Tymon Dogg
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Tymon Dogg is a highly idiosyncratic English singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, playing piano, violin, guitar, oud and a harp of his own invention. As well as developing his own solo sound, he worked with The Clash
and later collaborated with Joe Strummer
in The Mescaleros
.
and Donovan
covers on harmonica and guitar at the Peppermint Lounge in Liverpool
, and occasionally at the famous Cavern Club. While at school, he began using the pseudonym ‘Timon’.
Spencer Leigh (now a DJ on BBC Radio Merseyside
) met Timon in 1965 and encouraged the young musician's song-writing. He became his local promoter, helping him get gigs and sending off demo tapes to record companies.
In 1968 Leigh arranged for Timon to visit Cyril Stapleton
at Pye Records
. Pye gave Timon an advance that was the equivalent of a year's wages. Timon moved to London where he began recording songs with arranger and producer Jerry Martin. Martin was a Canadian pop singer who was trying to make it as a producer in England. Timon released his first single "The Bitter Thoughts of Little Jane" in January 1968. The track also features future Led Zeppelin
members John Paul Jones
on bass and Jimmy Page
on lead guitar. Martin was sacked just before the record was released and the record was given meagre promotion by Pye.
Peter Asher
(ex-Peter and Gordon), acting as a talent scout for Apple Records
took an interest in Timon's music. Paul McCartney
heard Timon's "The Bitter Thoughts of Little Jane" and offered to produce a new version of the song; Timon declined.
After a period busking in Europe, Timon returned to England . In October 1969, Dave Symonds introduced him to the Moody Blues who signed him to their own new record label, Threshold Records
. In December 1969, Timon supported The Moody Blues on their tour. Timon and The Moody Blues released one single "And Now She Says She's Young".
. They shared a flat that year with a few other people at 18 Ash Grove aka 'Vomit Heights' in Palmers Green
, London. In September 1971 the 'Vomit Heights' crowd and assorted others moved into a flat at 34 Ridley Road, Harlesden
, London.
In early spring of 1972, Timon and Mellor took to busking in the London Underground
during the evenings. Together, the 22-year old Tymon and 20-year old Mellor also busked in London's Green Park
tube station and around Europe. Throughout this period also, Tymon was an important influence on Mellor. He taught him to play chords on an old ukulele by using his right-hand to strum the chords instead of with his natural left-hand ability, this resulting in the unique strumming style later evidenced in The Clash's music.
After being evicted from the 34 Ridley Road flat in April 1972, Tymon then moved into a flat in Miles Buildings in London. The Ridley Road collective also moved in for a while, though most soon left for a farm outside Blandford Forum in Dorset
in the summer of 1972. Around this time Tymon became a vegan - a decision he describes as political.
In 1973 Tymon played violin live on stage for the first time. It was also around this time that Timon changed his name to Tymon Dogg. In 1974, he was living at a ‘short-life’ house at 23 Chippenham Road, Maida Hill, London with various others. John Mellor also took up residence at this address after returning to London from Newport, Wales.
In 1975 and 1976, Tymon began playing support gigs with Mellor's (now Joe Strummer) new pub-rock band the 101ers
; Tymon was a regular at the Charlie Pig Dog Club, which was a weekly residence at a local dive that the 101ers organized. He would occasionally join the band for a jam on his violin. Strummer eventually left the 101ers in 1976 and went on to join punk band The Clash
.
In 1976, Tymon released his first full-length solo album Tymon Dogg, also known as Outlaw Number One. Only 500 copies were pressed. He provides all the instrumentation including piano, violin, guitar, viola, cello, mandolin, harmonica, glockenspiel, harmonium, shaum, and cymbal. Later in 1977, he formed a folk-punk trio called The Fools with drummer Richard Dudanski (ex-101ers) and bassist Ron Harvey.
The Clash released their fourth LP Sandinista!
in 1980. Tymon wrote, sang, and played violin on the track "Lose This Skin", as well as adding violin overdubs to "Lightning Strikes" while in Electric Lady Studios
. At the time of recording Sandinista!, Mick Jones
was helping Ellen Foley
record her second album Spirit of St. Louis. Three songs written by Tymon would feature on the LP.
During the tail-end of the Sandinista! sessions back at Wessex, England, Tymon and Joe Strummer had acquired a new squat in a large Georgian house in Gilbert Place, Bloomsbury
, London. They lived there for a while with Tymon's future musical partner Helen Cherry.
The years 1981 and 1982 saw Tymon play violin on Ian Hunter
's Short Back 'n' Sides
album, and released his second full-length solo LP Battle of Wills in 1982. He also played piano on The Clash's Combat Rock
1982 album. A third LP was in the works in 1983 with production by Joe Strummer and Glyn Johns
, but it was never released. In 1984, Tymon appeared on The Poison Girls’ The Price of Grain and the Price of Blood EP playing violin. He then went on to form a duo with Helen Cherry called Frugivores and released one album New Ages Songs and a single in 1987. Another new solo LP Relentless was released in 1989.
In 1995, Tymon helped produce Irish singer-songwriter Sean Millar's (aka Doctor Millar) debut album, The Bitter Lie. From 1996 to 1999, Tymon set up home in Granada
, Spain
and subsequently ended up working with both Enrique Morente
and Compay Segundo
, and in 1998 recorded the song, "Casida Del Herido Por El Agua", with Spanish-rockers Lagartija Nick
for a Federico García Lorca
tribute compilation, FGL: De Granada A La Luna, produced by Richard Dudanski
.
, which Tymon became a full-time member of in November of that year. Over the course of roughly two years he ended up playing over 70 live shows with the group. He co-wrote 'Mondo Bongo' - the tune to which Brad Pitt
and Angelina Jolie
fell in love to in Mr and Mrs Smith
- and several other songs on the group's second full-length album Global A Go-Go
, and played violin, mandolin, Spanish guitar, acoustic & electric guitar on assorted tracks.
Joe Strummer died on December 22, 2002 and a tribute show was held in Granada
, Spain on August 20, 2003. Tymon appeared on stage with Mick Jones
, Richard Dudanski, Jem Finer
, Tom Lardner, and Julian Hernandez, as The Amigos.
In March 2006, Tymon performed gigs around England with new band The Quikening. An EP "Guantanamo" was released on 12" vinyl in September, with the CD released on June 1, 2007.
On February 1 of 2008 Tymon Dogg played with former The Clash
member Mick Jones
in his band, Carbon/Silicon
, as seen in various media
In May 2008, Emmy Award-winning Film Director/Producer Merrill Aldighieri completed work on her Tymon Dogg documentary, 9 Lives of Tymon Dogg.
2010 has already seen two releases: 'A Wave of Dreams' in June (www.thinmanpress.com) based on Louis Aragon
's eponymous surrealist manifesto, translated by Susan de Muth, and 'The Irrepressible Tymon Dogg' - a retrospective compendium - in October (Cherry Red
/Revola) co-produced by the legendary Joe Foster.
More albums are in the pipeline.
After forty-odd years in the music business, Tymon has worked with/supported a vast array of musical talent both in the studio and on stage. The list includes: Joe Strummer, The Clash, Pete Doherty
, Shane MacGowan, The Slits, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, James Taylor, Justin Hayward
, The Mescaleros, Richard Strange
, Ian Hunter, Ellen Foley, The Poison Girls, Glyn Johns, Peter Asher, Liam Genockey, Pandit Ramesh Misra, Salah Dawson Miller, Richard Dudanski, Roy Harper
, The Cramps
, Trapeze, Neville Staples
, The Fall, Stone the Crows
, Rory McLeod, Charles Hayward, Lol Coxhill
, DM Bob & Jem Finer, Orphy Robinson
, Hugh Hopper
, Robb Johnson
, and Claire Hamill
.
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
and later collaborated with Joe Strummer
Joe Strummer
John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
in The Mescaleros
The Mescaleros
The Mescaleros were the backing band for Joe Strummer, formed in 1999, which went on to make three albums prior to Strummer's death in 2002. Many of the band members were gifted multi-instrumentalists...
.
Early years — Tymon
Murray's musical career began at the age of 14, playing Bob DylanBob Dylan
Bob Dylan is an American singer-songwriter, musician, poet, film director and painter. He has been a major and profoundly influential figure in popular music and culture for five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s when he was an informal chronicler and a seemingly...
and Donovan
Donovan
Donovan Donovan Donovan (born Donovan Philips Leitch (born 10 May 1946) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist. Emerging from the British folk scene, he developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelia, and world music...
covers on harmonica and guitar at the Peppermint Lounge in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, and occasionally at the famous Cavern Club. While at school, he began using the pseudonym ‘Timon’.
Spencer Leigh (now a DJ on BBC Radio Merseyside
BBC Radio Merseyside
BBC Radio Merseyside is the BBC Local Radio service for the English metropolitan county of Merseyside and north Cheshire. It was the third BBC local radio station to launch on 22 November 1967 initially serving the south west of historic Lancashire....
) met Timon in 1965 and encouraged the young musician's song-writing. He became his local promoter, helping him get gigs and sending off demo tapes to record companies.
In 1968 Leigh arranged for Timon to visit Cyril Stapleton
Cyril Stapleton
Cyril Stapleton was an English violinist and jazz bandleader.Born in Mapperley, Nottingham, Stapleton began playing violin at age 7, and played on local radio at the age of 12. He performed on the BBC Radio often in his teenage years, and played in film orchestras accompanying silent films...
at Pye Records
Pye Records
Pye Records was a British record label. In its first incarnation, perhaps Pye's best known artists were Lonnie Donegan , Petula Clark , The Searchers , The Kinks , Sandie Shaw and Brotherhood of Man...
. Pye gave Timon an advance that was the equivalent of a year's wages. Timon moved to London where he began recording songs with arranger and producer Jerry Martin. Martin was a Canadian pop singer who was trying to make it as a producer in England. Timon released his first single "The Bitter Thoughts of Little Jane" in January 1968. The track also features future Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
members John Paul Jones
John Paul Jones (musician)
John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
on bass and Jimmy Page
Jimmy Page
James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...
on lead guitar. Martin was sacked just before the record was released and the record was given meagre promotion by Pye.
Peter Asher
Peter Asher
Peter Asher is an English guitarist, singer, manager and record producer. He first came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of the vocal duo Peter and Gordon before going on to a successful career as a record producer.-Early life:He was born at the Central Middlesex Hospital, a child actor and...
(ex-Peter and Gordon), acting as a talent scout for Apple Records
Apple Records
Apple Records is a record label founded by The Beatles in 1968, as a division of Apple Corps Ltd. It was initially intended as a creative outlet for the Beatles, both as a group and individually, plus a selection of other artists including Mary Hopkin, James Taylor, Badfinger, and Billy Preston...
took an interest in Timon's music. Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM is an English musician, singer-songwriter and composer. Formerly of The Beatles and Wings , McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the "most successful musician and composer in popular music history", with 60 gold discs and sales of 100...
heard Timon's "The Bitter Thoughts of Little Jane" and offered to produce a new version of the song; Timon declined.
After a period busking in Europe, Timon returned to England . In October 1969, Dave Symonds introduced him to the Moody Blues who signed him to their own new record label, Threshold Records
Threshold Records
Threshold Records was a record label created by The Moody Blues, after their 1969 album On the Threshold of a Dream.It was a UK subsidiary of Decca Records and a U.S. subsidiary of London Records...
. In December 1969, Timon supported The Moody Blues on their tour. Timon and The Moody Blues released one single "And Now She Says She's Young".
1971–1999 — Tymon Dogg
In 1971, Timon became friends with John Graham Mellor, who would a few years later become known to the world as Joe StrummerJoe Strummer
John Graham Mellor , best remembered by his stage name Joe Strummer, was the co-founder, lyricist, rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist of the British punk rock band The Clash. His musical experience included his membership in The 101ers, Latino Rockabilly War, The Mescaleros and The Pogues, in...
. They shared a flat that year with a few other people at 18 Ash Grove aka 'Vomit Heights' in Palmers Green
Palmers Green
Palmers Green is a place in the London Borough of Enfield. It is a suburban area situated 7.6 miles north of Charing Cross. Postally, it is in London N13...
, London. In September 1971 the 'Vomit Heights' crowd and assorted others moved into a flat at 34 Ridley Road, Harlesden
Harlesden
Harlesden is an area in the London Borough of Brent, northwest London, UK. Its main focal point is the Jubilee Clock which commemorates Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee....
, London.
In early spring of 1972, Timon and Mellor took to busking in the London Underground
London Underground
The London Underground is a rapid transit system serving a large part of Greater London and some parts of Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire and Essex in England...
during the evenings. Together, the 22-year old Tymon and 20-year old Mellor also busked in London's Green Park
Green Park
-External links:*...
tube station and around Europe. Throughout this period also, Tymon was an important influence on Mellor. He taught him to play chords on an old ukulele by using his right-hand to strum the chords instead of with his natural left-hand ability, this resulting in the unique strumming style later evidenced in The Clash's music.
After being evicted from the 34 Ridley Road flat in April 1972, Tymon then moved into a flat in Miles Buildings in London. The Ridley Road collective also moved in for a while, though most soon left for a farm outside Blandford Forum in Dorset
Dorset
Dorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
in the summer of 1972. Around this time Tymon became a vegan - a decision he describes as political.
In 1973 Tymon played violin live on stage for the first time. It was also around this time that Timon changed his name to Tymon Dogg. In 1974, he was living at a ‘short-life’ house at 23 Chippenham Road, Maida Hill, London with various others. John Mellor also took up residence at this address after returning to London from Newport, Wales.
In 1975 and 1976, Tymon began playing support gigs with Mellor's (now Joe Strummer) new pub-rock band the 101ers
The 101ers
The 101ers were a pub rock band from the 1970s, notable as being the band that Joe Strummer left to join The Clash. Formed in London in May 1974, the 101ers made their performing debut on 7 September at the Telegraph pub in Brixton, under the name El Huaso and the 101 All Stars. The name would...
; Tymon was a regular at the Charlie Pig Dog Club, which was a weekly residence at a local dive that the 101ers organized. He would occasionally join the band for a jam on his violin. Strummer eventually left the 101ers in 1976 and went on to join punk band The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
.
In 1976, Tymon released his first full-length solo album Tymon Dogg, also known as Outlaw Number One. Only 500 copies were pressed. He provides all the instrumentation including piano, violin, guitar, viola, cello, mandolin, harmonica, glockenspiel, harmonium, shaum, and cymbal. Later in 1977, he formed a folk-punk trio called The Fools with drummer Richard Dudanski (ex-101ers) and bassist Ron Harvey.
The Clash released their fourth LP Sandinista!
Sandinista!
Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side...
in 1980. Tymon wrote, sang, and played violin on the track "Lose This Skin", as well as adding violin overdubs to "Lightning Strikes" while in Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios
Electric Lady Studios, at 52 West 8th Street, in New York City's Greenwich Village, is a recording studio originally built by Jimi Hendrix and designed by John Storyk in 1970...
. At the time of recording Sandinista!, Mick Jones
Mick Jones (The Clash)
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones is the former lead guitarist, secondary vocalist and co-founder for the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and...
was helping Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley
Ellen Foley is an American singer and actress, who has appeared on Broadway and television, where she co-starred in the sitcom Night Court. In music, she has released three solo albums but is best known for her collaborations with the singer Meat Loaf.- Early life and career :Foley was born in St....
record her second album Spirit of St. Louis. Three songs written by Tymon would feature on the LP.
During the tail-end of the Sandinista! sessions back at Wessex, England, Tymon and Joe Strummer had acquired a new squat in a large Georgian house in Gilbert Place, Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury
-Places:* Bloomsbury is an area in central London.* Bloomsbury , related local government unit* Bloomsbury, New Jersey, New Jersey, USA* Bloomsbury , listed on the NRHP in Maryland...
, London. They lived there for a while with Tymon's future musical partner Helen Cherry.
The years 1981 and 1982 saw Tymon play violin on Ian Hunter
Ian Hunter (singer)
Ian Hunter Patterson is an English singer-songwriter. He was the lead singer of the English rock band Mott the Hoople from its inception in 1969 to its dissolution in 1974, and he again fronted them at the time of their 2009 reunion. Hunter was a musician and songwriter before Mott The Hoople, and...
's Short Back 'n' Sides
Short Back 'n' Sides
Short Back 'n' Sides is the fifth solo album of Ian Hunter. Unsure of which direction he should take, Ian Hunter finally decided to collaborate with Mick Jones who gave Hunter's songs a tougher and heavier touch...
album, and released his second full-length solo LP Battle of Wills in 1982. He also played piano on The Clash's Combat Rock
Combat Rock
The album received positive reviews from critics, and reached the number two on the UK Albums Chart, the number seven on the Billboard Pop albums, and the top ten on many charts in other countries...
1982 album. A third LP was in the works in 1983 with production by Joe Strummer and Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns
Glyn Johns is a musician, recording engineer and record producer.-Career:He has worked with such artists as Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Easybeats, The Band, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Led Zeppelin, Eagles, Eric Clapton, The Clash, The Steve Miller Band, Small Faces, Spooky Tooth, The Ozark...
, but it was never released. In 1984, Tymon appeared on The Poison Girls’ The Price of Grain and the Price of Blood EP playing violin. He then went on to form a duo with Helen Cherry called Frugivores and released one album New Ages Songs and a single in 1987. Another new solo LP Relentless was released in 1989.
In 1995, Tymon helped produce Irish singer-songwriter Sean Millar's (aka Doctor Millar) debut album, The Bitter Lie. From 1996 to 1999, Tymon set up home in Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
and subsequently ended up working with both Enrique Morente
Enrique Morente
Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a flamenco singer and a controversial figure within the world of contemporary flamenco...
and Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo
Compay Segundo was a Cuban trova guitarist, singer and composer.-Biography:...
, and in 1998 recorded the song, "Casida Del Herido Por El Agua", with Spanish-rockers Lagartija Nick
Lagartija Nick
"Lagartija Nick" is the ninth single released by British gothic rock band Bauhaus. It was released in 7" and 12" format on the Beggars Banquet Records label and reached number 44 in the UK Singles Chart.-Track listings:7"#"Lagartija Nick"...
for a Federico García Lorca
Federico García Lorca
Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
tribute compilation, FGL: De Granada A La Luna, produced by Richard Dudanski
Richard Dudanski
Richard "Snakehips" Dudanski, a/k/a Richard Nother, is an English drummer who was a member of a number of seminal British proto-punk, punk and post-punk bands, including The 101'ers, The Raincoats, Public Image Ltd., and Basement 5...
.
2000–Present
It was 11 years later in 2000 when Tymon again hooked up with old friend Joe Strummer. Strummer had formed new band The MescalerosThe Mescaleros
The Mescaleros were the backing band for Joe Strummer, formed in 1999, which went on to make three albums prior to Strummer's death in 2002. Many of the band members were gifted multi-instrumentalists...
, which Tymon became a full-time member of in November of that year. Over the course of roughly two years he ended up playing over 70 live shows with the group. He co-wrote 'Mondo Bongo' - the tune to which Brad Pitt
Brad Pitt
William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
and Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie is an American actress. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and was named Hollywood's highest-paid actress by Forbes in 2009 and 2011. Jolie is noted for promoting humanitarian causes as a Goodwill Ambassador for the...
fell in love to in Mr and Mrs Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 American romantic comedy action film directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The original music score was composed by John Powell...
- and several other songs on the group's second full-length album Global A Go-Go
Global a Go-Go
-Personnel:* Joe Strummer - vocals, producer* Martin Slattery - synthesizer, bass, fuzz guitar, drones, Wurlitzer, hammer dulcimer, melodica, saxophone, Hammond organ, accordion, guitar, flute, backup vocals, producer...
, and played violin, mandolin, Spanish guitar, acoustic & electric guitar on assorted tracks.
Joe Strummer died on December 22, 2002 and a tribute show was held in Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
, Spain on August 20, 2003. Tymon appeared on stage with Mick Jones
Mick Jones (The Clash)
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones is the former lead guitarist, secondary vocalist and co-founder for the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and...
, Richard Dudanski, Jem Finer
Jem Finer
Jem Finer is an English musician, artist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Pogues.-Life and career:...
, Tom Lardner, and Julian Hernandez, as The Amigos.
In March 2006, Tymon performed gigs around England with new band The Quikening. An EP "Guantanamo" was released on 12" vinyl in September, with the CD released on June 1, 2007.
On February 1 of 2008 Tymon Dogg played with former The Clash
The Clash
The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...
member Mick Jones
Mick Jones (The Clash)
Michael Geoffrey "Mick" Jones is the former lead guitarist, secondary vocalist and co-founder for the British punk rock band The Clash until his dismissal in 1983. He went on to form the band Big Audio Dynamite with Don Letts before line-up changes led to the formation of Big Audio Dynamite II and...
in his band, Carbon/Silicon
Carbon/Silicon
Carbon/Silicon is a punk rock duo consisting of two experienced punk rock musicians: Mick Jones formerly of The Clash and former Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik member Tony James. The band formed around 2002.-Career:...
, as seen in various media
In May 2008, Emmy Award-winning Film Director/Producer Merrill Aldighieri completed work on her Tymon Dogg documentary, 9 Lives of Tymon Dogg.
2010 has already seen two releases: 'A Wave of Dreams' in June (www.thinmanpress.com) based on Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon
Louis Aragon , was a French poet, novelist and editor, a long-time member of the Communist Party and a member of the Académie Goncourt.- Early life :...
's eponymous surrealist manifesto, translated by Susan de Muth, and 'The Irrepressible Tymon Dogg' - a retrospective compendium - in October (Cherry Red
Cherry Red
Cherry Red is a London-based independent record label formed in 1978.-History:Cherry Red grew from the rock promotion company founded in 1971 to promote rock concerts at the Malvern Winter Gardens...
/Revola) co-produced by the legendary Joe Foster.
More albums are in the pipeline.
After forty-odd years in the music business, Tymon has worked with/supported a vast array of musical talent both in the studio and on stage. The list includes: Joe Strummer, The Clash, Pete Doherty
Pete Doherty
Peter Doherty is an English musician, writer, actor, poet and artist. He is best known musically for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he reformed with Carl Barât in 2010. His other musical project is indie band Babyshambles...
, Shane MacGowan, The Slits, Paul McCartney, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, James Taylor, Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward
Justin Hayward is an English musician, best known as singer, songwriter and guitarist in the rock band The Moody Blues.Hayward was born in Dean Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England...
, The Mescaleros, Richard Strange
Richard Strange
For the Jesuit, see Richard Strange Richard "Kid" Strange is an English writer, actor, musician, curator, teacher, adventurer, and the founder and front man of seminal mid-seventies protopunk art rock band Doctors of Madness.-Music:Strange's first band was Doctors of Madness, formed in 1975,...
, Ian Hunter, Ellen Foley, The Poison Girls, Glyn Johns, Peter Asher, Liam Genockey, Pandit Ramesh Misra, Salah Dawson Miller, Richard Dudanski, Roy Harper
Roy Harper
Roy Harper is an English folk / rock singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been a professional musician since the mid 1960s...
, The Cramps
The Cramps
The Cramps were an American rock band, formed in 1976 and active until 2009. The band split after the death of lead singer Lux Interior. Their line-up rotated much over their existence, with the husband and wife duo of Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy the only permanent members...
, Trapeze, Neville Staples
Neville Staples
Neville Eugenton Staple is a singer for the two-tone ska band, The Specials as well as his own combo, The Neville Staple Band. Along with Ranking Roger, he also sings in Special Beat.-Early life:...
, The Fall, Stone the Crows
Stone the Crows
Stone the Crows were a blues band formed in Glasgow in late 1969.-History:The band were formed after Maggie Bell was introduced to Les Harvey by his elder brother, Alex Harvey...
, Rory McLeod, Charles Hayward, Lol Coxhill
Lol Coxhill
Lowen Coxhill, generally known as Lol Coxhill is a free improvising saxophonist and raconteur...
, DM Bob & Jem Finer, Orphy Robinson
Orphy Robinson
Orphy Robinson is an award-winning Vibraphonist. Robinson, a multi-instrumentalist, also plays the saxophone,trumpet, drums, piano, marimba and steel pans . Orphy has written music for television, film, theater, opera and contemporary classical music...
, Hugh Hopper
Hugh Hopper
Hugh Colin Hopper was a progressive rock and jazz fusion bass guitarist. He was a prominent member of the Canterbury scene, as a member of Soft Machine and various other related bands.-Early career:...
, Robb Johnson
Robb Johnson
Robb Jenner Johnson is a British musician and songwriter, who has been called "one of the last genuinely political songwriters", and is known for his mix of political satire and wit...
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Claire Hamill
Claire Hamill is a British singer-songwriter.- Biography :Claire Hamill was active in the music business since age 17...
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Solo recordings
| Year | Album |
|---|---|
| 1976 | Tymon Dogg |
| 1982 | Battle of Wills |
| 1987 | Frugivores - New Age Songs |
| 1989 | Relentless |
| 2007 | (EP) Guantanamo |
| 2010 | A Wave of Dreams |
| 2010 | The Irrepressible Tymon Dogg |
Guest appearances
| Year | Album | Artist | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Sandinista! Sandinista! Sandinista! is the fourth studio album by the English punk rock band the Clash. It was released on 12 December 1980 as a triple album containing 36 tracks, with 6 songs on each side... |
The Clash | Vocals, violin on "Lose This Skin", "Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)", "Junco Partner", "The Equaliser", and "Something About England" |
| 1981 | Short Back 'n' Sides Short Back 'n' Sides Short Back 'n' Sides is the fifth solo album of Ian Hunter. Unsure of which direction he should take, Ian Hunter finally decided to collaborate with Mick Jones who gave Hunter's songs a tougher and heavier touch... |
Ian Hunter | Violin on "Old Records Never Die" |
| 1981 | Spirit of St. Louis | Ellen Foley | Violin, wrote three tunes: "Beautiful Waste of Time," "Game of a Man" and "Indestructible" |
| 1982 | Combat Rock Combat Rock The album received positive reviews from critics, and reached the number two on the UK Albums Chart, the number seven on the Billboard Pop albums, and the top ten on many charts in other countries... |
The Clash | Piano on "Death Is A Star" and "Overpowered By Funk" |
| 1985 | The Price of Grain | Poison Girls Poison Girls The Poison Girls were an English anarcho-punk band. The female singer/guitarist, Vi Subversa, was a middle-aged mother of two at the band's inception, and wrote songs that explored sexuality and gender roles, usually from an anarchist perspective... |
Violin on "The Price of Grain and the Price of Blood" and "Stonehenge 1985" |
| 1995 | The Bitter Lie | Doctor Millar | Producer |
| 1998 | De Granada a la Luna | Various artists | Violin and guest vocals on "Casida Del Herido Por El Agua" with Lagartija Nick |
| 2000 | Once Bitten Twice Shy | Ian Hunter | Violin on "Old Records Never Die" |
| 2001 | Global a Go-Go Global a Go-Go -Personnel:* Joe Strummer - vocals, producer* Martin Slattery - synthesizer, bass, fuzz guitar, drones, Wurlitzer, hammer dulcimer, melodica, saxophone, Hammond organ, accordion, guitar, flute, backup vocals, producer... |
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros | Violin, mandolin, Spanish guitar, acoustic & electric guitar on tracks such as "Mondo Bongo", "Shaktar Donetsk", and "Minstrel Boy" |
| 2002 | Give 'Em the Boot Give 'Em the Boot Give 'Em the Boot is a series of compilation albums released by Hellcat Records. The first release came out July 29, 1997, and there has been a new release every other year, except for the gap between the second and third releases, which had three years in between... III |
Various artists | Violin, Spanish guitar on Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros' "Global A Go-Go" |
| 2003 | Streetcore Streetcore -Cover versions of songs:The song "Coma Girl" was performed as the opening number at Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's performance at the Glastonbury Festival on June 27, 2009.... |
Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros | Violin on "Silver and Gold" |
| 2004 | Give 'Em the Boot IV | Various artists | Violin on Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros "Junco Pardner" |
| 2007/2008 | Screamin | El Doghouse | Violin on "Screamin' Bloody Murder" |
| 2008 | Howl | El Doghouse | Violin on "Screamin' Bloody Murder" |
| 2009 | This Is Only Me | Jonathan Martin | Production, Violin on Single "This Is Only Me" |