Tymon Dogg C/D

One of the most underrated musicians in all of music history - no lie. The only person (in my opinion) to completely stun in five consecutive decades - from the '60s "Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane" to his extraordinary pre-punk indie release from 1976 "Outlaw One" to his great work with the Clash on "Sandinista!" and "Combat Rock" and his mind-blowing punky-Indian-Celtic take on Pop Group-styled politics on his Y label album "Battle Of Wills" and more. His unreleased Joe Strummer-produced album is a gem, his back-to-the-basics "Relentless" downright incredible, and his songs with Joe Strummer's Mescaleros tend to outshine Joe's own work. ("Minstrel Boy" was his idea and he's responsible for most of "Johnny Appleseed.) A new single, Guantanamo, is pretty fine too. There's a movie about him that's looking for distribution. And the b-side of the single you mentioned, "Indestructible," I rate as one of the best compositions of the 20th Century - it's in the style of a hymn and it's just sublime.

is this dude related to nathaniel dogg

So, it's a pseudonym.

dee you are one of my very favorite posters here, thank you for filling me in about the eight or ten things I didn't know about this guy.

also, dee meant

NO

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I also realized that I have a Tymon Dogg solo track on the "Birth Of The Y" compilation (I assume it's from the Y LP mentioned above). I will listen and report back.

Sorry about that, I meant "No." His real name is Stephen Murray. The song on "The Birth Of The Y" is called "Low Down Dirty Weakness," which is from his "Battle Of Wills" album. Great track.

Ha, who knew there was a thread! Well, happy to revive it since there's a rerelease out:

https://tymondogg.bandcamp.com/album/battle-of-wills-expanded-edition

Tymon Dogg's bewildering career has taken him from the classic pop-psych single he recorded as a teenager, "The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane" to a session at Apple Records which saw him ascond with the masters when he felt they were trying to turn him in an idol à la "Herman of Herman's Hemots", which preceded a brief foray on The Moody Blues Threshold land with a solitary Justin-Hayward 7" through to his tutelage of Joe Strummer before and during The 101'ers through large parts of The Clash and The Mescaleros' careers . . . ironically seeing some of his most popular years opening shows for the like of Poison Girls, and recording for Dick O' Dell's amazing Y Records, also home to The Pop Group, Sun Ra, Shriekback, Glaxo Babies, The Slits and many others.

In fact, Tymon's 1982 album for Y "Battle Of Wills" was the last release from from any artist on the pioneering independent label. It remains the only Tymon Dogg release to have received even meagre distribution, but we aim to change that!

This greatly-expanded reissue consists of the twelve songs from the original album, a rare b-side, "Indestructible" plus five other studio rarities, and a blistering seven-song set from a 1980 show at NYC's Danceteria, featuring the only extant recording of the first song ever performed by Joe Strummer's band The 101'ers, "Dog Dirt On Your Shoe".

This reissue features extensive liner notes from Ian A Anderson, editor of Folk Roots / fRoots and is fully-authorised by Tymon himself.

Of potentially even more note per the PR mailout:

Future releases from Tymon include an unreleased 1983 album with Joe Strummer and (The Who / Beatles / Rolling Stones / Led Zeppelin / The Clash producer) Glyn Johns, unheard early '80s sessions with Ian Dury's Blockheads, and other oddities. Despite all those big names, Tymon has always been an utterly incomparable writer / performer, and we aim to bring his complete recorded works to you in due time.