When Bruce Springsteen Played Berlin Olympiastadion in May 2012, began When a powerful song of the East Berliner celebrant freedom. If a few people in the crowd realized The original version About whom I am leaving Berlin written in 1971 by an English guitarist and singer, songwriter, in which Springsteen failed to mention.
Wizz Jones, who was the old 86, never enjoy the victory of many of his contemporary, but was folk scene hero with dedicated to the following, especially among other musicians. In 2010, Thomas Richards describes the Wizz While the art of college, before joining the rolling stones: “Cocaine and the Picker … I think I have densicking and at the time, not dope …”
He also infringes another guitar hero in the ordinary singer Martin Marthy, who first met Jones in the late 1950s. “And an extraordinary” Carthy said. “People always talk to Davy GrahamBut Wizz was equal. I could not play a Lamb, who turned like mad, and also wrote some beautiful songs. Played with the two times and ever. It was one-off-a beatnik – that really long hair too. “
Wizz learned by listening American Heroes to blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy and Deroll adamsAs the Graham Long John Baldry In the UK and was Architalpal Troubadour; The lustera in London coffee homes and folk clubs, then removed at France, Morocco or beloved Cornwall. With a journalist Alan Whicker visited Newquay In 1960 to BBC report on the campaign at Ban Beatniks from the Cornwood town’s Pubs and Shops, Jones played a starring role, demonstrated his finger-reading guitar work, if you’ve got long hair. “
One of those who played with Wizz on Cornish Cantor, Songwriter Ralph Mlell – in the days before it became famous for Streets London. He said, “I could not believe one of the heroes of me in Cornwall. He had a tent with his wife, because they had in NewWay, and I have not had a newquay with the number that came.” I went to laundererette with wizz “I realized that you got money on it. So we are outside with our sambucat and sericked to 20 minutes until it had money to do nappies.”
Another regular visitor to Cornwood Banjo Player Pete Stanley, with which Wizz worked for four years and memory first white, sixteen tons of bluegrass (1966). He also played Clive PalmerAfter the incredible string band. “Two Indisciplined Vaga Beatnik Minstrels – I hit it off,” McEll said.
His debut solo list: Wizz Jones (1969), which memory for the larger label, United Artists and included ADMANGULUSOne of the many songs that covered that were written by a friend Alan Tunbridge. In 70s and recorded for other labels including CBS, the village (in the ordinary indie started with a musical and writer Jan anderson) and the title in Germany. I WEAKED with your already-famous friends, Between Mike John Renbourn and Bert JanschI started a band, lazy closure that included a wife, sandy. And he began to recording his own powerful songs, including when I leave Berlin and exquisite, high personal song to ave, Happiness is free (1976).
In 80s, a hard time many ordinary artists, and the rest of the smart delivering the furniture, while playing as two, the cynic brothers with the saxophon and harmonica, playing son, Simeon. The 90s will be released first list in the US, dazzling (1995) and toured there for the first time. A major price When bites youth In 2001 was given for 9/11; a plane forced to turn.
Later years, his life took the upturn. In 2013 has made a magnificent contribution to Janss Memorial Concert In the royal Festival hall, London and touring and recorded with Renbourn. In the list Combination (2016) and released after Renbourn’s death. When the old friend McEll, and recorded about the time (2016) and at the time of (2017).
I came to what (2017), when they have another critharist friend, Pete Beryman and Simeon with Simeon son of Alfie joining together track. And three Jones and gave to shows together. In 2019 Wizz stopped with a life achievement award to BBC folk awards.
Wizz was born in Croydon, the south of London, and brought his mother, Alice – her mowed name was Raymond, but his love of magic skills earned his surname wit Wuzz. His father Timothy, returning a second war in 1945 after held that a pow by Japanese, listed as failed, and finds impossible to settle in any job. The story has been announced in Wizz’s sorry song Star. Wizz attended Oval first And junior schools and Selhurst grammar and left school to 16 “with a small industry.” I played in a skiffle group, then started trip.
In 1963 and received sandy wedlake, who says he met “when I was 15, comes up to 16, and was the old 20 or 21″. ” She remains with children, Martyia, Daniel, Simeon and the good and four grandchildren.