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The Johnnys to play first Melbourne show in a decade

by Paul Cashmere

The Johnnys will return to the Melbourne stage for the first time in almost a decade with a show at MEMO Music Hall in St Kilda in February.

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Spencer P Jones 2018

R.I.P. Spencer P. Jones 1956-2018

by Paul Cashmere

Spencer P. Jones, at one time guitarist for The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon and Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls, has lost his battle with cancer.

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Spencer P Jones 2018

Please Help Spencer P. Jones Who Has Been Diagnosed With Inoperable Cancer

by Paul Cashmere

It was upsetting to see the news that Spencer P Jones has been told his cancer is inoperable considering the events of the past week in my own family following the passing of my wife Ros O’Gorman.

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Spencer P Jones and the Nothing Butts

Spencer P Jones Works With Nothing Butt Friends

by Paul Cashmere

Spencer P. Jones of the infamous The Johnnys and Beasts of Bourbon has a new group of vagabonds that he likes to call Spencer P Jones and the Nothing Butts.

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