JONA LEWIE - Sexy Girls (Sick and Tired)

After 'Seaside Shuffle' Jona Lewie looked likely to be a one-hit wonder artist until he recorded You'll Always Find Me in the Kitchen at Parties, co-written with fellow 'Terry Dactyl' Keef Trouble, which made the British Top 20.

His next single 'Big Shot - Momentarily' did not chart, but later he was back with his last UK hit, 'Stop the Cavalry', which reached the number 3 spot. His final chart success was in Australia with 'Louise (We Get It Right)'.

Jona Lewie is an ex keyboard player and vocalist for Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. Four of the Bretts (Jona Lewie, Keef Trouble, Graham Hine, John Randall) are perhaps better known for their record 'Seaside Shuffle' which reached No 2 in the UK charts in 1972 under the pseudonym Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs.

Lewie joined his first group, The Johnston City Jazz Band, while still at school in 1963, and started earning money in the music industry in 1968 as a solo blues singer accompanied by his own blues & boogie piano playing. Also, showing signs as a singer songwriter, early recordings of his early compositions are sighted on the compilation album "I Asked For Water She Gave Me... Gasoline" On the Liberty/UA label in May 1969, just four months before accepting an invitation to join the already popular cult blues band Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts. This acceptance would elevate Lewie's career, enabling him to play at bigger and better venues and afford more recording opportunities. Other early compositions in 1969 appear on an album "These Blues Is Meant To Be Barrel Housed" on the Yazoo/BlueGoose Label in New york (Still as a solo artist known as John Lewis.) Jona stayed with the Bretts until 1973, their mainstream hit single being "Seaside Shuffle". Despite its roots firmly embedded in cajun and 12 bar blues culture, the band, 'though not Keef Trouble, felt it was unashamedly commercial and quite at odds with the Thunderbolts usual style, and it was released under the one-off nom de disque Terry Dactyl and The Dinosaurs. The record did little on first release in 1971 but a year later on re-release reached number 2 in the UK Singles Chart.

Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts, formed in 1968, and now an occasionally performing British pub and club band. The original 5 members, Pete Gibson, Keef Trouble (Keith Trussell,) Jim Pitts, Graham Hine, and John Randall, were joined by Taffy Davies in the early 70s replacing Jona Lewie, and Dougie Strathie who joined in 2001.

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[BonaJonaLewie]

@jobber25v you only go on about Jona's Gayness because you fancy him rotten and would luv to get down and dirty with him.

[wolf1percenter]

nice song, shame about the jobber comment below, rock on jona.

[balsamico1000]

sahhhne mehr JONA

[balsamico1000]

sahhhne

[littleredbeaver]

What a moover.

[LonaJewie]

Nicely manipulated.

[OldSlowHandClapton]

Great blues singer.

[KebabBashers]

Much better than his Christmas song.