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Solo Debut album from Dublin's Jonny Rowen. Jonny Rowen was born on the outskirts of Dublin City in 1972. Being the quiet type, and growing up in a large and ever-expanding household, from his youngest years Jonny sought to escape the hassles and the hustle of an overcrowded home and took refuge in the one room to where all things not-in-use were abandoned. The Record Player, a couch, a load of records, and any amount of 'other stuff' all competing for parking space in the same squashed quarters became both shelter and a haven of melody and/or attitude, where, if it weren't for the liquid tones spilling out, he could remain almost forgotten. At the age of nine Jonny was uprooted from the suburbs and dropped into the middle of rural nowhere. In this new setting his appreciation of all things musical continued to grow, not just in affections but also in import and consequence. No longer was music a channel for mere entertainment or distraction, it became a necessity as vital as the air he breathed. In time it would become his language, his medium learned, through which he could express his take on the world; his response to, and negotiation of the things that were happening to, and around, him. In 1992 Jonny formed the band 'R' (the capital letter with a circle around it - the symbol of a registered trademark) with two friends and set about writing the songs that would become their stock in trade. They played mostly in Dublin City, building what fanbase they could. Their manager, the very liked and able Stuart Marshall, took ill in 1994 and had to retire from the music business. With a new manager came a new name, Pelvis. In 1996 Pelvis won the Heineken sponsored Green Energy Festival, a battle of the bands type competition for emerging bands playing original music, which allowed them to go to a studio to record some demos. The following year, 1997, saw Pelvis sign a re
