Simon Joyner


Simon Joseph Joyner is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska. He has influenced the music of Bright Eyes, Kevin Morby and Gillian Welch. In the early 1990s, Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone. 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. Joyner has collaborated with John Darnielle, of The Mountain Goats. He is named after Paul Simon.
Joyner has released music on various independent labels, including: Team Love, Jagjaguwar, Sing Eunuchs!, Catsup Plate, One-Hour, Shrimper, Brinkman, Secretly Canadian, and Unread. He is also the co-founder of Grapefruit Records.
Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes told NPR:
"The way he structures his songs, the importance he places on lyrics and the phrasing really became the template for my music," Oberst says. "It's really something that stays with you, and he has such an incredible body of work that there's a lot for somebody to digest."
Simon Joyner lives in Omaha with his wife and three children.
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Discography

Studio albums

  • Umbilical Chords
  • Room Temperature
  • The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
  • Heaven's Gate
  • Songs for the New Year
  • Yesterday, Tomorrow, And in Between
  • The Lousy Dance
  • Hotel Lives
  • Lost with the Lights On
  • Skeleton Blues
  • Out into The Snow Ghosts
  • Grass, Branch & Bone
  • Step into The Earthquake
  • Pocket Moon
  • Songs From a Stolen Guitar
  • ''Coyote Butterfly''

Live albums

Verbal Objects Blue Melody: Live From The South Last Stand Blues: Live at the Barn Deluxxe Some Only Let the Jukebox Hear Them Weep WNYU Radio Show Sets 1997 & 2004 Simon Joyner Trio WSRN Radio Show 1998 Simon Joyner & The Bingo Trappers October 21, 2012 Live at Missy Sippy November 29, 2016 Live In Berlin At The Monarch November 27, 2019
  • ''Live in LA ''

Compilation albums

Iffy Here Comes The Balloons 1992–1999 Beautiful Losers: Singles and Compilation Tracks 1994–1999 A Collection Of Tracks From The Team Love Library
  • ''A Rag of Colts – Disgraced Songs 1987–2012 ''

Singles and EPs

  • "One for the Catholic Girls"
  • "The Christine EP"'
  • "The Motorcycle Accident"'
  • "To Almost No One: Singer-Songwriter Series, Volumes 1–5"
  • "Here Come The Balloons"
  • "Time Slows Down in Dreams"
  • "The Red Bandana Blues"
  • "Sonny/Megadeth"
  • "Train to Crazy Horse "
  • "You Got Under My Skin Again"
  • "Why Don't You Come Back Around?"
  • "Salt Across Your Graves EP"
  • "Pocket Moon Demos"

Splits and Collaborations

  • Why You All So Thief?
  • Grapefruit
  • Stranger Blues
  • Spiritual Rags New Secrets
  • Bali Shag
  • Was It Something We Sang?
  • Goat's Head Soup
  • Low Fidelities & Infidelities
  • ''Simon Joyner – Tell Me That Old Story Again / Cutty Sark''

Compilation appearances

  • "You And What Army?" – "Jeff Engel Rules!"
  • "Drowned In A Torrent Of Golden Grain" – "Swing"
  • "The Quick Brown Fox" – "Last Night I Had A Conversation With God"
  • "Our Salvation Is In Hand – Various Artists Acoustic Based Compilation" – "Sorrow Floats"
  • "Follow The Bouncing Ball" – "I Would Not Try To Break Ties With Me"
  • "Fast Forward #2" – "Don't Begrudge A Man His Funeral"
  • "Hayfever #1" – "Veterans' Hospital Song"
  • "Strength Thru Ooij " – "Catherine"
  • "Chutes And Ladders – A Cactus Gum Compilation" – "Flannery O'Connor"
  • "How To Sink A Fleeing Ship " – – "Judas Blues"
  • "Extra Walt!" – "Milk"
  • "Songs From A Room" – "Robin Hood"
  • "Only Gold Was Good Enough For You"

Other appearances