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In late 2021, I was stuck at home for three months with a prolonged illness. One day, my dear friend Martin Simpson arrived and thrust a beautiful 5-stringed banjo into my hands. “Banjo therapy”, he said, by way of explanation. So I taught myself to play it, and this was the tune that kept turning up beneath my fingers. A frivolous little piece, but one that kept me merry in dark times. Many thanks, Martin. What a fine fellow you are.

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from Before I Knew What Had Begun I Had Already Lost, released May 5, 2023
Written by Jon Wilks
Produced by Jon Wilks
Mastered by Nick Cooke

Jon Wilks - 5-string banjo, acoustic guitar, vocals
Jackie Oates - viola
Lukas Drinkwater - double bass
Jon Nice - piano

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Jon Wilks Whitchurch, UK

'The sort of performer folk circles mean when they talk of the living tradition' - Mike Davies, Folking.com

“One of the best of the New Wave of Folk Blokes. As a guitar player and arranger of traditional songs, Jon Wilks already deserves speaking of in the same breath as your Simpsons and your Morays.” – Ian A. Anderson, fRoots Mag
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