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2 unusual facts about Jules Shear


The Jolly Boys

When singer-songwriter and producer Jules Shear saw the band during a visit to the Trident Hotel in 1989, he decided to produce an album of the group’s music.

Whispering Your Name

"Whispering Your Name" is a song written and originally performed by American singer, songwriter, and guitarist Jules Shear, and included on his 1983 album Watch Dog.


Guess I'm Dumb

The song was later covered by a wide variety of artists including Jules Shear, Lambchop, Louis Phillipe, the Wondermints, and Tatsuro Yamashita.


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Marty Willson-Piper

Other artists with whom Willson-Piper has worked are Martin Rössel (with whom he ran a recording studio in Stockholm) and Aimee Mann(The song "Could've Been Anyone" (Lyrics by Mann, Music by Mann, Jules Shear, Marty Willson-Piper) appears on Mann's first album, the 1993 Whatever (Aimee Mann album).

Roger Swallow

He has four decades of experience with electronica, including collaborative efforts with Florida's musician-laureate Jack Tamul, a renowned electronic synthesist, and then in one of the first pop music onstage electronic percussion experiments he played with the legendary Los Angeles band, Jules and the Polar Bears, with songwriter/vocalist Jules Shear and producer/keyboardist/programmer Stephen Hague.