Jon Coates

(www.myspace.com/joncoatesmusic)

Jon Coates played for us in Nottingham at The Salutaion Inn 14th September 2008

This amazing young singer/songwriter stepped in at literally the last moment when our first band of the day had to cancel on us with about two hours notice! A regular at The Sal, he responded to Ali’s call for help without a seconds hesitation and turned up to give us an amazing set of original material, melodic music with soft and thoughtful lyrics that had even the small crowd that had began to gather that early in the day captivated. Coming from a background in music, Mum and Dad were both regulars on the folk scene in the 70’s, and classically trained himself, he was such a wonderful start to our day and set the tone for everything that followed. I will not even try to compare him to any other artist, simply say find out where he is playing, and go and listen to his music, and hear a truly nice young man share his thoughts and dreams with you...oh...nearly forgot...he asked me to make sure that you all know he is willing to travel!! Jon can