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Peter Jones (born 21 April 1963, Liverpool, England – died 18 May 2012, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) was an English-born, Australian drummer, songwriter and educator. He began his music career playing drums for jazz musician [a472686]. In February 1985, he joined [a794228], a Melbourne-based blues rock group. He has also played in Kate Ceberano And Her Sextet, Stove Top and with Stephen Cummings, Deborah Conway, Ross Hannaford, Rowland S. Howard, [a181109], Tinpan Orange and Dave Hosking. In mid-1994 Jones was asked to join Crowded House to replace founding drummer, [a257794]. In August 1995, while still a member of Crowded House, Jones formed a pop music side project, Deadstar. Jones later worked as a session musician for various groups and produced albums by Stephen Cummings, [a475881] and [a866345]. From 1999 Jones worked at Roxburgh College, in a suburb of Melbourne, initially as a drum instructor and then as a classroom teacher.