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Jeb Loy Nichols is an American-born singer, songwriter, musician, and artist currently living in Wales. His music combines elements of soul, country, folk, reggae and blues.

Ralph Alfonso, owner of Bongo Beat Records, is quoted as saying “I am going to personally state on the record that this is one of the finest albums on my roster, something so fully formed and beautiful, it will continue to resonate and unravel its wonder long after you and I are long gone and forgotten. Like the best of Al Green or Marvin Gaye, this CD is perfect from beginning to end; a smooth and subtle sexual menage a trois of reggae, country and soul”.

Jeb Loy Nichols was born in Wyoming and raised in Missouri. A singer-songwriter whose first love of music came in the form of a Kansas City radio station that played country during the day and soul music at night he was raised on the sounds of Hank Williams, Bobby Womack, Al Green and Curtis Mayfield.

In his teens he moved to Austin, then to New York in the late 70s and on to London in the early 80s where he befriended and shared a house with Neneh Cherry, producer Adrian Sherwood, and Ari Up of The Slits. In London, he synthesized his love of punk, soul, and reggae music into the sounds of his first band, The Fellow Travelers who blended country-tinged, acoustic-based songs with a dub bottom. Spin Magazine described them as “the lonesome children of Merle, Marley and Marx”.

Jeb’s solo career started at Capitol Records with the incredible Lover’s Knot (1997). Now Then is his fourth album and was produced by Mark Nevers in Nashville. The band was a mix of young and old; Mark brought some members of Lambchop while Jeb brought Muscle Shoals veteran Clayton Ivey and soul legend Dan Penn.
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  • luckystoned

    luckystoned says: listen to jeb loy nichols ;-)

    August 2010

  • jeej

    Strange Faith And Practice is an incredible album!

    June 2009

  • mattcalico

    The Calico Bonnets would like to thank Jeb Loy Nichols sincerly for letting them put their version of his great song "Big Mistake" on last.fm. We appreciate that a lot. http://www.lastfm.de/music/The+Calico+Bonnets/_/Big+Mistake

    April 2009

  • MountainTopCafe

    Jeb is quite a talent. Music and art. (Jeb, thanks for letting me use one of your songs on my USA ROADTRIP 2008 film!) ~Ted S. (KSER DJ)

    January 2009

  • manraycowboy

    Melodic, moving and melancholy. This is a recipe for great music.

    September 2008

  • turnstone

    Jeb should be better known . His albums are always worth seeking out.

    June 2008
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