Simon Joyner (born 1971) is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He has influenced the music of Bright Eyes, Kevin Morby and Gillian Welch.[1][2][3] In the early 1990s, Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone.[4] He is also known for the so-called "Peel Incident," when British DJ John Peel played his album, The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll, from beginning to end on air.[5] Joyner has collaborated with John Darnielle, of The Mountain Goats. He is named after Paul Simon.

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Simon Joyner
Club W71, Weikersheim, 2019
Background information
Born	August 9, 1971
Origin	Omaha, Nebraska
Genres	Americana
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Jagjaguwar, Team Love Records, Woodsist

Simon Joyner lives in Omaha with his wife and three children.

Discography

Studio albums

• Umbilical Chords (One-Hour OH-002 MC 1992)
• Room Temperature (One-Hour OH-006 MC & CD 1993) (reissue as a 2LP-set by Jagjaguwar (JAG041) on December 6, 2005)
• The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll (Sing, Eunuchs! LP 1994) (reissue on LP and CD by Team Love (TL-016) on May 6, 2008)
• Heaven's Gate (Sing, Eunuchs! LP 1995) (released on CD by Brinkman Records in 1996)
• Songs for the New Year (Sing, Eunuchs! EUNUCH 38 LP 1997 / Shrimper Records SHR 92 CD 1997)
• Yesterday, Tomorrow, And in Between (Sing, Eunuchs! 2LP and CD 1998)
• The Lousy Dance (Truckstop LP and CD 1999)
• Hotel Lives (Truckstop 2LP and CD 2001)
• Lost with the Lights On (Jagjaguwar LP and CD March 16, 2004)
• Skeleton Blues (w/ The Fallen Men) (Jagjaguwar LP and CD November 21, 2006)
• Out into The Snow (Team Love LP and CD September 15, 2009)
• Ghosts (Sing, Eunuchs! 2LP 2012)
• Grass, Branch & Bone (WOODSIST 2015)
• Step into The Earthquake (BB*ISLAND – BBI 0322, Ba Da Bing! – BING136CD 2017)
• Pocket Moon (Grapefruit Records – GY9-4, BB*ISLAND – BBI 0372 2019)
• “Songs From a Stolen Guitar” (Grapefruit Records 2022)

Live albums

• Verbal Objects (Seagull 011 MC 2002) ("live recordings from the dreary West Coast, 2000")
• Blue Melody: Live From The South (Shrimper Records CD-R 2003) (ltd. ed. of 500 copies; live in Chapel Hill, NC, July 2000)
• Last Stand Blues: Live at the Barn Deluxxe (Chthonic Records Cassette, August 2, 2017)
• Some Only Let the Jukebox Hear Them Weep (Live in Phoenix 2014) (Self-released, 2020)
• WNYU Radio Show Sets 1997 & 2004 (Self-released, 2020)
• Simon Joyner Trio (Michael Krassner, Glenn Kotche) WSRN Radio Show 1998 (Self-released, 2020)
• Simon Joyner & The Bingo Trappers October 21, 2012 (Self-released, 2020)
• Live at Missy Sippy (Gent, Belgium) November 29, 2016 (Self-released, 2020)
• Live In Berlin At The Monarch November 27, 2019 (Self-released, 2020)
• Live in LA (Living Room Show 2-15-20) (Self-released, 2020)

Compilation albums

• Iffy (Sing, Eunuchs! MC 1993) (reissue on LP by Unread Records in 2003; ltd. ed. of 300 copies with handmade covers)
• Here Comes The Balloons 1992–1999 (Unread Records compilation MC 2002) (a collection of 16 un-earthed, acoustic ballads, yarble, and dirge, spanning 1992–1999)
• Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994–1999 (Jagjaguwar JAG076 compilation 2LP and CD March 7, 2006)
• A Collection Of Tracks From The Team Love Library (Team Love digital download August 20, 2009)[6]
• A Rag of Colts – Disgraced Songs 1987–2012 (Unread Records MC 2013) (Reissue on LP by Gertrude Tapes on May 1, 2018; ltd. ed. of 300 copies, black vinyl with black and white jackets, includes a glossy insert)

Singles and EPs

• "One for the Catholic Girls" (w/ The Fallen Men) (Wurlitzer Jukebox 7-inch vinyl single 1998)
• "The Christine EP"' (Secretly Canadian 12-inch vinyl and CD EP 1998)
• "The Motorcycle Accident"' (w/ The Fallen Men) (Roomtone 7-inch vinyl single 1999)
• "To Almost No One: Singer-Songwriter Series, Volumes 1–5" (w/ The Fallen Men) (Wee Black Skelf set of five 7-inch vinyl singles; the packaging was all hand-made and only 500 copies were assembled, 2001)
• "Here Come The Balloons" (Tongue Master 7-inch vinyl single 2003)
• "Time Slows Down in Dreams" (Team Love 7-inch vinyl single 2009)
• "The Red Bandana Blues" (Sing, Eunuchs! 7-inch vinyl single 2012)
• "Sonny/Megadeth" (Even More Important Records 7-inch lathe cut single 2014)
• "Train to Crazy Horse (Demo)" (People In A Position To Know 7-inch lathe cut single 2014)
• "You Got Under My Skin Again" (People In A Position To Know CDS/Lathe Cut 2014)
• "Why Don't You Come Back Around?" (w/ The Ghosts) (Ricardo 7-inch vinyl single 2016)
• "Salt Across Your Graves EP" (w/ The Ghosts) (People In A Position To Know 10-inch Lathe Cut)
• "Pocket Moon Demos" (People In A Position To Know 2019)

Splits and Collaborations

• Why You All So Thief? (Sing, Eunuchs! split 7-inch vinyl single w/ The Mountain Goats 1994)
• Grapefruit (w/ The Fallen Men) (Misplaced Music split 7-inch vinyl single w/ Two Dollar Guitar 2002)
• Stranger Blues (w/ Dennis Callaci) (Catsup Plate mini-LP November 2004) (recorded August 29, 2003, in the Callaci living room in Southern California; issued in a single edition of 500 one-sided LP's, silkscreened and hand assembled chipboard jackets in a "traditional" Catsup Plate brown butchers tape design scheme)
• Spiritual Rags (side-project w/ L. Eugene Methe and Chris Deden) (Unread Records/Grotto Records LP 2010)
• New Secrets (w/ Dennis Callaci) (Shrimper 2013) (the full length follow up to Stranger Blues)
• Bali Shag (Folktale 7-inch split vinyl single w/ L. Eugene Methe 2015)
• Was It Something We Sang? (w/ Refrigerator) (Shrimper MC 2016)
• Goat's Head Soup (w/ David Nance) (Grapefruit LP 2017)
• Low Fidelities & Infidelities (Demos & Covers) (Grapefruit Records CDR GY9-3 2019)
• Simon Joyner (w/ The Bruces) – Tell Me That Old Story Again / Cutty Sark (People in a Position To Know 7-inch 2019)

Compilation appearances

• "You And What Army?" (Sing, Eunuchs! various artists 1994) – "Jeff Engel Rules!" (w/ The Bruces)
• "Drowned In A Torrent Of Golden Grain" (Catsup Plate various artists 1994) – "Swing"
• "The Quick Brown Fox" (Food of the Gods various artists 1995) – "Last Night I Had A Conversation With God"
• "Our Salvation Is In Hand – Various Artists Acoustic Based Compilation" (Theme Park various artists CD 1995) – "Sorrow Floats"
• "Follow The Bouncing Ball" (Ba Da Bing! various artists CD 1995) – "I Would Not Try To Break Ties With Me"
• "Fast Forward #2" (Brinkman Records various artists 2CD 1995) – "Don't Begrudge A Man His Funeral"
• "Hayfever #1" (Hayfever various artists 7-inch 1995) – "Veterans' Hospital Song"
• "Strength Thru Ooij (A Waaghals-Brinkman 10th Anniversary Special)" (Brinkman CD 1995) – "Catherine"
• "Chutes And Ladders – A Cactus Gum Compilation" (Cactus Gum 1996) – "Flannery O'Connor"
• "How To Sink A Fleeing Ship (A Squirrel Energy Now! Compilation 1996)" – (Squirrel Energy Now 1996) – "Judas Blues"
• "Extra Walt!" (Walt various artists 2×7″ 1996) – "Milk"
• "Songs From A Room" (Sing, Eunuchs! various artists 7-inch vinyl EP 1996) – "Robin Hood"
• "Only Gold Was Good Enough For You" (limited edition 8-inch lathe cut record of 125 copies) (Gray Sky Micro Press September 7, 2013)

Other appearances

• Bright Eyes – There Is No Beginning to the Story (2002, Saddle Creek)

References

External links

• Simon Joyner at Jagjaguwar
• Black Dogs & Yellow Birds: a Simon Joyner fan wiki