Member Since: 23/02/2007
Band Members: Me on guitar and vocals, cuarto, recorder and percussion
Becca Evans on saxophone, clarinet and bass clarinet, glockenspiel
Andy Warmington on gold guitar and trumpet, backing vocals
Ian Leaf on bass, keyboards, backing vocals
Patrick John Lawrence on violin, percussion
Laura Hewison ..o, backing vocals
Miki Noune ..boards, backing vocals, cymbals
We change the name of the band every time we do a gig because a) we can't agree, b) there is no name that can fully do us justice and c) it's fun
Names we have had: Rebecca Jones and the last crusade, Rebecca Jones and the homewreckers (an in-joke), Rebecca Jones and the Dark Knights (in hommage to Heath), Rebecca Jones and the Terrible Braves, Rebecca Jones and Steve Albini's teeny weeny meanies...
Various other wonderful musicians featured on the album include Sarah Gill, cello, Patrick John Lawrence on violin, Jeremy Williams on accordion, Andy Warmington on guitar, Adrian Martineau on bass guitar, James Emsell on bass guitar, Alex Hall on cymbals, Joe Fowler on piano and keys, Andrew Gardiner on guitar, keys, backing vocals, kitchen implements, lamps, the cupboard under the stairs etc...
If you play something and would like to join the band, then get in touch: I won't be happy till I have a full orchestra
Influences:
My mother sang folk songs (Irish, Scottish, English and American) to us when we were growing up, so they can't help but be an influence. She's a wonderful singer with a huge repertoire. I always kind of felt that songs existed by themselves, without any need for authors, like they sprang fully-formed into our collective unconscious like Venus on a shell. It took me years to even realise that some of the songs she sang had authors. Of course others were anonymous, and evolved down the ages like chinese whispers, with different singers adding or subtracting lyrics according to heir own interpretation. I still love this about folk music, and I like the fact that the line between artist and audience is blurred. It seems more honest than the they 'they artist-god, we audience' attitude so many people have today. I'm also a biologist, and one of the things I love so much about music is that it can't be explained. It's an instinct to people, like eating, sleeping, sex, and it evolved in every human society, along with story-telling. So it must be necessary, and it belongs to everybody.
I listened to all kinds of things as a kid. Particularly I remember Dancing in the Dark by Bruce Springsteen was my favourite song when I was about two. Apparently I was at a Rolling Stones concert as a foetus.
With the musical explosion of adolescence came Radiohead (who taught me that I wanted alarms and surprises,), Nirvana, The Clash, The Sex Pistols, Jimi Hendrix and (oh joy) Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, The Doors , and I embraced punk, hippieness, glam rock and soul at various stops along the line
If you crack open my head and look inside, you'll see lots of tiny little records playing at once, some of which would be: Del Shannon-Runaway, The Ronettes-Be My Baby, The Mamas and the Papas-California Dreamin', The Scissor Sisters-I don't feel like Dancing, The Smiths-Heaven knows I'm miserable now, Tom Waits-Tom Traubert's blues (4 sheets to the wind in Copenhagen), Sam Cooke-A Change is Gonna Come, Jerry Lee Lewis-Great Balls of Fire, Dick Dale and his Deltones-Surf Rider, Billie Holiday-Stormy Weather, Jacques Brel-Madeleine, Edith Piaf-Milord, Melanie Safka-Alexander Beetle, Blind Willie Johnson-John the Revelator, Tina Turner-River Deep, Mountain high, Shin Jin Rui-The Queen's Complaint, The Tornadoes-Telstar, The twin peaks them tune, Magnolia Electric Company-Farewell Transmission, Sid Vicious-My Way, Dexy's Midnight Runners-Geno, The Clash-The Magnificent Seven, The Beach Boys-Good Vibrations, Jefferson Airplane-Eyrie, Kate Bush-This woman's work, Rusted Root-Simeomiway, The Bugs-Yeah, I really know what you mean, Paul Simon-Gracelands, Jacques Brel-Le Plat Pays, Leonard Cohen-Famous Blue Raincoat, Jeff Buckley-Corpus Christi Carol, Jimmy Cliff-Many Rivers to Cross, Nina Simone-I got it bad and that aint good, Queen-I want to break free, Aretha Franklin-The House that Jack Built, Bob Dylan-Visions of Johanna, Prince-Kiss, Gershwin-Rhapsody in Blue, Tim Hardin-Reason to Believe, Hank Williams-I'm so Lonesome I could cry, Eddie Cochrane-something else, Big Brother and the Holding Company-a Combination of the Two, The Rolling Stones-Gimme Shelter, U2-Running to Stand Still, Holly Cole-I can see clearly now, Bruce Springsteen-Dancin in the Dark, Elton John-Tiny Dancer, Dire Straits-Brothers in Arms, Ray Charles-Georgia, Shivaree-Goodnight Moon, Ultravox-Vienna, Sister Rosetta Tharpe-Moonshine, Various-Summertime, Bob Marley-Three little birds, Antony and the Johnsons-I am a bird now, Dr John-Such a Night, Dusty Springfield-Son of a Preacherman, The Grateful Dead-Friend of the Devil, David Bowie-Sound and Vision, Christmas-God rest ye merry gentlemen, Edith Piaf-Autumn Leaves, Woody Guthrie-big rock candy mountains, Elvis Costello-Mischievous Ghost, Fats Domino-Blueberry Hill, David Bowie-Quicksand, Audrey Hepburn-Moon River, Joni Mitchell-Amelia, Guided by Voices-Gill Hives, The Small Faces-I feel much better, The Pixies-Caribou, Marilyn Monroe-Diamond's are a girl's best friend, Pink Floyd-Wish you were here, Roxy Music-Ladytron, Martha Wainright-Factory, M.I.A.-Paper Planes, Pulp-Common People, Rage against the Machine-Killing in the name of, Nirvana-lake of fire, Liza Minelli-Mein Lieber Herr, The Replacements-Unsatisfied, Patti Smith-Gloria, The Staple Singers-when will we be paid for the work we've done?, REM-I will try not to breathe, Will Oldham-I see a darkness, The Magnetic Fields-When my boy walks down the street, Arcade Fire-In the back seat, Judy Garland-Over the Rainbow, Micky 3D-L'Histoire de l'etre Humain, Grandmaster Flash-White Lines, Paul Robeson-Go down, Moses, The Band-Up on Cripple Creek, The French-The Animals, The Pogues-Fairytale of New York, Neil Young-Helpless, Buddy Holly-I guess it doesn't matter anymore, Brecht & Weil-Alabama song, The Animals-Bring it on Home, Gwen Stefani-Hollaback Girl, Meiko Kaji-Urami Bushi, The Everly Brother-Dream, Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris-Love Hurts, The Mamas and the Papas-Monday, Monday, These United Sates-Can you Picture That?, Wilson Pickett-the dark end of the street, The Shirelles-Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow, Otis Redding-Hard to Handle, Janis Joplin-Somebody to Love, Van Morrison-Caravan, Bobby Darin-Somewhere beyond the sea, The Doors-LA Woman, Simon and Garfunkle-the only living boy in New York, The Beatles-Long, long, long,The Gypsy Kings-Hotel California, Al Jolson-Swanee, Led Zeppelin-Going to California, Radiohead-Punchdrunk Lovesick Singalong, Jimi Hendrix-Little Wing, Bessie Smith-Mistreater, Josephine Baker-J'ai deux amours, Bizet-Carmen (the whole thing), Grieg-Pier Gynt, Mozart-The Magic Flute, Tchaikovsky-Swan Lake, Beethoven-Pastoral Symphony, La Marseillaise ...
Other influences: Ali Farke Toure, Carmen Linares, The Silver Jews, Jeff Lewis, Alan Lomax, Jean Ritchie, Ewan McColl, Ute Lemper, William Blake, Rudyard Kipling, W.B. Yeats, Keats, Coleridge, Walter de la Mare, Allen Ginsberg, birds, frogs and butterflies...
These are some of my paintings (or inkings)
snow geese
blue geisha
autumn
Record Label: Ex-Libris Records www.exlibrisrecords.co.uk
Type of Label: Indie