Jeb Loy Nichols

Born in Lander, Wyoming in 1958, singer, songwriter, musician, artist, and author Jeb Loy Nichols was raised on a musical diet of bluegrass, country, and jazz before discovering southern soul in the 1960s. At the age of 7, his family moved to Warrensburg, Missouri and relocated to Texas by the time he was in high school. It was there that Jeb Loy Nichols was introduced to punk rock via the music of Sex Pistols and the Ramones. Inspired by the indie / punk movement, he moved to New York where he worked as a graphic artist and part time musician. He moved to London, England in 1981, where he lived with fellow punk / post-punk artists Ari Up (the Slits), Neneh Cherry (Rip Rig & Panic), and Adrian Sherwood (On-U-Sound Records). In 1990, Jeb Loy Nichols formed the band, The Fellow Travellers, with his wife Loraine Morley and released five albums: No Easy Way Out (1990), Just a Visitor (1992), Things and Time (1993), Love Shines Brighter (1993), and A Few Good Dubs (1995). He then began his solo career with the 1997 album Lover’s Knot.  By this time, he had begun adding more diverse elements into his already varied palette of musical styles including reggae and hip-hop. He continued to release a series of critically successful albums including Just What Time It Is (2000), Easy Now (2002), Days Are Mighty (2007), the Jeb Loy Nichols Special (2012), and The United States of the Broken Hearted (2022). While working on his solo career, Jeb Loy Nichols collaborated with fellow singer-songwriter Ian Gomm (Brinsley Schwarz), Groove Armada, Strange Faith, and The Okra All-Stars. Jeb Loy Nichols has also written several books and sells his own artwork while still working on music. In 2025, he returned with the single “Step In,” his first release of new music in three years.