SIMON GUITAR JOHN

About SIMON GUITAR JOHN

Born South Wales 1970, started playin aged 9, jammed and rec'd with hundreds of local musicians. Heart failure 1/1/11 unable to play properly since. Taken to keyboards and solo recording. Peace :) MADE IN WALES. Started playing guitar young, also piano, bass, drums and singing, also harmonica. Began tape recording and taking Classical Guitar lessons in Gamlin's Pianos music shop in the centre of Cardiff, capital city of Wales. Began to write songs and go to gigs aged 13 or so, also to jam frequently around town. I was given a reel-to-reel and took some jazz lessons, continually jamming guitar and bass and going out drinking. Got me a steel-string and a four-track...not much changed ever since! I'm now 42 years old and a lot wiser, which means I don't drink much...fell ill a couple of years ago and emerged with Nerve Damage (painful) to the left arm, also the bicep, forearm and shoulder muscles had wasted away. Undaunted by the negativity of some experts who said I was henceforth stuck unable to play guitar ever again, I received physiotherapy here in West Wales where I now live and worked hard to redevelop the muscles and feeling in the left arm and, especially, left hand. But the Doctors were half-right. Because I can't turn my arm at the wrist properly or move the hand up and down the neck, I've had to develop a capacity to play over-the-top of the neck, as opposed to underneath, with my fretting hand. It ain't easy! But I love music, and hope to make sounds for the rest of my life. ... ... I'm 41 years odd. Sorry, 42. Actually, I'm 44...6ft tall and 28 stone. My Mother taught Welsh and my Dad is an Artist, Professionally. My Grandfather worked Deep Dyffrun Pit in Mountain Ash for 45 years. I Was a competent guitarist prior to injury. Big fan of all Music. I Need A Holiday. I'm Recovering from Swine Flu and Pneumonia from which I DIED and was resuscitated on 1/1/11. I grew up in South Wales. Near-death experiences transform you. A little bit CrAzY or so the Authorities inform me. Available on @twitter as @simonguitarjohn with about 750 followers as I write (Now over 2250) Hardworking Artist who Smokes too much. Sometimes Write Bob Dylan-ish Songs and Records them on Tape. Artist, Writer, Musician, Peaceful. I'm Safe, Health-Conscious and a Good Friend especially in Pubs.. I Get Depressed. Got Nerve Damage in the Left Arm, due to "a Brachial Plexus injury" apparently. I've been in a COMA (Medically induced) Nice to see the Heavens Above and pretty scenery. I Likes a good Fire. Took far too many substances a long time ago. Falls in Love approximately 3 times a day but Never Pulls a Bird...would like 2 come 2 America and see Paris again. Completely Able to cope with the Modern Era and Friendly with the Gods and the Devil and his Angels...UnAble to spot-the-difference between the 2 camps, mind u. Obsessed by the Bible, especially the Book of Revelation. I've read The Koran, liked it a lot, it brought me Peace...been "Crucified Upside-down" in Saint David's Hospital in Carmarthen where they perpetrated Crimes against Humanity but were Excellent all the Same and have my Gratitude (if you could ever understand how Bad it was there. Psychiatric institutions can be bloody terrifying places to be...) very Overweight but gradually Reducing. A worried Man! Need a holiday. No I don't have any money. Registered Disabled, I live in a Care Home in Tiers Cross. Got No pets or girlfriend. I spend a lot of time writin but I'm becomin increasingly lllllaaaaaaaaaazzzzzzzzzyyyyyyy. Follow The White Rabbit
Since writing the above I've turned 43,,,Hello, my name is Simon John and I'm a Musician! (Keyboards, guitars, bass, vocals and harmonica.) I am finding life difficult at Harvest Care Home in Tiers Cross, I have been reg'd Disabled since 1993 following admission to the Mental Hell System in 1990 due to a massive Breakdown. Prior to that I was good in School in Cardiff, achieving 6 'O' levels, and left there to pursue a life of leisure. I worked for my father for over a Year around 1989 doing Graphic Design. The Family Business went Bankcrupt in 1991...I spent the next four years living my life around Cardiff and Pembrokeshire, as I had been doing for years previously.. We moved to Stepaside in 95 and I became Sectioned due to alcohol-related problems at home, where I lived with Bob and Carol, my Parents...I moved to Milford House in Milf Haven, but kept having Religious experiences, which the Authorities explained away as Delusions...I was then in and out of St David's hosp Carmarthen, Milford House, Stepaside, and a hostel in Pembroke Dock as well as 2 flats in Saundersfoot, which I loved. I finally settled in a Council flat in Milford Haven for 2 years, until I admitted myself to Carmarthen in 2001, becoming Sectioned soon after, and lived in 5 different wards there until I was transferred to Harvest...I've never been particularly happy here for any sustained period of time, even though I'm popular here. On 1/1/11 I died of Swine Flu and Pneumonia, and was resuscitated in the Ambulance on the way to Withybush. I was placed in a Coma there, from which I emerged a few weeks later with Nerve Damage to the left arm and hand, also muscle wastage. to the bicep and shoulder. I also had slight Amnesia and my legs were weak. I'd lost a couple of Stone, but when I moved back to Harvest I became obese. I now weigh 28 stones, and have Nerve Damage and Mental Health issues...I'm just a guitarist...:)