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Big Jeff seriously injured in fire
Bristol’s most famous gig goer has been seriously injured in a house fire.
Jeffrey Johns, better known as Big Jeff, was injured in the blaze at his home in Totterdown and is currently being cared for at a specialist burns unit in Swansea where he is in a stable condition.
Big Jeff is Bristol’s own musical barometer of taste who estimates he has attended more than 4,000 gigs and has recently exhibited his artwork for the first time.
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Jeff was born in 1982 in Milton Keynes and moved to a village near Stroud in Gloucestershire when he was five, before moving to Bristol as an adult.
A family statement asks people “to keep Jeff in their thoughts and prayers at this very difficult time”.
Big Jeff with Big Jeff in the Bristol Beacon – photo: Martin Booth
Big Jeff is an ambassador for Independent Venues Week, is a DJ at festivals including Green Man and is a keen supporter of Bristol City Women.
As Beans on Toast sang in a song entitled Big Jeff: “He likes music more than anyone you know, he’s out every night in Bristol town dancing to the best new bands around… He’s something of a legend on the music scene, if Big Jeff’s on the guestlist then you’re gonna be pleased.”
Main photo: Paul Blakemore
Read more:
- Big Jeff: ‘Music has given me pretty much everything’
- Big Jeff’s first solo art exhibition challenges perceptions of anxiety
- Breakfast With Bristol24/7: Jeffrey Johns
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