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Jon Gomm

I am not a performing chimp

About Me

JONGOMM.COMI'm a guitarist/singer/songwriter from England.Hope you like the music - it's just me playing - all the noises are made with one acoustic guitar and my mouth. The audio and video on this page was recorded live at The Mixing Tin in Leeds in 2005
I play A LOT of gigs: in the past year I've done about 150. I am sometimes to busy (or too lazy) to put all my gig dates on this page, but you can always find them all on my website www.jongomm.com
I have a CD out, called Hypertension. You can buy it by clicking the button below...
Price: £9.99 (including postage and packing to anywhere in the world) - pay with credit card or debit card
Here's some things people have written about me...
"Sheer bloody genius sublime, impassioned songwriting"
Sandman Magazine
"We have seen the future of acoustic guitar playing, and it is called Jon Gomm"
Blues Matters
"One of the world's most successful, gifted and inspirational guitar players" Acoustic Magazine

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/19/2005
Band Website: jongomm.com
Band Members: me - acoustic guitar and vocal

Click here to visit the brand new Jon Gomm Forum!

Influences: Michael Hedges, Robert Johnson, Radiohead, Steve Vai, Miles Davis, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles (particularly Paul), Jennifer Batten, Lamb, Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, Nick Harper, Bukka White, The Screaming Headless Torsos, Steve Earle, John Coltrane, Jimi Hendrix, Nuno, Rage Against the Machine, Stevie Wonder, Nirvana, Prince, Steve Earl, Tommy Emmanuel, Preston Reed, Taj Mahal, Jeff Buckley, Robben Ford, Joe Satriani, Goldie, Keb Mo, Kings X, Soundgarden, Earth Wind and Fire, Richie Kotzen, Angelo Paladino, Scott Henderson, Blur, Dolly Parton, Bjork, Stanley Jordan and a lot of others (suggestions welcome)

Videos:
Press the play button to watch the videos (it might take a minute to start cos they're biggish files)
NEW! "Waterfall" video:: "Afterglow" video:: "Temporary" video::

Sounds Like: a guitar falling down a flight of stairs while its owner wails with grief


Record Label: www.performingchimp.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

ITALY TOUR 2008

Wine, music, wonderful food and beautiful cities and countryside!! Oh, and of course lots of hard hard work......JON GOMM ITALIA 2008 sab 8 mar @ ORTOSONICO - Pavia - http://www.ortosonico.com dom 9 m...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Sun, 17 Feb 2008 10:07:00 PST

Xmas 2007: new video, new album track for mailing listers, more news...

But firstly, apologies for not having Curses And Blessings (the new CD) ready in time for Christmas. I've just been snowed under with gigs, so I'm keeping things a bit quieter for early '08 so it'll b...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Sat, 22 Dec 2007 08:13:00 PST

The Omaha murderer - famous at last

click here to read his suicide notes if you're morbidly inclined The bit that hit me most, that makes you realise how detatched he was from the tragedy and anguish he was about to cause, was: "Just ...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Sat, 08 Dec 2007 06:49:00 PST

News updates: T-shirts, new album named, guitar endorsement

..>..>..>Jon Gomm Mailout Summer 2007New album update, T-shirts online, gigs & festies (including London next week and Leeds Guitar Night), guitar endorsement deal Welcome to my second newslet...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 06:58:00 PST

Leeds Guitar Night 2007

Amrit Sond myspaceMichael Berk myspaceJon Gomm myspaceTickets available from Jumbo Records, priced £6 (plus booking fee)Jumbo website Tel: 0113 245 5570 I put this line-up on 2 years ago (it seems lik...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Mon, 14 May 2007 07:41:00 PST

we need to talk...

The new Jon Gomm Official Forums have just been created! CLICK HERE TO VISIT THE FORUM Please feel free to ask any questions, post your messages and thoughts, or just say hello to get the ball rolli...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 03:33:00 PST

Street Teamers needed! Get exclusive mp3s and stuff

I am but one man. Which is good because if I was two people, the other one might be my evil twin. Like that episode of Knight Rider when Michael had a devillish double: Good Michael Knight Evil Michae...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:42:00 PST

New album update, plus other news...

Jan 2007: New album being recorded now!You may have noticed an uncharacteristically small number of gigs listed for Jan/Feb 2007. You might have thought I was getting lazy, or having a well-earne...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 10:30:00 PST

FREE Leeds gig - SUPPORT ACT NEEDED

"December 12th 2006 will be a cold and dank pre-Christmas Tuesday night on Kirkgate in Leeds city centre. Only the trundle of trains over the shadowy arches will break the silence. You might think. B...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:05:00 PST

Youtubery

I recently discovered that videos from my Press Pack had been uploaded to Youtube - 4 in total (including the 2 already on my website). I was a bit surprised at first, as I didn't know how people had ...
Posted by Jon Gomm on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:06:00 PST