Jon Langford

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1234Ever 00:00 Tools
Lost In America 00:00 Tools
Nashville Radio 00:00 Tools
Junco Partner 00:00 Tools
Tubby Brothers 00:00 Tools
Living a Lie 00:00 Tools
Over the Cliff 00:00 Tools
Sentimental Marching Song 00:00 Tools
Little Bit of Help 00:00 Tools
Tom Jones Levitation 00:00 Tools
Sputnik 57 00:00 Tools
Hard Times 00:00 Tools
The Country Is Young 00:00 Tools
Fish Out of Water 00:00 Tools
Homburg 00:00 Tools
Buy It Now 00:00 Tools
The Fame Of Lofty Deeds 00:00 Tools
Anything Can Happen 00:00 Tools
Invisible Man 00:00 Tools
Gold Brick 00:00 Tools
Constanz 00:00 Tools
All Roads Lead Back To Me 00:00 Tools
Pill Sailor 00:00 Tools
Christmas Carol, Christmas Ray 00:00 Tools
Salty Dog 00:00 Tools
Poor Valley Radio 00:00 Tools
Butter Song 00:00 Tools
Penny Arcades 00:00 Tools
When I Get Home I'm Gonna Be Satisfied 00:00 Tools
Inside the Whale 00:00 Tools
Natchez Trace 00:00 Tools
In Oxford Mississippi 00:00 Tools
Workingman's Palace 00:00 Tools
I Am the Law 00:00 Tools
Tall Ships 00:00 Tools
Gorilla and The Maiden 00:00 Tools
Half Way Home 00:00 Tools
Dreams Of Leaving 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind 00:00 Tools
Youghal 00:00 Tools
Deep Sea Diver 00:00 Tools
Christmas Valley 00:00 Tools
My Own Worst Enemy 00:00 Tools
I Thought He Was Dead 00:00 Tools
I'm Stopping This Train 00:00 Tools
Snake Behind Glass 00:00 Tools
Book Of Your Life 00:00 Tools
Mystery 00:00 Tools
Getting Used to Uselessness 00:00 Tools
Verdun 00:00 Tools
Masterpiece 00:00 Tools
I Felt My Courage Fail 00:00 Tools
Last Count 00:00 Tools
Luxury 00:00 Tools
Nashville Radio [Fast Version] 00:00 Tools
Working Man's Palace 00:00 Tools
Trapdoor 00:00 Tools
Waste 00:00 Tools
Last Fair Deal 00:00 Tools
Haunted 00:00 Tools
What's My Name? 00:00 Tools
The Last Count 00:00 Tools
Self Portrait 00:00 Tools
Strange Ways To Win Wars 00:00 Tools
Broken Bottle 00:00 Tools
Old Devils 00:00 Tools
Trap Door 00:00 Tools
Flag Of Triumph 00:00 Tools
Pieces Of The Past 00:00 Tools
Green Valleys 00:00 Tools
Drugstore 00:00 Tools
Take This Hammer 00:00 Tools
Message From Newport 00:00 Tools
Last Fair Deal Gone Down [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Death Valley Day 00:00 Tools
The Ballad of Solomon Jones 00:00 Tools
Indestructible 00:00 Tools
Little Vampires 00:00 Tools
Stay a little longer (Neko Case) 00:00 Tools
Bad News 00:00 Tools
Up to My Neck in This 00:00 Tools
Strange Birds 00:00 Tools
American Pageant 00:00 Tools
Looking Good For Radio 00:00 Tools
Are You an Entertainer? 00:00 Tools
Rivers of Ice 00:00 Tools
Nashiville Radio 00:00 Tools
Last King Of The Road 00:00 Tools
The Perfect Nanny 00:00 Tools
Solitaire Song 00:00 Tools
What's My Name 00:00 Tools
Trouble In Mind - (with The Pine Valley Cosmonauts, live) 00:00 Tools
The Plans We Made 00:00 Tools
Delilah 00:00 Tools
The Mayor Of The Moon 00:00 Tools
What Makes Johnny Run? 00:00 Tools
The Death of Country Music 00:00 Tools
Indestructable 00:00 Tools
Slightly South of the Border 00:00 Tools
Shipwreck 00:00 Tools
White Freightliner Blues 00:00 Tools
Hank Signs His Contract 00:00 Tools
Dollar Dress 00:00 Tools
French Quarter Hotels 00:00 Tools
I Am a Big Town 00:00 Tools
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Message from Gwent City 00:00 Tools
Oh No, Hank! 00:00 Tools
Hell's Roof 00:00 Tools
It's Not Enough 00:00 Tools
Blink Of An Eye 00:00 Tools
The Return of the Golden Guitarist 00:00 Tools
I Picked Up the Pieces 00:00 Tools
Insignificance 00:00 Tools
Plenty Tough & Union Made 00:00 Tools
Now We Have the Bomb 00:00 Tools
Sugar On Your Tongue 00:00 Tools
Ugly Band 00:00 Tools
Mars 00:00 Tools
Drone Operator 00:00 Tools
Fame Of Lofty Deeds, The - (with The Pine Valley Cosmonauts) 00:00 Tools
Summer Stars 00:00 Tools
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1234 Ever 00:00 Tools
Walking on Hell's Roof 00:00 Tools
Weightless 00:00 Tools
Gone Without Trace 00:00 Tools
Confess 00:00 Tools
Sweet Kind of Love 00:00 Tools
Nashville Radio (Antone's - Austin, TX) 00:00 Tools
Nashville Radio/Death of Country Music 00:00 Tools
Over the Cliff (Antone's - Austin, TX) 00:00 Tools
Don't Believe 00:00 Tools
Sweet Kind Of Love (w/ Jon Langford) 00:00 Tools
Death of the European 00:00 Tools
Help Me Make It Through the Night 00:00 Tools
Nashville Radio - (Fast Version) 00:00 Tools
Long Black Veil 00:00 Tools
River Of Ice 00:00 Tools
Dark Sun 00:00 Tools
Wanted Man 00:00 Tools
Millionaire 00:00 Tools
What Did You Do In The War 00:00 Tools
Joshua Gone Barbados 00:00 Tools
Memphis, Egypt 00:00 Tools
X-Ray Style (Joe Strummer) 00:00 Tools
Worm In Your Ear 00:00 Tools
What Did You Do In The War? 00:00 Tools
Stone Tumbling Stream - fast version 00:00 Tools
The Country Is Young (Antone's - Austin, TX) 00:00 Tools
Song A Day 152: Lost In America (Live @ KEXP) 00:00 Tools
Having a Party 00:00 Tools
Last Fair Deal Gone Down - Jon Langford 00:00 Tools
GROG (Another Song About Newport) 00:00 Tools
Steel guitar rag 00:00 Tools
Hank Williams Must Die 00:00 Tools
Are You an Entertainer 00:00 Tools
Lil' Ray Of Light 00:00 Tools
Where Were You 00:00 Tools
If You Hear Rumors 00:00 Tools
Trouble in Mind [Live] 00:00 Tools
Drunkard's blues (Kelly Hogan) 00:00 Tools
Time changes everything (Kelly Hogan) 00:00 Tools
Nashville Radio (Live from Antone's - Austin, TX) 00:00 Tools
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California Blues 00:00 Tools
If You Hear Rumours 00:00 Tools
Hal's Roof 00:00 Tools
Key Largo 00:00 Tools
Hang your head in shame (Dallas Wayne) 00:00 Tools
Texas Playboy Rag 00:00 Tools
Vermin In The Trenches 00:00 Tools
Up To My Neck In This (with The Sadies) 00:00 Tools
Nothing To Show 00:00 Tools
Lil' Ray O' Light 00:00 Tools
There was an old lady who swallowed a fly 00:00 Tools
Amazing Things We've Done 00:00 Tools
Bourgeois Blues 00:00 Tools
Sad Milkman 00:00 Tools
Version Pardner 00:00 Tools
Memphis, Egypt 1 00:00 Tools
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Roly poly (Brett Sparks) 00:00 Tools
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Originally the drummer for the punk band The Mekons, formed at Leeds University in 1977, Langford later took up the guitar as other band members left. Since the mid-1980s he has been one of the leaders in incorporating folk and country music into punk rock. Over the years, 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 '90s. He is strongly involved with the Chicago-based independent record label Bloodshot. Langford is also a prolific and respected visual artist best known for his striking portraits of country music icons like Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley. His multimedia music/spoken-word/video performance, "The Executioner's Last Songs," premiered at Alverno College in 2005, and has been performed in several other cities. He also illustrated the comic strip Great Pop Things under the pseudonym Chuck Death. Since 2005 he has been one of the hosts of a weekly radio program, "The Eclectic Company," broadcast on WXRT 93.1 FM in Chicago. He's also a regular contributor to This American Life. Among Langford's musical side projects have been the Three Johns (with John Hyatt and John (Phillip) Brennan), who released several albums of drum-machine-fueled punk in the 1980s; the country-punk Waco Brothers (with Dean Schlabowske, Tracey Dear, Alan Doughty, Mark Durante, and Mekons drummer Steve Goulding), who have been recording since 1995; and the Pine Valley Cosmonauts, a revolving assortment of Chicago musicians that have backed both Langford and other musicians such as Kelly Hogan. He soon became a father figure to the local music scene, encouraging many of his labelmates on Bloodshot Records and championing anyone who he thought worthy of scrutiny, often lending his services as a musician or visual artist or inviting local musicians to guest on his releases. Langford's first official solo album, Skull Orchard, a look back at his hometown of Newport, Wales, was released in [1998]. He followed it with his second solo release, All the Fame of Lofty Deeds, in 2004, and Gold Brick in 2006. Nashville Radio, a collection of his artwork and writings, was published in 2006. [edit] Collaborations with other musicians He's guested on numerous recordings, including those by Dutch punk band the Ex, The Old 97s, Chip Taylor, as well as Austin, Texas legend Alejandro Escovedo, and has recorded joint albums with Sally Timms, Kevin Coyne and Richard Buckner. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.