Jon Schofield

{{short description|Australian musician}} {{for|the canoeist|Jon Schofield (canoeist)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2016}} {{Use Australian English|date=October 2016}} '''Jon Schofield''' is an Australian musician (bass guitar, guitar and vocals) who has played in a range of bands from indie rock 1960s inspired band, Grooveyard, to The Coloured Girls (a.k.a. The Messengers) of Paul Kelly & the Coloured Girls.<ref name="SpencerJonS">Spencer et al, (2007) [http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPMuso.php?categorywho=musos&userasks=50634 Schofield, Jon]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} entry. Retrieved 8 February 2010.</ref><ref name="SpencerGrooveyard">Spencer et al, (2007) [http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/PHPTracks.php?Band_ID=88860 GROOVEYARD]{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} entry. Retrieved 8 February 2010.</ref>

==Biography== Schofield played in Grooveyard from 1982 to 1984, then Chinless Elite in 1985 and with Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls/ Paul Kelly and the Messengers during Kelly's commercially successful period in the mid to late 1980s.

Schofield has also been involved in production for the ''Red Eye'' label producing the debut EP for The Mexican Spitfires, ''Lupe Velez''.

==References== {{refbegin}}

'''General'''

* {{cite book|title=The Who's Who of Australian Rock|last=Spencer|first=Chris|author2=Zbig Nowara |author3=Paul McHenry |orig-year=1987|year=2002|publisher=Five Mile Press|location=Noble Park, Vic.|isbn=1-86503-891-1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/2090055|title=Who's who of Australian rock / compiled by Chris Spencer, Zbig Nowara & Paul McHenry|work=catalogue|publisher=National Library of Australia|access-date=8 February 2010}}</ref> Note: [on-line] version established at [https://web.archive.org/web/20120229232852/http://www.whiteroom.com.au/howlspace/whoswho/aboutww.htm White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd] in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.

'''Specific'''

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