Jeb Loy Nichols is an American-born singer, songwriter, and musician, who is based in Wales. His music combines elements of soul,

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and

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Biography

Jeb Loy Nichols was born in

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. He has lived in

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and New York City before moving to

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, England, in 1981. In 1990, he formed

the Fellow Travellers The Fellow Travellers were an American band formed in 1990 by Jeb Loy Nichols, Martin Harrison of On-U Sound Records, and Nichols' wife, vocalist Loraine Morley. The band released three albums during their history. The band's sound was influenced ...

with his wife, the vocalist Loraine Morley. That year, they released the album ''No Easy Way'' on the independent

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-based

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record label, followed by ''Just a Visitor'' in 1992, ''Things and Time'' in 1993, ''Love Shines Brighter'' in 1993 and ''A Few Good Dubs'' in 1995. In 1994–95, Morley released the album ''A Face Drawn in Sand'' (OKra/NORMAL Rec) with mandolin, harmonica and occasional backing-vocals courtesy of Nichols. In 1997, Nichols released his first album under his own name, ''Lovers Knot'' on

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. Positive critical reviews could not overcome poor sales and he was dropped from the label. He then released ''Just What Time It Is'' on the Rough Trade in 2000, the same year he moved from London to mid-Wales.

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released ''Easy Now'' in 2002. 2005's ''Now Then'' on the Tuition label marked the fourth record label in a row. Tuition then released his 2007 release ''Days Are Mighty''. ''Parish Bar'' was released in 2009 on Tuition in the UK, and

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in the US. ''Strange Faith and Practice'' was released in 2009 on the Impossible Ark record label. Biography of Jeb Loy Nichols

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; accessed May 21, 2017.

Collaborations

Nichols's voice is heard on the

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song "What's Your Version" on their ''

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'' album. Nichols released the 2010 album ''Only Time Will Tell'' with British singer/songwriter

Ian Gomm Ian Robert Gomm (born 28 March 1947 in Chiswick, West London) is a British singer-songwriter, who was the rhythm guitarist for Brinsley Schwarz from 1970 to 1974. He was named "Best Rhythm Guitarist" by ''NME'' in 1971. Early career Gomm's car ...

on the Relaxa Records label. They recorded fourteen new tracks together at Gwyn Jones's Bos Studio in

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, mid Wales. Nashville musicians Clive Gregson and Pat McInerney contributed to the recording between UK touring commitments. It was mixed at The Butcher Shoppe,

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, US by David Ferguson and mastered at Foxwood Mastering, Nashville, Tennessee, by Dave Shipley.

Discography

* '' Lovers Knot'' (1997) * '' Just What Time It Is'' (2000) * '' Easy Now'' (2002) * '' Now Then'' (2005) * '' Days Are Mighty'' (2007) * '' Parish Bar'' (2009) * '' Strange Faith and Practice'' (2009) * '' Only Time Will Tell'' (2010) (with Ian Gomm) * '' The Jeb Loy Nichols Special'' (2012) * '' Long Time Traveller'' (2016) * '' Country Hustle'' (2017) * '' June Is Short, July Is Long'' (2019) * '' Season of Decline'' (2020) * ''

Jeb Loy Jeb is a masculine given name or nickname. It can be derived from the initials "J. E. B.", or from "Jebediah". It may refer to: People Given name *Jeb Bardon (born 1973), American politician *Jeb Bishop (born 1962), American musician *Jeb Corliss ...

'' (2021) * '' The United States of the Broken Hearted'' (2022)

References

External links

Official websiteBBC Music website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nichols, Jeb Loy Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American male singer-songwriters American emigrants to Wales Capitol Records artists Rough Trade Records artists Rykodisc artists 20th-century British male singers 21st-century British male singers British male singer-songwriters 20th-century American male singers 20th-century American singers Singer-songwriters from Wyoming People from Lander, Wyoming