Broadcast ‘live’ on the World Wide Web (internet)! Recorded March 29, 2000 with Richard Martinez, Sean Halley and special guest Christoph Bull!
John Jones Live at The Coffee House
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Live at the Troubadour Los Angeles 1999.
October 6th, 2024 § Comments Off on Live at the Troubadour Los Angeles 1999. § permalink
MP3.com’s first act of their first sponsored Independent Artists Tour at the Troubadour, West Hollywood. Daunting!
Richard Martinez, John Jones, Sean Halley.
The George Floyd Protests Aftermath. Los Angeles. May 31, 2020.
May 31st, 2024 § Comments Off on The George Floyd Protests Aftermath. Los Angeles. May 31, 2020. § permalink
“Meet you at 3rd and Fairfax”!
I heard the protest coming along 3rd street. I jumped on my bicycle and headed towards them only to find people with bats and knives and police with bats and guns committing some serious violence against each other which frightened me to death and I raced home! All night the pops and bangs and helicopters and sirens rang on and on like in a war zone! Crazy scary!
The photos in the video were taken the next morning.
I awoke to complete silence and empty streets. I grabbed my bike and rode around and took snaps. Later the California National Guard and the cleanup crews arrived to clean everything up and erase any memory of the night!
The song “Dear John” was written as a letter to John Lennon in December 1999. I was working with Mick Fleetwood on a project where I had his drum stem and it inspired me to write the music. The words are a letter to John.
©2020-2024 johnjonesmusic
Rock Hall 2022 for Duran Duran
November 13th, 2022 § Comments Off on Rock Hall 2022 for Duran Duran § permalink
After massive support from fans around the world, Duran Duran were inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame by Robert Downey Jr., on November 5 (Guy Fawkes night), 2022, at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
We went to the show, and were truly blown away by everyone on stage, and the audience! Although it as a very long show there wasn’t a moment wasted between segments. An incredible stage set, and light show, with no need for a host.
Neither Andy Taylor or Warren Cuccurullo from Duran Duran were there, and sadly, Andy wrote his thank you’s in a letter, and told us he had terminal cancer. A bittersweet night.
My highlights were everything, but of course hearing Ordinary World was very special. Otherwise,
I can’t get those Eurythmic songs out of my head! Annie and Dave were awesome! Eminem, Judas Priest… They all were! Seriously one of the best concerts ever!
Albums and Demo Albums
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Apple Music links to albums released by john jones.
Solo Albums:
One Moment in Time
– 1st solo album released in 1998
black n white
– 2nd solo album released 2009
Demos:
These are the five albums of song demos that were released in 2016. The songs are mostly in chronological order from 1992 to 1995.
Songs of 1992, Vol. 1
– 9 songs written & recorded in 1992
Songs of 1992, Vol. 2
– 12 songs written & recorded by john jones in 1992
Songs of 1993, Vol. 1
– 10 songs written & recorded in 1993
Songs of 1993, Vol. 2
– 7 songs written & recorded in 1993
Songs of 1994-1995
– 7 songs written & recorded in 1994-95
The two assorted demo albums – Bits & Bobs, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2 – were released in 2021. Demos from 1975 to 2002.
Bits & Bobs, Vol. 1
– 16 songs written & recorded between 1975-1987
Bits & Bobs, Vol 2
– 19 songs written & recorded between 1992-2002
More to come!
The Singles
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Assorted Singles by john jones:
State of Mind (1992) – from One Moment in Time 1998
Wrapped (1994) – from One Moment in Time 1998
F’ing Awesome (2002) – from black n white album 2009
Never (2002) – from black n white album 2009
Dear John (2000) – released 2011
Sarah (1992) – released 2013
Lost Without You (1993) – released 2013
Hitler Has Only Got One Ball (2009) – released 2013
Gotta Get Up (Harry Nilsson cover) (2010) – released 2015
Let The Bombs Fall (1992) – released 2015
More to come!
Finding Norman Smith
February 11th, 2021 § 0 comments § permalink
For many years I have been a fan and a student of the Beatles and all who sailed their ship. But, there was one person on the team I knew little about – Norman Smith, the musician, engineer, producer, recording artist and the 6th Beatle!
Norman recorded the Beatles from the very beginning through the Rubber Soul album. At the end of 1965 George Martin founded A.I.R. with his EMI producing partners and Norman was promoted to producer and took over the Parlophone label from George.
Norman signed Pink Floyd in 1967 and produced and engineered three of their first four albums, including Ummagumma, and then in 1971 went on to have a #1 hit in America as recording artist Hurricane Smith!
When I was in London a few years ago recording Joey Niceforo and the Steve Sidwell orchestra in Studio One at Abbey Road with Steve Price, I met Richard Hale, longtime engineer at E.M.I. Studios. I’ll save Richard’s story for another day, but suffice to say that he regaled me with tales of Norman Smith, and lent me a copy of Norman’s “auto biography” – John Lennon Called Me Normal.
Norman was in the glider division of the Royal Air Force in the last year of World War II. Fortunately for him he was never deployed and ended up spending a couple of years in a jazz band playing on the roof top of a hotel in Venice, Italy.
But, the best part for me is finally seeing the man himself, and he is fantastic, and definitely the missing link in all the stories of the greatest band of the 1960’s!
©2021 johnjonesmusic
Hello 2021!
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This site has been mostly offline since 2019. I started posting news in 1995. This is my first News page from more than 25 years ago!
The old News Index
Once I switched to WordPress in 2010 my output slowly petered out.
This was my first post from January 2010.
Today I am going to head back to a “write your own” website that was always so much fun to play with!
I’ll be updating the Music Production and Singer Songwriter pages with all of the projects I have been working on and with news of friends that have helped us along the way!
Strangely, I’ve neglected to share my Soundcloud page – which is so much fun uploading song demos and other unreleased ditties. Songs are added and removed almost daily.
Another new place for me is over there on IGTV. This is a live version of Eleanor Rigby recorded summer 2020. Click the icon to turn the audio on.
John Jones Music Links to FaceBook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Spotify, Apple, Soundcloud…
Thanks for visiting!
Love your enemy!
John