Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart was co-founder, co-songwriter and guitarist for Sleeper, who enjoyed eight UK Top 40 singles and three UK Top 10 albums in the Britpop era. He has since appeared as a session musician on albums by k d lang and former Spice Girl Mel C, and as music supervisor on a number of feature films including Telstar: The True Story of Joe Meek
(2009).
Jon has written for Guitarist magazine, including a monthly feature column called Rock Climbing, since 2002. He is also the Senior Academic Lecturer at Brighton Institute of Modern Music - www.bimm.co.uk
Brighton Institute of Modern Music
11 articles
List of articles in the library
Coldplay: The Guitar Tech's Insights
Interview by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, March 2004
THERE ARE lots of guitar-related careers in the music industry but being a guitar tech for a large touring band has to be one of ...
The Press Gang:: Music Journalists (AKA: Sleeping With The Enemy)
Overview by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, March 2006
Jon Stewart talks to the enemy, music journalists, and finds out what makes them tick... ...
Big Jim Sullivan: The Man With The Golden Arm
Interview by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, September 2006
Jon Stewart talks about what it takes to make it as a professional musician with Big Jim Sullivan, the legendary UK session guitarist who has ...
Twiddle Twaddle: The Guitarists Who Do Too Much
Column by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, November 2007
THIS MONTH'S column is inspired by Pete from Weston-Super-Mare and his controversial contribution to the letters page in last month's Guitarist: "Fret w*nkers - it's ...
Super Smashing Lovely: Jon Stewart Laments The Lost Art Of Stagecraft
Column by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, May 2008
FOR MOST people at a gig (the normal people, the ones who aren't other guitarists) it's not what you're playing that counts - it's what ...
Profile by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, June 2008
SISTER ROSETTA Tharpe was born in a Mississippi delta cotton farm in 1915. ...
The Faces: The Guitar Face Phenomenon
Column by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, November 2008
GUITAR FACE is a common complaint that can strike any of us at any time. It is an unconscious condition over which we have little ...
Profile by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, December 2008
Jon Stewart finds a new source of inspiration from a guitar-heavy world music band. ...
Retrospective by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, April 2009
Jon Stewart celebrates the magic of Motown’s multiple guitarists ...
Bonzo Dog Band, Frank Zappa: ROCK CLIMBING: Jon Stewart Asks, 'Does Humour Belong In Music?'
Column by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, July 2009
HIGH SUMMER, the silly season, is the time to examine humour in music. ...
Steve Cropper: Rock Climbing: Steve Cropper
Retrospective by Jon Stewart, Guitarist, June 2010
GUITARIST, A&R MAN, engineer, producer, songwriter, promoter and founder member of Booker T & the MGs, Steve Cropper’s playing defines southern soul music. Cropper listened to ...
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