Jon Langford
| Jon Langford | |
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Jon Langford performing with The Mekons at the Hideout in Chicago on July 15, 2015
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| Background information | |
| Born |
11 October 1957 Newport, Wales UK |
| Genres |
Singer-songwriter Alt-Country Rock and Roll Punk rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar Drums |
| Years active | 1977-present |
| Labels | Bloodshot Records |
| Associated acts |
Mekons The Three Johns Waco Brothers Pine Valley Cosmonauts The Sadies Wee Hairy Beasties Bad Luck Jonathan Men of Gwent |
| Website | jonlangford |
Jonathan "Jon" Denis Langford (born 11 October 1957) is a prolificWelsh musician and artist based in Chicago. He is one of the founders of punk band The Mekons, post-punk group The Three Johns and alternative country ensembles The Waco Brothers and Pine Valley Cosmonauts. He has worked actively to campaign against the death penalty in Illinois.
Langford was born in Newport, Wales, the youngest son of Kit Langford and Denis Langford, an accountant for Lloyd's Brewery. Langford's older brother is science-fiction author and critic David Langford, who lives in Reading, England.
When he was young, Langford would visit his grandparents in Croesyceiliog, whose family friend ran two pubs, the Cambrian Arms and The Six In Hand. He attended Gaer Infants School and Gaer Junior School, then Brynglas Primary School, the Newport High School middle school, before Queen's Hill. In 1972-1973, after playing rugby and football, at the age of 15 Langford decided he liked playing music better. He played a lot of David Bowie and was listening to a lot of Man.
Langford attended art school at University of Leeds as a painter. He left school temporarily when the Mekons were founded, but later went back to college and finished his degree.
Since the mid-1980s, Langford has been one of the leaders in incorporating folk and country music into punk rock. He has released a number of solo recordings as well as recordings with other bands outside of The Mekons, most notably the Waco Brothers, which he co-founded after moving to Chicago in the early 1990s. He is involved with the Chicago-based independent record label Bloodshot.
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