John Jones Music

From Rational Youth’s #1 Song; Bang On, from 1985, to the first “million downloaded song on the internet,” by Emily Richards in 2000, John Jones has produced, co-produced, engineered, programmed, mixed, performed, written, and or, made tea for, some very important people.

https://open.spotify.com/user/john_jones_music/playlist/42iCKtcC9jRZJ7nlUB8apH

Rational Youth – Duran Duran – Alan Frew/Glass Tiger – John Jones – Emily Richards

Man, this is a cool interview from NAMM 2015. Steve talks about his work.

This was a Live Internet Broadcast from netthistv.com‘s studio, recorded March 29, 2000, of John Jones and the Minstrels, performing songs from the album, One Moment in Time

On that rainy night in Burbank, the Minstrels were, Richard Martinez (djembe), Sean Halley (guitar, vocal), and Christoph Bull (accordion, vocal). Steve Ferrone was expected to play percussion, but couldn’t find a parking spot, and missed the show!

Richard, Sean, and myself, had played a couple of the songs at the Troubador, a few months earlier. For this show we were joined by Christoph.

Big Thanks to Kevin and Rob Carmony for the video!

Here are direct links to the songs, skipping my comedic banter:
0:26 – Be True
5:32 – Mad About You
10:26 – Lead Me Along (huh?)
16:06 – One Moment in Time
21:45 – State of Mind
26:46 – Dear John
All songs ©1992-2000 John Jones Music/Pepjon Music

Terry McDermott, star of Season 3’s The Voice and lead singer of Lotus Crush, performs with guitarist Island Styles. They will perform McDermott’s original songs along with some fan favorite covers from his time on The Voice.

Terry & Island – Live at Kennedy Center, July 4, 2017, dedicated to David Rosser.

Our latest #1 single in the U.K., Lost Again, is performed at 16:09, and a tribute to Dave Rosser at 36:10.

FUNN the band, circa 1978

Thanks to Terry Draper for sharing these live recordings from nearly 40 years ago!

Our band, FUNN, were recorded at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, circa 1978 (or April 1979?). Dee Long (guitar, keys, vocals) & Terry Draper (drums, vocals)… Freddy Coutts (lead vocal, percussion), Jon Bojicic (bass, vocals) and John Jones (keys, guitar, vocals), and some great sweetening by Terry!

This was the first totally relaxed band i ever played with! Awesome musicians! And Bless Freddy! All swing and no miss!

I miss Neil and Jens! Awesome dudes! The video features Leeza Hoffman, and Steve Ferrone, like it should!

We filmed around the old zoo in Griffith Park, and in Neil’s driveway, with a “green” screen.

I love it!

I wish we had the original!

The State of Mind video was filmed in Toronto in June, 1997, and produced by my brother, the late Philip “Pip” Mellows, and his Players Film Company.
Neil Grieve did the final editing in Culver City.

I was filmed on the roof of the old Edge Hotel, playing a guitar I rented from Long & McQuade. The video was shot at various sites around downtown Toronto. During the editing, Neil added some snaps of Beverly Hills.

I wrote State of Mind in August 1992, during the destruction of Iraq. How can anybody live life in a war zone?

The demo was recorded in England in 1992, and in 1996 we overdubbed Richard, and Steve (recorded by Stuart), Michael (at his studio), and then Stuart mixed it at Music Grinder in Hollywood.

State of Mind, written by John Jones.
guitars keys and vocals by John Jones
drums by Steve Ferrone
percussion by Richard Martinez
slide guitar by Michael Thompson
Engineered and Mixed by Stuart Breed and John Jones.
Recorded in Hollywood California, at the treehouse in the Dell, and at the Record Plant. Mixed at the Music Grinder, Hollywood. Mastering by Stephen Marcussen

The 1974 Documentary of Paul McCartney’s Wings recording Live in EMI Studios, Abbey Road. Great band!

The machines and the humans. Fairlight CMI, etc. All vocals Karen. Mark on lead acoustic guitar. Performed, programmed, recorded and produced, by yours truly (John Jones).

Say You’ll Stay was a top ten song in 1985 for Priscilla Wright, in Canada, produced by the amazing and legendary Jack Richardson!

©1983-2017_john_jones_music

Here is a Spotify playlist of my solo “artist” albums.

All songs written*, performed, arranged, recorded, mixed, and produced, by John Jones.
*except: 21st Century Schizoid Man & Hide Your Love Away.

All vocals and instruments* by John Jones.
*except: black n white (2009), Drums by Steve Ferrone + One Moment in Time (1998), Steve Ferrone drums. Richard Martinez percussion. Michael Thompson slide guitar. Walter Turbitt. Ken Roberts. Mixed by Stuart Breed.

And my five songwriting demo albums; Songs of 1992-1995, all vocals and instruments* by John Jones
* except “Someday”(Songs of 1993); Steve Ferrone drums, Richard Martinez, percussion, Mixed by Stuart Breed.

70 songs in reverse chronology on Spotify.