Beans on Toast

Beans on Toast, 2019

Beans on Toast und Bobby Banjo, 2011

Beans on Toast (Jay McAllister) (* 1. Dezember 1982 in Braintree, Essex) ist ein britischer Folk-Singer-Songwriter aus Essex, England.

Jay McAllister wurde in Braintree in der Grafschaft Essex in England geboren. Als Beans on Toast veröffentlicht er bis einschließlich 2017 alle seinen Alben bei dem Musiklabel Xtra Mile Recordings. Im Jahr 2009 erschien das Doppelalbum "Standing on a Chair", seitdem erschien jedes Jahr ein weiteres Album. Am 1. Dezember 2013 wurde das fünfte Album "Giving Everything" veröffentlicht, das wie üblich an seinem Geburtstag veröffentlicht worden ist. Das Album wurde von Mike Freear (Slamboree) produziert. Die Launchparty fand in Battersea statt.

Der britische Musiker Frank Turner (* 1981) produzierte eines seiner Alben. Das Album "Live at the Scala" wurde 2012 bei seiner Show in Kings Cross aufgenommen und stand zwischendurch auf der Labelwebseite kostenlos zum Download zur Verfügung.

Mitte Juni 2013 spielte Beans on Toast beim Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tennessee in den USA. Ab September 2013 ging Beans on Toast auf seine bis dahin größte Tour durch das Vereinigte Königreich mit über 33 Shows. Die Tour dauerte bis zum Februar 2014. Im März 2014 war Beans on Toast in den USA und Kanada unterwegs. Am 19. April 2014 wurde am sogenannten Record Store Day das Album "Best of Toast" veröffentlicht. Es enthält von jedem seiner Alben einen Track. Am 1. Dezember 2014 folgte das Album "The Grand Scheme of Things". Vom 11. November bis 10. Dezember 2015 war Beans on Toast auf Tour mit Truckstop Honeymoon (Katie West & Mike West). Mit "A Bird In The Hand" erschien am 1. Dezember 2018 sein erstes Album, welches nicht über Xtra Mile Recordings veröffentlicht wurde.

Beans on Toast spielt regelmäßig auf dem Glastonbury Festival.

Diskografie (Alben)

Titellisten zum Aus- und Einklappen

• 2009: Standing on a Chair, Xtra Mile Recordings (2CD)

Ausklappen CD1: The Price of Rice - 2:42 Don't Believe the Bullshit - 2:45 M.D.M.Amazing - 3:21 Whatever Happened to the Rubicks Cube? - 2:05 The Peaches of Wandsworth - 2:51 The Pub in Holloway - 3:00 Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road? - 1:45 This Side of the Fence - 1:53 An Afternoon with Henry Rollins - 1:55 The Seaside in Springtime - 1:58 Dirty Paki - 2:05 Wave Goodbye to EMI - 2:25 Fancy Dress Frisbee - 2:33 Health and Safety - 1:34 No Fit Girls in NYC - 2:39 Coke - 1:59 Media Circus - 2:12 Fuck the Smoking Ban - 1:52 The Search For Fats Domino - 2:32 Binge Drinker - 1:49 MySpace Picture - 1:45 London at War - 3:01 Hippy Crack - 1:12 I Ain't That Old Sunshine - 2:22 Lake District - 2:07 CD2: Convenience Killed the Kids - 2:00 Girlfriend in the Jungle - 2:19 I Shot Tupac Shakur and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt - 1:40 The Great Big Fucking Hole - 2:22 New Computer - 1:39 My Names Jay and I Am an Alcoholic - 1:54 Junkfood Sex - 1:59 Kate Moss' Birthday Party - 2:22 Bird Flu Blues - 0:57 How Great Was Emmy? - 2:00 Eggs Benadict - 3:28 You Fat Bastard - 1:25 Thanks for Fucking Up the World For Us - 2:19 Flower in a Council Estate - 2:41 The Big Goodbye - 2:25 Saddam - 2:12 Can't Buy Me Love - 2:03 The History of Art - 1:15 Valentine - 1:47 The Day That Dance Music Died - 2:13 I Fancy Laura Marling - 2:14 Money Money Money - 3:08 Alice McAllister - 2:01 Braintree - 2:37 I'm Wearing the Clothes I Found on Your Throne - 3:04

• 2010: Writing on the Wall, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen artmoneyart - 1:58 Oil - 2:20 Foolish, Wild + Forgetful - 3:28 Old Grunge - 3:05 Bon Voyage - 2:25 Methadrone - 2:41 Left My Heart on the M25 - 3:53 New Can of Tuna - 4:06 Travel Back in Time Dance - 2:06 A Real Life Country Song - 4:02

• 2011: Trying to Tell the Truth, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen New Shoes Blues - 3:04 People Keep Making People - 2:02 Trainsong - 2:03 Can't Take Another Earthquake - 4:39 All I wanna Do Is Give You a Flower - 2:49 Free Nights of Riots - 2:55 My New Number One - 2:13 2013 - 1:52 Peter Pans Playground - 3:40 Hippy Bullshit - 2:00 Tour Blog - 2:25 Blowjob for the Blues - 2:55

• 2012: Fishing for a Thank You, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen Microwave Popcorn - 2:44 Beer and a Burger - 3:04 The Dry War - 2:07 Children of Bedford - 3:21 Angry Birds - 2:16 Rainydays - 3:31 Orange - 2:53 Protest Song - 2:24 The Apple of Eden - 3:48 PappajaY - 2:31 Life - 3:44 Freedom Road - 3:09

• 2013: Live at the Scala, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen The Price Of Rice New Shoes Blues Old Grudge M.D.M.Amazing Children Of Bedford My New Number One Oil Trainsong Dirty Paki The Pub In Holloway Peter Pand Playground Can't Take Another Earthquake I Fancy Laura Marling Microwave Popcorn

• 2013: Giving Everything, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen Harry in a Helicopter - 3:00 Things - 2:53 Can't Get a Gig at Glastonbury - 3:37 Favourite Thing I Own - 2:36 Who Is Big Jeff? - 3:01 Sold Out Shows - 3:39 Post Bestival Festival Blues - 2:21 Charlie - 2:37 The American Dollar - 1:56 Throat Cancer - 3:27 Keep You - 2:27

• 2014: Best of Toast (Record Store Day Release)

Ausklappen Mdmamazing Price of Rice (ft. Emmy the Great) Old Grunge (ft. Handshake) Can't Take Another Earthquake (ft. Dan Smith of Bastille & Kate Tempest) Beer & Burger Things

• 2014: The Grand Scheme of Things, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen Folk Singer The War On War Fuck You Nashville The Chicken Song Stinging Nettles Lizzy's Cooking A Whole Lot Of Loving Flying Clothes Line All I See Is Wagamama NOLA Honeymoon NYE

• 2015: Rolling Up The Hill, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen The Mudhills Crew - 3:17 Robin Hood Costume - 2:35 I'm Home When You Hold Me - 4:07 The Great American Novel - 4:25 Driving Me Crazy - 3:08 The Industrial Estate - 5:04 God Is A Cartoonist - 3:26 The Art Of Friendship - 3:07 Afrikaburn - 3:30 Numbers And Words - 0:44 A Bit More Track In The Monitor - 3:20 Middleageman - 4:19

• 2016: A Spanner In The Works, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen 2016 - 4:28 I Can Be That Tree - 2:42 The Drum Kit - 3:02 Afternoons In The Sunshine - 2:32 It's Only Natural - 3:30 We Made It To The Waterfall - 2:48 Down The Pub - 2:55 Beautiful Alice - 2:41 Nanny Mac - 3:03 Fear Mongering Clap Trap - 3:12 Money For War - 2:15 Let The Fat Lady Sing - 2:38 Fast Train - 5:56

• 2017: Cushty, Xtra Mile Recordings

Ausklappen Open Door Policy Jamie And Lilly Major Oak Taylor Swift Smells Like Bullshit The Ignorant Englishman The A303 SGP The Unlikely Gymnast I Think Everybody Should Be Terrified It's A Funny Old World Thats Why I Came To Okeechobee The Horse That Austerity Built The Sun,The Moon And Me

• 2018: A Bird In The Hand, Beans On Toast / Singing Light Music

Ausklappen Another Year Good Health & Happiness Magic Here At Homerton Hospital Alexa 1980's Sagittarius Bamboo Toothbrush Watching The World Go By Please Give Generously Miss You Like Crazy

• 2019: The Inevitable Train Wreck

Ausklappen World Gone Crazy England, I Love You Extinction No.6 Saying Thank You to Robots Rich vs Poor Logic Bomb Mountains Lost Poetry Department Take Your Shit Home with You Truth Be Told On & On

• 2020: The Unforseeable Future

Ausklappen Strange Days Human Contact Chessington World of Adventures Glastonbury Weekend What Colour You Are Save the Music Got Each Other Arseholes Trying to Keep the Lights On Patience?

• 2020: Knee Deep in Nostalgia

Ausklappen The Village Disco What Would Willie Do? My Favourite Teacher No Need to be Frightened Your Old Mate Beano The Family Tree The Album of the Day Once Upon a Time Coincidence?

• 2021: Survival of the Friendliest

Ausklappen A Beautiful Place Stones Blow Volcano Blow Not Everybody Thinks We're Doomed The Tree Of The Year Humans The Commons Let's Get Married Again Apples (Feat Dizraeli) Ready For Action Love Yourself

• 2022: The Fascinating Adventures Of Little Bee

Ausklappen Little Bee Goes To The Sea - 1:34 Little Bee Goes To The Woods - 1:38 Little Bee Goes Into Town - 1:13 Little Bee Goes To The City - 0:52 Little Bee Goes Back In Time - 1:43 Little Bee Goes To The Rainbow - 1:08 Little Bee Goes To The Moon - 2:01 Little Bee Goes Into Space - 1:50 Little Bee Goes To An Imaginary World - 1:35 Little Bee Goes To A Gig - 1:58

• 2023: The Toothpaste and the Tube

Ausklappen Back out on the Road Work to do Hope + Glory The Three Stooges The Dragicorn The Golden Lion Send me a Bird Sunny Sunny Scotland AI The Greenwash Against the War Swimming in the Sea Who I'll try to be

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• Beans on Toast - Xtra Mile Recordings
• Beans On Toast - Wipe Out Music Publishing
• Beans on Toast bei AllMusic (englisch)
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