John Spiers
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 John Spiers performing with Bellowhead in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Spiers |
| Born | 1975 Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Folk music |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
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| Website | www |
John Spiers (born 1975) is an English melodeon, concertina and bandoneon player.
Career[]
Spiers is known for his work with the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead, Eliza Carthy's former band The Ratcatchers and as a duo with Jackie Oates.
Personal life[]
Spiers 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.[1] 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[]
- The John Spiers Tunebook (2002) – 32 tunes with chords
- Spiers, John (2017). Jiggery Pokerwork. Oxfordshire, UK: Boars Hill Music.
- 59 original tunes with chords
- Spiers, John (2020). Foraged Music. Oxfordshire, UK: Boars Hill Music.
- a collection of 94 popular session tunes with chords
References[]
- ^ Hodgkinson, Will (19 September 2008). "Folk has a new sex appeal". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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- People from Birmingham, West Midlands
- English folk musicians
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- 21st-century accordionists
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