Simon Joyner
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| Simon Joyner | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1971 |
| Origin | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Americana |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Label(s) | Jagjaguwar, Team Love Records |
This article is about the American singer-songwriter, for the City Homicide television character, see Simon Joyner (City Homicide)
Simon Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Considered by some[citation needed] to be the forefather of the burgeoning Omaha music scene[citation needed], he has profoundly influenced the music of Bright Eyes[citation needed]. Joyner also collaborated with John Darnielle, of The Mountain Goats, and Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone. He is also famous for the so called "Peel Incident," when famous British DJ John Peel played his album The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll from beginning to end on air, only one of two times ever in his over 30 years of broadcasting [1]. The other instance occurred in 1977 when Peel played Bob Dylan's Desire.
[edit] Discography
- Umbilical Chords
- Room Temperature
- The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
- Heaven's Gate
- Songs for the New Year
- Yesterday, Tomorrow, and In Between
- The Christine EP
- The Lousy Dance
- Hotel Lives
- To Almost No One: Singer-Songwriter Series, Volumes 1-5
- Verbal Objects
- Here Comes The Balloons
- Lost With The Lights On
- Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994 - 1999
- Skeleton Blues
- Iffy
- Blue Melody: Live From The South
