Simon Joyner is a singer-songwriter from Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Considered by some to be the forefather of the burgeoning Omaha music scene , he has profoundly influenced the music of Bright Eyes . Joyner also collaborated with John Darnielle, of The Mountain Goats, and Beck listed Joyner in his top 10 albums when asked by Rolling Stone. He is also famous for the so called "Peel Incident," when famous British DJ John Peel played his album The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll from beginning to end on air, only one of two times ever in his over 30 years of broadcasting [LINK: http://www.timmcmahan.com/sjoyner.htm] [1]. The other instance occurred in 1977 when Peel played Bob Dylan's Desire. Discography · Umbilical Chords · Room Temperature · The Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll · Heaven's Gate · Songs for the N

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