John Spiers

John Spiers
John Spiers at Towersey Village Festival 2008
Background information
Birth name	John Spiers
Born	1975 Birmingham
Genres	Folk Music
Occupation(s)	Musician
Associated acts	Spiers and Boden, Bellowhead
Notable instruments
melodeon, concertina

John Spiers (born 1975) is an English melodeon, concertina and bandoneon player.

John is best known for his work with the duo Spiers and Boden, the band Bellowhead, and Eliza Carthy's old band The Ratcatchers. He is currently focusing on solo performance.

John 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. 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.