(1957-10-11) 11 October 1957 (age 66) Newport, Wales
Origin
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Genres
Alternative country
rock and roll
punk rock
Occupations
Musician, painter, graphic designer
Instruments
Guitar, drums
Years active
1977–present
Labels
Bloodshot Records
Member of
The Mekons
Pine Valley Cosmonauts
The Waco Brothers
Formerly of
Wee Hairy Beasties
The Three Johns
KatJonBand
Website
jonlangford.de
Musical artist
Jonathan Denis Langford (born 11 October 1957) is a Welsh[1][2] musician and artist based in Chicago, Illinois, United States.[3]
Langford is a founder member of the punk band The Mekons, the post-punk group The Three Johns, and the alternative country ensembles The Waco Brothers and Pine Valley Cosmonauts. He has campaigned against the death penalty in Illinois.[4]
^Christgau, Robert (27 May 2003). "Jon Langford Makes Friends and Influences People: Loser on a Roll". Village Voice. Retrieved 22 December 2014.
^Bray, Ryan (29 April 2014). "Jon Langford: Sweet Home Chicago". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^Williams, Maria (11 September 2013). "First Person: Newport musician and artist Jon Langford talks to Maria Williams about punk, meeting Johnny Cash and moving to the USA". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
Jonathan Denis Langford (born 11 October 1957) is a Welsh musician and artist based in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Langford is a founder member of...
band was formed in 1976 by a group of University of Leeds art students: JonLangford, Kevin Lycett, Mark White, Andy Corrigan and Tom Greenhalgh—Gang of Four...
Mekon JonLangford's multi-media performance project The Executioner's Last Songs. She co-wrote the song 'Horses', which was recorded by herself and Jon Langford...
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involved in science fiction fandom. Langford is married to Hazel and is the brother of the musician and artist JonLangford. His first job was as a weapons...
Metropolis in London in February 1992. The recordings were mainly produced by JonLangford, except for "Possessions", which was produced by Dave Creffield; the...
United States. The Waco Brothers was formed by JonLangford of the Mekons. The group grew out of Langford's wish to play more country-influenced music as...
John Langford (rugby union) (born 1968), Australian rugby union player John Alfred Langford (1823–1903), English journalist, poet and antiquary Jon Langford...
remained involved and both also took on vocal duties. During this time, JonLangford played keyboard in the band but departed due to rarely turning up to...
by JonLangford and included guest contributions from Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Charlie Louvin, Dave Alvin (X, The Blasters), Kelly Hogan, JonLangford, Andre...
also a musician and is a member of the band Four Lost Souls alongside JonLangford, Bethany Thomas, and John Szymanski. The group released a debut self-titled...
formed in 1981 in Leeds, England, originally consisting of guitarist JonLangford (co-founder of the Mekons), vocalist John Hyatt and bassist Phillip "John"...
Maimone has also worked with Bob Mould, Frank Black, The Mekons and JonLangford. Maimone currently[when?] resides in Brooklyn, New York, where he owns...
the Sadies often collaborate with other artists, such as Blue Rodeo, JonLangford, Gord Downie, Andre Williams (on the 1999 country-influenced Red Dirt...
Rolling stone encyclopedia of rock & roll. Fireside. p. 1057. ISBN 978-0-7432-0120-9. Retrieved 6 May 2011. Bad Luck Jonathan with JonLangford v t e...
As students in the Fine Arts program, Greenhalgh, Lycett, White and JonLangford formed the Mekons in 1976; they worked closely with the Gang of Four...
William Langford is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Will was born...
Elizabeth Cook, Emmylou Harris, Jason Isbell, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Joe Pug, JonLangford, Lilly Hiatt, Scotty Melton, Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart. Earle began...
1973-1980" – via www.allmusic.com. Knape, Norbert; Langford, Jon (12 January 2005). "Kevin Coyne with JonLangford & the Pine Valley Cosmonauts: One Day In Chicago"...
Hitt John Hodgman Starlee Kine Sarah Koenig JonLangford Sandra Tsing Loh Heather O'Neill David Rakoff Jon Ronson Davy Rothbart Dan Savage David Sedaris...
just after his death 2003 Deadstring Brothers, Deadstring Brothers 2003 JonLangford and The Pine Valley Cosmanauts, The Executioner's Last Songs: Volume...
KatJonBand was a collaborative musical project between JonLangford (guitarist for British band the Mekons) and Kat Ex (Katherina Bornefeld, drummer for...
British rock band from Leeds, England, formed by Coyle Girelli, Mat Steel, JonLangford, Mal Taylor and Mark Heaton. The band started playing music together...
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