Janet Jones - Where did she go

Subject: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,Lancashire Lad
Date: 29 Dec 03 - 05:48 PM

Does anyone know whatever happened to a female folk singer called Janet Jones? She recorded 2 LPs in the 1970s on the Midas label (UK). A tremendous voice and fine interpreter of traditional songs. Would love to know if he is still recording or made any other albums aside from the two (now almost worn out) albums I have already.
Also does anyone know anything of her history, where she came from, who she sang with, etc

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Greycap
Date: 30 Dec 03 - 08:03 AM

She used to sing at the Watermill Inn at Pateley Bridge a great deal- I last saw her about 3 years ago at Allan McEvoy's funeral ( leader of the Crofters ) and she was fine.
She used to live in Bingley, or thereabouts, I believe.
D'you want me to ask around, see if anyone knows where she is at this time, address, etc?

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,Lancashire Lad
Date: 12 Jan 04 - 12:53 PM

Hi Greycap

Yes any info would be appreciated.

Is she still singing? or recording?

She was a truly gifted singer, it would be a great loss if she had given up

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 13 Jan 04 - 10:44 AM

A pal of mine got a Christmas card from her, I'll check it out and get back to you asap

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 18 Jan 04 - 01:36 AM

Many thanks Greycap

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 28 Feb 04 - 04:25 PM

Any news on JJ yet?

LL

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,guest
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 03:41 AM

Any further news on Janet Jones LL ?

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 16 Mar 05 - 03:50 AM

No sadly....She seems to have just vanished

LL

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 23 Oct 05 - 10:08 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Peace
Date: 23 Oct 05 - 02:57 PM

Midas Recordings MFHR059

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Peace
Date: 23 Oct 05 - 03:00 PM

[e-mail]

Might look there. Hope you locate her, LL.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Peace
Date: 23 Oct 05 - 03:16 PM

Midas Records
109 The Old Court House
St Peter Church Yard
Derby
DE1 1NN
ENGLAND
Tel [phone]
Fax [phone]
WWW: http://www.demon.co.uk/midas/
Email: [e-mail]

Sorry, LL. I can't seem to find much more. I will keep looking, but don't hold yer breath.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,Greycap
Date: 24 Oct 05 - 02:44 AM

Got a kiss from her at the Otley Festival - she was lookin' good.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Lancashire Lad
Date: 24 Oct 05 - 09:34 AM

The url for the above site goes nowhere

The search continues

LL

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,Janet Jones
Date: 25 Oct 08 - 05:00 AM

Alive and kicking!

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 25 Jun 11 - 07:53 AM

Until It's Time For You To Go

Both Sides Now

Old Pendle

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 26 Jun 11 - 09:58 PM

Janet has kindly given me permission to upload songs from her two LPs to my YouTube channel and I have chosen "Thoughts From A Window" as the first to use.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 08:23 AM

Janet's first LP Janet Jones .

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 10:51 AM

Tomorrow Is A Long Time ~ the wonderful Bob Dylan song so beautifully sung by Janet; lovely voice/guitar playing.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: The Sandman
Date: 27 Jun 11 - 11:20 AM

seems like she found the bacup triangle

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 14 Jul 11 - 03:39 PM

Janet has given me permission to upload all of the songs from her two LPs to my YouTube channel. I have just uploaded the Dory Previn song Lemon Haired Ladies.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 30 Jul 11 - 04:04 AM

Janet has a new CD out. It is called "A Fresh Wind Waves" and is a re-mastered version (2011) of a Janet Jones 1976 EP. It is available for purchase from the Bronte Parsonage Museum shop in Haworth. Janet's website is currently under construction and should be up and running in three weeks time. The CD will then be available from the website and a link to the website will be posted on this thread.

Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 at Thornton, Bradford. I made this video of one of the poems/songs on the CD and uploaded it to my YouTube channel at the beginning of July. It has been made public today to coincide with the anniversary of Emily's birthday.

November 1837

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 30 Jul 11 - 04:08 AM

I should have made my previous post clearer by saying that the CD has 5 Emily Brontë poems set to music by and sung by Janet Jones.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Lizzie Cornish 1
Date: 30 Jul 11 - 04:41 AM

That's a beautiful video, and a lovely song too, Jean. :0)

Happy Birthday, Emily!

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 04 Aug 11 - 07:32 PM

Janet's second LP Sing to Me Lady sold on eBay in May for £530 + postage :) ♬ ♬

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 05 Aug 11 - 07:24 PM

A bit of the flavour of Yorkshire here ~ but not where I live :) This song was written by Bob Jackson and is sung to a traditional tune by Janet on the LP "Sing To Me Lady". It's about pollution in Yorkshire.

Ode To A White Rose

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 06 Aug 11 - 08:46 PM

Just need to put right what I wrongly posted earlier. "Sing To Me Lady" was the first LP (1972) and the 2nd LP (1974) was simply called "Janet Jones".

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 23 Sep 11 - 07:26 AM

Janet's website will be up and running from 8am UK time tomorrow Saturday 24 September. Here is the link to the website:

Aire Valley Music ~ home of Janet Jones

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Mississippi Saxaphone
Date: 23 Sep 11 - 11:22 AM

I used to play with Janet in "The Yorkshire Folk Company" along with the other members of the Pendas Way folk group together with Keith Marsden and Brian Senior.

Tony (Bomber) Aked

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Mississippi Saxaphone
Date: 24 Sep 11 - 07:55 AM

It's good to see the website up and running today. All the best to Janet with the CD; it is a worthwhile project and very well done.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 24 Sep 11 - 08:25 AM

Aire Valley Music was set up to produce and promote songs, music and literature from the Aire valley area of Yorkshire. A Fresh Wind Waves ~ Emily Brontë poems set to music and sung by Janet Jones has been released in the same year as the 2011 film Jane Eyre which was of course written by Emily's sister Charlotte.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 13 Nov 11 - 09:14 AM

Janet does have unused copies of her rare vinyl1976 EP. If anyone is interested they should visit her website shop and email [e-mail] for further details.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 19 Nov 11 - 04:07 AM

Aire Valley Music now has a Facebook page.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 07:49 AM

Just put up on eBay this rare vinyl EP.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 21 Nov 11 - 07:54 AM

Forgot to say it is not me selling the EP on eBay; this has been put up by another seller. It will be of particular interest to collectors of rare vinyl but also to those who enjoy the music of Janet Jones.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 20 Dec 11 - 07:47 AM

I have uploaded to my YouTube channel Amazing Grace which is from Janet's 1972 LP "Sing To Me, Lady".

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 20 Jan 12 - 07:41 AM

Earlier in this thread I put a link to "Thoughts from a Window" which was written by Janet. Concrete Boxes is another of the songs she wrote.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: MG John
Date: 22 Mar 12 - 05:19 AM

Good to hear that you are still about Janet. John S.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 23 Apr 12 - 06:36 AM

Janet now has a YouTube channel. She has many unpublished poems which she intends to upload to her channel in the future. The channel will also be used to help with the ideas that she has for new projects for her website.

Janet's YouTube channel

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Jean(eanjay)
Date: 03 Jul 12 - 11:58 AM

Aire Valley Music is now on Twitter.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST
Date: 20 Oct 12 - 06:00 AM

Alan McAvoy was my grandad, i recently bought at the water mill which featured JJ it's so nice to still be able to hear him even though he's not here

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,Iain Glover
Date: 20 Oct 12 - 05:10 PM

Guest above I miss your granddad \i sang and played with him in the Crofters

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Oct 16 - 05:13 AM

I am Janet's husband and sang with her for a while. We were both at Alan's funeral, a sad and joyous occasion.

I'm afraid Janet is no longer singing. She has Lewy Body Dementia along with type 1 diabetes and can't really remember words or play guitar. I sometimes play guitar and she tries to sing along to written words. If anyone would like more info please email me [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: The Sandman
Date: 09 Oct 16 - 06:10 PM

Sad news.
I did not know her well, but do remember her from whitby folk festival in the seventies.

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,GuestM
Date: 17 May 17 - 02:49 PM

Does anyone know where the Talbot Inn was, where Janet did regular evenings during the 1970's? Is it still a pub?

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 18 May 17 - 03:18 AM

The Talbot was in Halifax, long demolished now.

Dave H

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: GUEST,padgett
Date: 18 May 17 - 03:46 AM

Sorry to report that I believe Janet has recently died ~ from a fb posting

Ray

Subject: RE: Janet Jones - Where did she go
From: FreddyHeadey
Date: 18 May 17 - 04:29 AM

Mudcat obit thread

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