace.com/themercurymen for more),...
Posted by Jinder on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:13:00 PST

JINDER signs SONY BMG deal with Mercury Men and plays O2 Arena on 29th April!

On Tuesday 8th April, JINDER signed a four album, worldwide record deal with Sony BMG, as one third of much vaunted trio MERCURY MEN (see www.myspace.com/musicmercurymen for more).The deal means that ...
Posted by Jinder on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:01:00 PST

MERCURY MEN currently recording debut album for 2008 release

Hi All,          Just a quick blog to let you know that my third solo album is currently on ice - due to a change of circumstances (all will be revealed in...
Posted by Jinder on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:09:00 PST

JINDER secures endorsement deals with Ellis Guitars and Knucklehead Strings

JINDER is proud to announce that he is now an officially endorsed artist of both Ellis Guitars and Knucklehead Strings. Ellis are based in Australia and chose to endorse JINDER as an official user of...
Posted by Jinder on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 08:06:00 PST

"Life" from I'm Alive ties with "Hill Country as the biggest radio hit yet!!

Hi,    Just a quickie to let you know that "Life" from "I'm Alive" has been playlisted at the following stations: Radio Ceredigian, UKRadio Gladsaxe, DenmarkCheshire FM, UKBBC Radio She...
Posted by Jinder on Wed, 09 May 2007 03:09:00 PST

Festivals, Festivals, Festivals...

Wow, what a year it's been so far-I feel like my feet have barely touched the ground since coming back from the USA in December. Many thanks to everyone who's come to the gigs and made them as enjoyab...
Posted by Jinder on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:24:00 PST

New album

Hey Folks,                  A quick update on where things are headed right now: I'm Alive, my new album, is gathering mo...
Posted by Jinder on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 08:50:00 PST

4 and half star review in Maverick Magazine

The album is racking up some great reviews (see more info in the "Press & Publicity" section of www.jinder.co.uk for more)-Maverick Magazine (the largest country music publication in the UK) have ...
Posted by Jinder on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:01:00 PST