John Joseph Jones

John Joseph Jones (3 February 1930– August 2000) was a British and Australian poet, folk singer, musician, playwright, and theatre director. Biography Born in London in 1930, Jones first arrived in Australia in 1948. Between 1950 and 1952, he worked briefly in England, Canada, and Fiji, but settled permanently in Australia in 1952. He graduated from University of Western Australia with a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in Anthropology and English (1959). He lived in Parkerville and developed and sustained the Parkerville Amphitheatre during his lifetime. The amphitheatre became the site for a number of 1970s concerts, including John Farnham, Cold Chisel, and Jo Jo Zep and the Falcons. A documentary on the Parkerville Amphitheatre, "Sets, Bugs & Rock n Roll", by Tempest Productions, was shown at the Revelation Film Festival in Perth in July 2015. Music Condamine Bells: Songs and Stories of the Australian Outback, poems by Jack Sorensen, Joseph Jones and Patsy Durack. Perth, W.A.: Carroll's, 1961 Australian New Folk and Art Songs: with full piano accompaniments and guitar chord symbols by John Joseph Jones. Kewdale, W.A.: John Joseph Jones, 1966 A Singer and his Songs of Early Australia, Sydney: Southern Music, 1970 Pipedream: original libretto with revisions and additions by the librettist, by John Joseph Jones; set to music by Kevin Fenner. Perth, W.A.: Hovea Music Press, 1995