Alt-rock from Oxford, UK. Best played loud.

I am an artist and amateur musician, born in 1950, living in Oakland, CA, and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. I started playing guitar at about age 13, playing the folk and "protest" music of people like Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Gordon Lightfoot, etc. For many years, I have played, for the most part, music of my own creation, inspired by the likes of John Fahey, Tommy Emmanuel, and especially, Leo Kottke.

A few years ago, when I began recording my music for friends, I invented, for reasons obscure even to me, a pseudonym for my musical self, a "nom de strings", as I like to say. "Slim Jimsøhn" is that fellow's name. He even has his own biography, and a home in Yreka, CA, in the shadow of Mt. Shasta.

You may be interested to read Thomas Brunkard's Soundcloud Reviews review of my work."While His Guitar Gently Weeps" (see the link, below).

Thank you for your interest in my music. I do hope you enjoy it!

James + Nick + Pete + Simon + Sean = Post-Punk

New Album out this November! Launch night 27/10 at The Handle Bar
"The quality of a Deadbeats track is never in question – they are, perhaps, Oxford’s best-kept secret, and one we need to start sharing with the entire world" OMS Magazine
"It is ballsy; it is all lusty and soulful and drunk on passion. It’s not until a good half hour after it’s finished that all the other songs in the house feel bold enough to come out from behind the sofa”. In Spite of it All Nightshift Magazine October 2022
The Deadbeat Apostles are an Oxford 5-piece soul, blues, rock and roll outfit “infused with a punk spirit that doesn’t trample too hard on the soulful rock’n’roll that is their stock-in-trade”. Angry, political, dressed up to the nines and having a ball. Their songs are a rallying cry for the oppressed and soulful calls for action whilst reminding you why music is your first love.
 "It isn’t just hitting all the right beats socially; it’s hitting the right notes musically. This is almost the perfect protest song for the modern era; Bob Dylan for the TikTok generation" OMS Leave it to men review

Sometimes I play solo and acoustic, sometimes I play with my bassist Robin and my drum machine (Eric).  I'm based in South Oxfordshire, England.  I also play for Twizz Twangle, Moiety and Song and Supper Rooms.  I love Richard Thompson, Fairport Convention, The Beatles, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Loudon Wainwright, Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbrick, The Cure, The Sisters of Mercy, Siouxie and the Banshees, Joy Division and many others.

Followers of beard of destiny