Jon Anderson - 60's career-recordings-collaborations

(updated nov.12, 2012)


With thanks to all possible sources on the internet I tried to complete all of Jon's work.

                                        Jon Anderson's 60's

from Little John's Skiffle Group/The Warriors/The Gun/The Open Mind/Mabel Greer's Toyshop to the start of the 'classical' Yes period.

Jon Anderson was born John Roy Anderson in Accrington, Lancashire, England, to Albert and Kathleen Anderson. His father was from Scotland whilst his mother was of Irish ancestry. Anderson dropped the "h" from his first name in 1970.

His musical career began at school, The St. John's Infants School in Baxenden, Accrington. There he made a tentative start to a musical career playing the washboard in "Little John's Skiffle Group", which played songs by Lonnie Donegan, among others. Anderson left school at the age of fifteen and went through a series of jobs including farm hand, lorry driver and milkman. Anderson tried to pursue a football career at Accrington Stanley F.C. but five foot five inch Jon was turned down because of his frail constitution. He remains a fan of the club.

- 1962-1967 The Warriors (also known as The Electric Warriors with his brother Tony)  
see main article about them on this blog 
and

http://www.highlandmotorcyclehols.com/warriors.htm
- 1967           Jon lived in Tilburg (The Netherlands) for a short period and joined Les Cruches. 
http://www.regionaalarchieftilburg.nl/wiki/Cruches,_Les 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afGMhEaPiiY 

- 1968           He released two solo singles under the pseudonym Hans Christian.

- 1968           a very short period he sang for the bands The Gun and The Open Mind.

- 1968           he met bassist Chris Squire and joined him in Mabel Greer's Toyshop, 
                     which had previously included guitarist Peter Banks. 

- 1969          Anderson, Squire and Banks went on to form Yes with drummer Bill Bruford
                    and keyboardist Tony Kaye. Their debut album was released in 1969.

Records:

as The Warriors : 
- singles "You Came Along" b/w "Don't Make Me Blue" (1964) and "Bolton Club 65" (1965)

as Hans Christian: 

- Never My Love/All of the Time' and Autobiography Of A Mississippi Hobo /Sonata Of Love.

with Yes: 

- Yes (1969)

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The Warriors

Hans Christian

Mabel Greer's Toyshop

Yes

Note: 
Jon's Yes years are: 1969-1980, 1983-1988, 1989-1991 (under the name Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe) and 1991-2008.

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to be continued at my other blog items:

 Jon Anderson - the 70's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 80's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 90's     career-recordings-collaborations
 Jon Anderson - the 2000's career-recordings-collaborations