Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen


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The result was Keep, no prejudice to merge if someone wants to do it. NawlinWiki (talk) 20:03, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

Jon Cleary & the Absolute Monster Gentlemen
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 * Jon Cleary (musician)

I'm requesting an opinion on the notability of this one. He did receive one article of coverage with BBC Nottingham, plus the Rolling Stone article, but other than that, all Ghits seem to be for music stores selling his albums and networking sites like Myspace. I'm torn on this one because, on one hand, he did receive two reviews in semi-major sources. On the other hand, it would seem like he would need a little more to establish notability. Redfarmer (talk) 02:26, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

As a writer, Cleary has tracks on 'Souls Alike' and Silver Lining (both charted) (Bonnie Raitt) and on 'Phantom Blues' (Taj Mahal, very notable). I don't want Wikipedia to be advertising for him, but I think he fits within the criteria. Drpixie (talk) 02:58, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

I think he, rather than the band, is the notable one. I'd be happy to merge the band info into the Cleary page, if we agree. Drpixie (talk) 03:01, 6 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Keep Ah! Somebody finally put up an article on him; I'd meant to for a while, now. He toured with Bonnie Raitt and is a fixture on the New Orleans blues scene. The article could be expanded with info from his Allmusic bio. I think the Absolute Monster should be Merged into the musician page. Chubbles (talk) 01:09, 7 January 2008 (UTC)


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