John Joseph Jones, born on 3 February 1930, was a poet, folk singer, musician, playwright, and theatre director. Originally from London, he first arrived in Australia in 1948. Between 1950 and 1952, he spent some time working in England, Canada, and Fiji, before settling permanently in Australia. In 1959, he graduated from the University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology and English.
After graduating, Jones worked as a journalist for the Albany Advertiser and later as a lecturer at Western Australia’s TAFE institutes for 20 years. He performed at the inaugural Winthrop Folk Festival and at the 1964 Adelaide Festival of the Arts, which led to the recording of five EPs in the 1960s, focused on Australian outback life. Living in Parkerville, he developed and maintained the Parkerville Amphitheatre, which hosted numerous concerts in the 1970s featuring acts like John Farnham, Cold Chisel, and Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons. A documentary about the amphitheatre, Sets, Bugs & Rock n Roll by Tempest Productions, was shown at the Revelation Film Festival in Perth in July 2015. Jones died in 2000.
'Five Australian Ballads' 1964 EMI [Custom Pressing]
'Australian Songs And Ballads' 1965 EMI [Custom Pressing]
'Songs And Ballads Of Australia' 1865 EMI [Custom Pressing]
'Australian Ballads By Durack And Sorensen' 1965 EMI [Custom Pressing]
'Australian Ballads - Songs Of John Shaw Neilson' 1965 EMI [Custom Pressing]
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