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Jon (or Barny, Fuzzy)

Stop all that 1, 2, 1, 2 cack and just play a song please...

About Me


I work as a freelance sound engineer for live bands around the UK and Europe. I live in East London, although I'm originally from Doncaster in South Yorkshire. I'm currently the front of house engineer for Songdog who are signed to One Little Indian Records and Palm Springs who are signed to Random Acts Of Vinyl
Musically, I'm into a bit of this and a bit of that, but the things that really do it for me are Northern Soul and Rocksteady. You can usually find me trying to dance at such places as the 100 Club (London), Coast To Coast (London), Crossfire (London), The Twisted Wheel (Manchester) and a few others when I get the chance.
Some people might remember me from my old bands The Ferrymen and Barny.... To see how young and good looking I used to be (!) you can check out www.myspace.com/theferrymen .
You can also check out some very old Ferrymen videos on YouTube.... They're pretty naff quality but hey, at least you can sort of see what's going on!
Click here for Let Go, Germany, 96
Click here for Green Eyed Monster, Germany, 96
Click here for All For Nothing, UK, 94
Click here for He Sees The Flowers, UK, 94
Click here for Whole World, UK, 94
Oh, and I'm also a wannabe Northern Soul DJ.... no experience but I have the vinyl! Anyone who wants to take a chance on me with their decks please get in touch!.....

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Northern Soulies, Rocksteady and Ska fans (old-skool only please!), fans of the old bands, sound engineers, bands who I have worked with, am about to work with, or those that need an engineer for one off shows / several shows.



Music:

Northern Soul, Ska, Rocksteady, R+B (the old skool 50s and 60s stuff!), Funk, Tuneful indie-pop, Baggy-era indie, Madchester, Britpop, The Redskins, Billy Bragg, The Housemartins, The Melodians, Phylis Dillon, Bradford, The Bridewell Taxis, The Wedding Present, Cinerama, Songdog, Instro-surf stuff, old-skool Rockabilly and Rock 'N' Roll, My Bloody Valentine, The Smiths... blaa blaa blaa....

Movies:

Duel, Absolute Beginners, Trainspotting, Baise Moi, Blaxploitation movies, Zombie movies, This Is England, Dead Man's Shoes...

Television:

Don't really watch much TV but quite like cop car-chase shows (quite sadly!), The Office, Peep Show, Fonejacker...

Books:

On The Road, Junky, Irvine Welsh stuff, Bret Easton Ellis stuff...

Heroes:

James Jamerson, Roy Hamilton, Chris Dean, Paul Heaton (up until the 2nd BS album.... after that it all went pear-shaped....)