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John Meed

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About Me

I was born in Manchester and my parents moved out to Rochdale, Lancashire (which Spotland Road is about) when I was about two. We lived there until I was coming up to 10, when we moved to what is now Milton Keynes. I studied in Leeds (missing the last bus home too often) and have for most of the time since lived and worked in Cambridge, UK. I began playing guitar and piano in my teens and started writing songs soon afterwards. I released my first CD, The children of the sea, in December 2005, and my second CD, Powder of the Stars, in January 2007.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/3/2007
Band Website: johnmeed.net
Band Members: It's mainly me but I have the priviledge to work with some other great artists including singers Christene LeDoux, Amanda Hall, Sandra O'Neill, Lizzie Taylor and Dave Streatfield, guitarists Lester Lloyd-Reason and Jim Gosney and violinist Lis Wilson.
Influences: My song writing is influenced by many of the artists I have listened to over the years, including Christy Moore, John Lennon, Ray Davies, Eric Bogle, Bruce Springsteen and Roy Harper. Eric B had the kindness to say of Children of the sea ‘Good honest songs John.’
Sounds Like: Some very kind comments on my music include: ‘John Meed’s beautifully melodic heartfelt songs range across war, the world, injustice and love.’ (From review at www.wereallneighbours.co.uk) ‘Thanks so much for contributing in a big way to what was another very buzzy night at the Club. Thanks especially for bringing in such a great audience.’ (Marion Treby, Cambridge Folk Club)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Extracts from the Sue Marchant Show

As a supporter of Rochdale I'm probably not entitled to make bitchy comments about underperforming football teams from beneath the football league but here goes! To all those of you who tried to tune ...
Posted by John Meed on Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:58:00 PST

Cambridge Folk Festival

I finally got round to playing the club tent at the Cambridge Folk Festival, in the Acoustic Routes session on the Saturday afternoon. Lester, who played guitar on a couple of the tracks on my Myspac...
Posted by John Meed on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:07:00 PST

Thesalonika

Isabelle and I are back from a couple of weeks in Greece; a great experience all round, and three years after I wrote 'Thesalonika' we visited the town itself. It's one of the most energetic places I ...
Posted by John Meed on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:25:00 PST

Iraq 4 years on

April 9 marks the fourth anniversary of George Bush's 'victory' in Iraq. Four years on things seem to go from bad to worse in both Iraq and Afghanistan. While I'm relieved on a human level that the Br...
Posted by John Meed on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 04:00:00 PST

CB2 on March 26

My next gig is at CB2 in Norfolk Street, Cambridge on Monday March 26 (Note change of venue). Lizzie Taylor (who sang on the Last bus to Leeds on Powder of the stars) and I have been working on some o...
Posted by John Meed on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 02:45:00 PST

Here at last

Well I've finally made it onto Myspace. I'll add some sensible blog entries soon but in the meantime please do become my friend!
Posted by John Meed on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:24:00 PST