Jo Burt (born 1956) is an English Rock and heavy metal bassist, guitar player, songwriter and vocalist.
Burt is known for being the bassist for Black Sabbath during their 1987 tour in support of the album The Eternal Idol. He left the band after the tour ended.
Jo Burt was also a founding member of Sector 27 with Tom Robinson who supported Elton John and The Police on their stadium tours in the early 1980s - and a member of Virginia Wolf with Jason Bonham. Burt also appears on the Freddie Mercury solo album, Mr. Bad Guy playing fretless bass.
Burt has written, toured, and performed with many other artists, including The Troggs, Brian Setzer, Bob Geldof, Roger Taylor, James Reyne, The Sweet and many more.
Jo currently continues to write music and perform regularly with his own project 'The Jo Burt Experience'. He describes his southern-style rock with a trippy Beatles-esque English twist sound as "Nashville Rock with an English Accent".
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