| Edgar Jones | |
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Edgar Jones in Tokyo, Japan on October 26, 2007 |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Edgar Jones |
| Also known as | Edgar Summertyme, Peg Majoly |
| Genres | English Beat, Blues rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, bass guitarist |
| Instruments | Bass guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Imaginary Records, Viper, Loud Soul |
| Associated acts | The Stairs, The Isrites, The Big Kids, Edgar Jones & The Joneses, Free Peace |
Edgar Jones, also known as Edgar Summertyme, is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Liverpool. Jones was originally the bass player and singer-songwriter for The Stairs and has played in other bands such as The Isrites, The Big Kids, Edgar Jones & The Joneses and Free Peace. He has also played as a session musician for several artists including Ian McCulloch, Paul Weller, Saint Etienne and Ocean Colour Scene.
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He formed The Stairs with Ged Lynn and Paul Maguire, a 60s-oriented band with English Beat, Garage Rock, Blues Rock and Psychedelic influences.[1] The bands manager Jason Otty would often play harmonica and the band would later feature 2nd guitarists Carl Cook and Daniel Kierney before splitting in 1994.[2] The band achieved cult status with the album Mexican R'n'B (1992).[3]
Edgar has also formed The Isrites with Sean Payne later of The Zutons, Paul Maguire's younger brother and Luke Goldberg later of Book,[4] and The Big Kids again with Sean Payne and Russell Pritchard later of The Zutons, and Howie Payne of The Stands. Although both bands split before releasing anything, material has since been issued on several compilations released by The Viper Label.
Edgar then formed Free Peace in the spring of 2009. An EP was released via gigs and independent record shops in Liverpool and are in the process of recordings their debut album, which is set to be released on their own label, Loud Soul.[5] The band sees Edgar return to the 3 piece rock sound of The Stairs.[6]
Having ditched the Summertyme pseudonym, Edgar released his first solo album as Edgar "Jones" Jones in 2005 entitled Soothing Music for Stray Cats[7] which encompassing elements of jazz, R&B, soul and doo wop and was recorded on a portastudio donated by Johnny Marr. Edgar then followed the album up with Gettin' a Little Help from The Joneses backed by The Joneses in 2007 and The Masked Marauder in 2009.
Since the breakup of The Stairs, Jones has worked with Ian McCulloch on Mysterio (1992),[8] Paul Weller (live and appears on Live at the Royal Albert Hall DVD (2000)),[9] Johnny Marr in an early version of The Healers (where he was replaced by Alonza Bevan previously of Kula Shaker), Saint Etienne, Cherry Ghost on their Thirst For Romance (2007)[10] and Lee Mavers following the departure of John Power from The La's.