About Jody Wildgoose

At the tender age of 12 Jody Wildgoose's talent as a musician was first seen in the popular Sheffield band The Various Vegetables, supporting bands like Cornershop, Pulp and Neds Atomic Dustbin. At 13 he got his first recording contract!  The Various Vegetables split when Jody was 16 and his busking days began in Sheffield in earnest, one guide to Sheffield refers to him as a local hero, telling us about “the busker who plays in the underpass going towards Arundel Gate.”

Jody Wildgoose considers Hendrix a genius and a serious influence on his music, along with other iconic greats such as Dylan, The Stones, Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello and The Beatles, although he is receptive to other influences that include film, TV, poetry & other literary works.  Jody’s creative and open mind may in part be due to his unusual education at a Steiner School, an alternative to mainstream education, aimed at developing ‘the whole child’ and encouraging creativity.

Still busking, Jody was constantly writing, composing and personally recording a great collection of material on an old Tascam 4-track! Jody credits Ween and Butthole Surfers as the inspiration to tape his own work. In 2004 his debut album ‘Lovely White Teeth’ was released, ‘Afterlife’ followed in 2005 – written, instrumentalised and personally recorded by Jody (in his attic!). Jody says that in ‘Afterlife’ he aimed to bring out the bright colours in the sounds, classic but contemporary, like Warhol.

Jody Wildgoose is a classic songwriter penning such timeless numbers as ‘New Orleans’ and ‘Misty Morning Sunrise’ but he also does crazy offbeat stuff like ‘Oh Ted’.  It seems that Jody’s girlfriend inspired this song with her fascination with the serial killer Ted Bundy from which sprang this song about domestic violence.  ‘Punk Rock’ also is not run of the mill, with lyrics like “Eminem was a bit of a bastard”. Note that Jody is an Eminem fan so this shouldn’t be taken as a slur on the poetic Mr Mathers!

Jody Wildgoose has worked with & supported popular artists Reverend & the Makers, Kate Nash, Arctic Monkeys, Martha Wainwright and Baby Bird, to name but a few.

In 2006 he appeared on the Zane Lowe BBC Radio One show, and won the popular competition "Fresh Meat".

Jody Wildgoose says he has always felt like a musician – “what else would I be doing?”  Jody Wildgoose IS a musician with real talent – and he really shouldn’t be doing anything else!