John Jones Music

I was there, standing stage right. I spent most of the day with Mick Ronson. Later, I played the organ (B3) with Queen and Liza Minnelli. Now I shiver!

Sean Halley, Richard Martinez, John Jones.

Oh joy! Love is all you need!
The beautiful Dan Hill song, that we produced for Celine Dion; Seduces Me.

With Rick Hahn, Michael Thompson, Steve Ferrone, Jay Anderson, Steve Churchyard, Al Schmitt, Humberto Gatica, Dan Hill, John Jones, Celine Dion.

The amazing Emily Richards, recorded one of my songs for her Valhalla album, that I produced some part of, at Drumroll Studios in Burbank.

For me, the song is about the sacrifice, that the rest of the world makes, to allow the Western world to live the high life!

Sacrifice features Emily on vocals and piano. Danny Halperin on drums. Yours truly on other things.

Here is a youtube link and a Spotify link to Sacrifice!

And the fantastic Emily song Surrender, with the incredible “one-take” drums and bass of Randy Cooke and Jon Button:

Many of my solo songs were written during my tenure with Duran Duran. During the production of Duran Duran II (the wedding album), their musical influence on me was powerful.

From 1992 to 1993, I wrote, and recorded, over fifty songs, on my weekends off!

Last year (2016), I released many of the writing demos of these songs. They are now for sale, and for streaming.

Here are the Spotify links:

Songs of 1992, Volume 1
Songs of 1992, Volume 2
Songs of 1993, Volume 1
Songs of 1993, Volume 2

Yes, she did. It was my home, and the Treehouse studio. And just before her summer of 1994, we recorded Alan Frew’s, Hold on, and then after she left, we were doing this:

Alan Frew Band (John Jones, Anthony Vanderburgh, Chris Garcia, Richard Martinez) in rehearsal for House of Blues with Fleetwood Mac in January 1995.

This was Mick Fleetwood’s favourite song, of mine!

While we were producing Dan Hill’s, Seduces Me, for Celine Dion, at the end of 1995, we recorded my song, Wrapped Around Your Finger, for Dan’s solo album; I’m Doing Fine.

We recorded the basics for the song, at my Treehouse studio, in the Dell, Hollywood. I played the keys, acoustic guitar, and bass, then we overdubbed Steve Ferrone’s drums at Record Plant with Steve Churchyard, and Michael Thompson’s guitars, at his Cocoa Butt Studio, in the Baldwin Hills.

Wrapped was top 10 on radio, before it, and the album, were pulled from distribution, after 8 weeks! Oh well…

I love hearing that somebody likes a song of mine! Thanks Brad Stanfield!

This is live at my old JJ Song Salon on Wilshire Blvd. in Los Angeles, with Richard Martinez, Steve Postell, and Davinci, from February 2011…