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Jolyon Keith Dixon (born 6 December 1973) is an English guitarist and a member of
Rachel Fuller Rachel Fuller Townshend (born 24 July 1973) is a British musician. She is a pop music artist, a composer, and occasional collaborator with her husband, rock musician Pete Townshend. Early life Born in Ipswich, England, Fuller later moved with ...
's band. He played guitar on
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's 2006 album '' Endless Wire''.Wilkerson, Mark (2008) ''Who Are You: The Life of Pete Townshend'', Omnibus Press, , p. 580


Biography

Dixon was born in
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,
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, and began playing guitar at the age of nine.Gregory, Andy (2002) ''International Who's Who in Popular Music'', Europa, , p. 138 He has been a professional guitarist since 1993, playing for artists such as
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(''Take the Leap'', 1993 and subsequent tours),
Voice of the Beehive Voice of the Beehive were an Anglo-American alternative pop rock band formed in London in 1986. The group featured Californian lead vocalist sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland (daughters of The Four Preps singer Bruce Belland). ...
(''Sex and Misery'', 1995), Scarlet (''Naked'', 1995 and ''Chemistry'', 1996, including hit single " Independent Love Song"),
Judie Tzuke Judie Tzuke ( ; born Judie Myers, 3 April 1956) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1979 hit "Stay with Me till Dawn", which reached number 16 on the UK singles chart. Life and career Early life Tzuke's family relocated ...
(''Under the Angels'', 1996 and ''Songs 2'', 2008), and
Mark Owen Mark Owen (born 27 January 1972) is an English singer and songwriter best known for being a member of pop group and band Take That; as of 2024, the group have sold 14.4 million albums and 14 million singles in the UK. In Owen's solo career, he h ...
(''Green Man'', 1996 and subsequent tours, hit singles "Child" and "Clementine", also How the Mighty Fall tour, 2005/6 and mixed audio for ''Live at the Academy'' DVD, 2006). Dixon was a founding member of
President Records President Records is a British independent record label. It is one of the oldest independent record companies in the UK, originally launched in 1957 by Edward Kassner. During the 1960s and 1970s the label, and its subsidiary Jay Boy, had hi ...
, signing Rorschach from 1998 to 2002, and he produced, engineered and mixed their album ''Needles and Pins, Shotguns and Skins''. In 2004, he began playing for
Rachel Fuller Rachel Fuller Townshend (born 24 July 1973) is a British musician. She is a pop music artist, a composer, and occasional collaborator with her husband, rock musician Pete Townshend. Early life Born in Ipswich, England, Fuller later moved with ...
, contributing to her album ''Cigarettes and Housework'' and performing at her live shows. It was through Fuller that Dixon met
Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s an ...
, and since then he has played on numerous recordings with both Townshend and Fuller. As a producer/mixer, Dixon has worked on many releases, and as a session guitarist he has worked alongside producers such as
John Leckie John William Leckie (born 23 October 1949) is an English record producer and recording engineer. His production credits include Magazine's ''Real Life'' (1978); XTC's '' White Music'' (1978); Dukes of Stratosphear's '' 25 O'Clock'' and the F ...
, Chris Thomas,
Vic Coppersmith-Heaven Vic Coppersmith-Heaven (born Victor Smith, August 1945, England) is an English sound engineer and record producer, best known for his production work with the Jam. Career Smith worked in the recording studios at Polydor after leaving school in ...
,
Craig Leon Craig Leon (born 7 January 1952) is an American-born record producer, composer and arranger currently living in England.''International Who's Who in Classical Music 2005'', Routledge, 2005. Leon was instrumental in launching the careers of many ...
,
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and
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. Dixon was guitarist with Melodramatic Records/
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Amy Macdonald Amy Elizabeth Macdonald (born 25 August 1987) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. In 2007, she released her debut studio album, ''This Is the Life (Amy Macdonald album), This Is the Life'', which produced the singles "Mr. Rock & Roll" and "This ...
, contributing to her 2007 platinum selling the UK number one album ''This is the Life'' which sold in excess of three million copies, and was number one in five European countries, and also Macdonald's second album, ''A Curious Thing'' which was number one in three European countries and also topped the pan-European charts. As well as playing guitar, Dixon mixed the bonus live disc on the deluxe edition of ''A Curious Thing''. He was the guitarist in Macdonald's touring band from the outset of her career until the end of 2009, and was also her musical director for her 2009 touring schedule. Dixon is an endorsee of James Trussart guitars and Blackstar Amplification. He was also a member of The Last 55's, along with twins Christie and Louise Miller and Stuart Ross. He owns and runs a recording studio and production company in
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. Dixon now lives in
Salisbury Salisbury ( , ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Wiltshire, England with a population of 41,820, at the confluence of the rivers River Avon, Hampshire, Avon, River Nadder, Nadder and River Bourne, Wi ...
,
Wiltshire Wiltshire (; abbreviated to Wilts) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It borders Gloucestershire to the north, Oxfordshire to the north-east, Berkshire to the east, Hampshire to the south-east, Dorset to the south, and Somerset to ...
, and he still plays guitar with
Pete Townshend Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (; born 19 May 1945) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, guitarist, keyboardist, second lead vocalist, principal songwriter and leader of the Who, one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s an ...
and
Rachel Fuller Rachel Fuller Townshend (born 24 July 1973) is a British musician. She is a pop music artist, a composer, and occasional collaborator with her husband, rock musician Pete Townshend. Early life Born in Ipswich, England, Fuller later moved with ...
. Dixon joined the remaining members of
Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich are an English rock band active during the 1960s. Formed in Salisbury in 1964, the band consisted of David Harman (Dave Dee), Trevor Ward-Davies (Dozy), John Dymond (Beaky), Michael Wilson (Mick) and Ian Ame ...
on guitar for their 2019 concerts. Dixon now plays with John Illingworth Smith as Illingworth. The duo have been writing and producing music together for 28 years. In early 2020, they decided to create a brand-new album during the months of lockdown. ''New...Normal'' was released in September 2020.


References

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