Simon Joyner
Simon Joyner is an American singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. 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.
Simon Joyner lives in Omaha with his wife and three children.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
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 Oct. 21st 2012
- Live at Missy Sippy Nov. 29th 2016
- Live In Berlin At The Monarch Nov. 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
- Bright Eyes - ''There Is No Beginning to the Story
