Jo Banks (5/8-1917
– 21/2 2011)
Jo Banks kom til Danmark fra Chicago USA. I København startede han det legendariske Purple Door Coffee
House på Højbro Plads som blev et væsentlig
kraftcenter for den spirende danske folkemusik...
Fra Lp'ens bagsidenoter: "Jo Banks was born in
He was a merchant seaman during
the war and because he was interested in photography, made contact with
photographers in bombed European cities who were attempting to rebuild their
studios.
During the first years after
the war he was a newspaper editor in
He now lives with his wife and
two children in
He also owns and is the resident singer of the Purple
Paper on Jo Banks
by Mojo Mendiola in English and German.
1965 LP Jo Banks of the Purple Door -
EMI/Columbia
KSX 3
Pay your dues / Little Willy
/ I've been buked and I've been scorned / Down by the
riverside / 45 Pistol / Old
Grizzly bear / Best friend blues / Will the circle be unbroken / Mule skinner / This time one more year / Bill Baily
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1965 7" Jo Banks and Tom Baily -
EMI/Columbia DD 775
Car car
(Woody Guthri) / Run, run (Trad. arr. Jo Banks and Tom
Baily)
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1979 LP Jo Banks
and the Soul Train - A Small Part of the Answer - Trispot 1
I want to live / The politicans / Summertime // Earth people, we will be sad for you / The toy shop killer /
Don't let them take your
mind
Allan Rasch
(guitar) - Klaus Schønning (keyboards) - Karsten Madsen (bass) - Frank Nielsen (drums, flute) - Jo
Banks (vokals)
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