Jon Redfern
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At the age of 11 Jon became interested in the electric guitar techniques and music of Edddie Van Halen and Jimmy Page.
When he was 18 he swapped his electric for an acoustic and moved towards the playing styles of guitarists such as Roy Harper and John Renbourn. At this time Jon moved to Durham, England to study horticulture and became influenced by North Eastern folk music.
Here, he developed his singing and percussion skills (playing tabla, congas and djembe) and at 22 joined the young borders band Tarras, who shortly after signed a record deal with Topic Records.
Over the next 5 years Tarras released 2 albums and toured extensively in Europe and the U.S. The band shared their song writing and singing duties giving Jon a chance to find his own unique voice, and to develop his arrangement skills.
After Tarras disbanded, Jon moved between Manchester and the North East where he worked as a croupier. This gave him time to explore his solo songwriting, drawing from personal experience whilst broadening his use of musical influences to include: Steve Reich, Steely Dan, John Coltrane and Pink Floyd.
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may be some time
9,632 listeners12 tracks
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May Be Sometime
1,470 listeners17 tracks
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Acoustic
246 listeners7 tracks
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What Else But Love
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zero-tolerance
He works for an IT company in London at the mo..
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Tayto1976
Just picking up on Bertovo's note below - Jon is still living in London. Got very hacked off with the music management company he was with during the recording of the 2nd album and hasn't picked up an instrument since then!!! It's a real crime to his talents in my opinion. I hear he's no quite senior in an IT company on the Strand at the moment! I still hear his music being played on Irish radio and also online with Radio Paradise - "I Love The Sun" constantly gets great reviews.
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Eitttlane
any update from this guy yet?
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Bertovo
So did this guy die or what?
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Northward
I wonder why he's so unknown.
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SometimeWorld
http://www.last.fm/music/Jon+Redfern/+images/29421303 vote it up :]
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wailingmiserere
I love 'May Be Some Time' so much... it's just an absolutely gorgeous album, beautifully produced. I've been wondering for a while if the title refers to the famous last words of Titus Oates' from the ill-fated expedition to the South Pole... 'I'm just going outside and may be some time.' Does anyone know?
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Tayto1976
Just got a pre release copy of Jon's new album - What Else But Love? - 9 tracks 1 - Spark In The Sky 2 - Part Of You 3 - Future Lies 4 - Play Of Fear 5 - Troubadour 6 - Forever Bound 7 - Temporary 8 - Rowing Away 9 - Don't Worry I'm going to enjoy listening to this album as much as recommending it to folks - Tayto
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SometimeWorld
so glad i stumbled across this album, simply amazing!
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Tayto1976
Been to see this man play a live gig about 5 times now, and the experience has usually left me with a huge positive vibe. Got to shake his hand a few times - hell of a talented musician - B.Murphy - Reuters Television London
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davidjennings
What about Anthea Redfern, Bruce Forsyth's old missus? Any relation?
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