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Edgar William Jones (born 4 December 1970), also known as Edgar Summertyme, is an English singer-songwriter and musician from Liverpool, England. Jones was originally the bass player and singer-songwriter for The Stairs and has played in other bands such as The Isrites, The Big Kids, Edgar Jones & The Joneses and Free Peace. He has also played as a session musician for several artists including Ian McCulloch, Paul Weller, Saint Etienne and Ocean Colour Scene.
The Stairs
Main article: The Stairs
Jones formed The Stairs with Ged Lynn and Paul Maguire, a 1960s-oriented band with English Beat, Garage Rock, Blues Rock and Psychedelic influences. The bands manager Jason Otty would often play harmonica and the band would later feature 2nd guitarists Carl Cook and Daniel Kierney before splitting in 1994. The band achieved cult status with the album Mexican R'n'B (1992).
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Jones also formed The Isrites with Sean Payne later of The Zutons, Paul Maguire's younger brother Dave and Luke Goldberg later of Book, and The Big Kids again with Sean Payne and Russell Pritchard later of The Zutons, and Howie Payne of The Stands. Although both bands split before releasing anything, material has since been issued on several compilations released by The Viper Label.
Jones formed Free Peace in August 2008 with his nephew Nick Miniski and guitarist Stuart Gimblett. An EP was released via gigs, mail order and independent record shops in Liverpool and were in the process of recordings their debut album, which was set to be released on their own label, Loud Soul in October 2009. The band saw Jones return to the 3 piece rock sound of The Stairs and they had reportedly finished about 20 songs for their debut album. Despite regularly gigging, including major support slots with Oasis, the band split up with an album entitled "Stormy Weather" released under the name "The Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing" in September 2011 on The Viper Label over s year after the band disbanded.
