Birth name John Spiers Occupation(s) Musician | Name John Spiers Genres Folk music | |
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Associated acts Spiers and Boden, Bellowhead Music groups Bellowhead (Since 2004), Spiers and Boden Albums Sea Shanties - Rousing Songs From the Age of Sail, Olde Irish Jigs & Reels, An English Folk Christmas Similar People Jon Boden, Paul Sartin, Benji Kirkpatrick, Rachael McShane, Justin Thurgur | ||
John spiers interview
John Spiers (born 1975) is an English melodeon, concertina and bandoneon player.
Contents
- John spiers interview
- John spiers lewes 11th april 2015
- Career
- Personal life
- Other publications
- References
John spiers lewes 11th april 2015
Career
John is best known for his work with the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead, and Eliza Carthy's old band The Ratcatchers. He is currently focusing on solo performance.
Personal life
John was born in Birmingham but moved to Abingdon at an early age. His father is a Morris dancer. He attended John Mason School in Abingdon, and then went on to study genetics at King's College, Cambridge. As a child he learned the organ and piano and when he was a university student he began to play the piano accordion and melodeon. After spending some time busking he started a new career selling melodeons.
He and his partner have a son and a daughter.
Other publications
References
John Spiers Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA