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Zeben Jameson ("Zeb") is a singer, songwriter, producer and DJ. He is also a keyboard player and is known for having played with bands including- Pretenders, Oasis, Tricky, Travis, Dodgy, The Rocking Birds, Dead or Alive, Robbie Williams, A Mountain of One, Unkle & Invisible Cities.


 * Early Years


 * The Pretenders


 * Travis


 * Robbie Williams


 * Oasis


 * A Mountain of One


 * Uncle


 * Invisible Cities


 * Sync Music

Jameson attended Summerhill School commonly known as a 'free school'. He was inspired to write his first song at 13 by Ian Durys album New Boots and Panties. He asked one of his mum's musician friends James Lascelles and Kenny Craddock (Van Morrison) to teach him the piano, so he could accompany himself. When local teen band Freeway UK were looking for a new member his sister suggested him and at the age of 14 he joined his first band. They appeared on Tiswas and local TV and performed at numerous Albion Fairs and at Glastonbury and created a buzz with their retro rock sound and energetic live performances. After they disbanded having failed to fulfil the promise of being 'The New Musical Youth' they disbanded. He then joined Norwich band The Love Explosions who were a popular live band although they never released any recordings. Having decided the band weren't going in the direction they wanted, Jameson and best friend Sean Read made the move to London with new Norwich band 'The Finals'. Whilst waiting to get a break he slept on the Circle Line during the day and worked at Sarm West Studios on the night shift before getting the sack for reasons unknown. Eventually he was offered the broom cupboard of old friend Ian Mcandrew (later to become manager of Arctic Monkeys, Travis and Royal Blood) to live in before getting his first break with Dead or Alive co-writing 'The Right Stuff' on their Nukleopatra album and touring Japan. During this time he lived with friends in a squat in Camden. He then joined ex Norwich band The Rockingbirds (through old friend and band mate Sean Read) which lead to him joining Dodgy touring and playing on their Homegrown album. Finding himself back at Sarm West studios playing on Chrissie Hynde 'I'm not in love' (featured in Indecent Proposal'.) cover he met Pretenders guitarist Adam Seymour. He invited Jameson to audition for the band. Despite the daunting prospect of accompanying Chrissie on the piano he got the job. He went on to tour the world extensively with the The Pretenders over 12 years, featuring in the Night in my Veins video. During this time he supported The Rolling Stones at Madison Square Garden played on various TV shows including Top of the Pops, Later... with Jools Holland, Late Show with David Letterman, The Jay Leno Show and and featured on VH1 Storytellers.

He toured with Travis (band) and did festivals including a very wet Glastonbury and featured on Later... with Jools Holland. He continued with the band touring UK, Europe and the USA, where he would occasionally be mistaken for Fran Healey, the lead singer. He first encountered Noel and Liam Gallagher during this time as Travis supported them on their UK tour.

He played acoustic guitar with Robbie Williams at Smash Hits Poll Winners Party and Christmas Top of the Pops.

Jameson was then asked to join Oasis (band) He played Wembley Stadium with them featuring in both the live album and video Familiar to Millions.

Realising he needed to pursue his own endeavour as a singer and songwriter he started his own band 'Ghost'. This consisted of Ali Love on bass, Simon Phipps (Engineers) on lead guitar and Ross Gidney on drums. They were signed to indie label Electric Stew with whom they toured UK alongside The Bees, James Yorkston and British Sea Power. They released an EP with lead track 'In the wake of the night'. This track was also featured on a compilation which was given away free with Dazed & Confused Magazine. Before they had a chance to record their first album Jameson was asked back on the road by the Pretenders. By the time he got back the energy had dissipated. And with Phipps going on to front The Engineers and Love starting his own solo career. He was left without a band. He began working on his solo career setting up a monthly live music night at underground bar/restaurant Nektar in Ladbroke Grove. It was a great venue with the worlds least hospitable patron which added to it's strange allure. He played there alongside Ed Harcourt, KT Tunstall and The Magic Numbers amongst others. Despite writing and demoing a number of new songs he didn't release any music during this period.

He was contacted by Mo Morris co producer on the Ghost project and formerly of Electric Stew label who came back from producing music for Sony records in Berlin to collaborate with him and Leo Zero on a new project A Mountain Of One, releasing two critically acclaimed albums ‘Collected Works’ and excluding Leo Zero ’Institute of Joy’ with PIAS records on their own '10 Worlds Records’ imprint. The band climaxed with number 15 in Rough Trades albums of the year in 2006 and were featured in the Sunday Times with ‘Breaking Act’ and ‘Single of the Week’ a featured article by Dan Cairns. The band reached number 15 in Rough Trades albums of the year in 2006 and being featured in the Sunday Times with ‘Breaking Act’ and ‘Single of the Week’in an article by Dan Cairns,. After touring Europe the band imploded before they had the opportunity to complete their third album. Since then he has worked on a variety of collaborations including Unkle and Genuflex (his brother Finn Vines band). His most recent releases have been as a part of A project initiated by Luca C and Brigante and featuring Róisín Murphy and Ali Love  for the 2016 Lucozade ad 'Find Your Flow' and with James Lavelle's Unkle, composed and played'Piano Echos' used, on Top Gear and various commercials. He is now working on his solo project to be released in summer 2018.