October 13th, 2015 § Comments Off on LET THE BOMBS FALL § permalink
This is the demo of Let The Bombs Fall, written and recorded on January 14, 1993, in Hammerwood, East Sussex, a day after “French, British, and US fighter jets launch bombing raids in southern Iraq”
All vocals and instruments John Jones. ©1993 John Jones Music
October 1st, 2015 § Comments Off on Meninos Do Morumbi & Friends Album Released! § permalink
Classic songs with Brazilian beats performed with special guests Julian Lennon, Richie Kotzen, Alan Frew, Gary O, Alex Ligertwood, Emily Richards, Terry McDermott, Gary Twinn, Gene Anderson & Barnett O’Hara, produced by Grammy Award winner, John Jones.
Meninos Do Morumbi & Friends – New Album
September 4th, 2015 § Comments Off on Marsden interview’s Cam Hawkins about FM § permalink
David Marsden, say no more, interview’s my old pal Cam Hawkins, about his super group FM!
Just before he started FM, Cam and I had a very progressive pop/jazz/fusion group with uber guitarist Ken Basman and others, that didn’t get out of rehearsal… what a great band it was! (more ken)
Cam was one of my heroes growing up! His band with Ken Worth, Clear, was very special to me. I was lucky to have him sing background vocals and play bass, flute and cello, on my first multi-track recording; Second Stand – produced by Steve Vaughan at Toronto Sound Studio circa 1975.
August 31st, 2015 § Comments Off on Alan Frew photo from Hold On Sessions… § permalink
A photo from the 90s with Anthony Vanderburgh, Steve Churchyard, Alan Frew, Mick Fleetwood and John Jones at the Record Plant, Los Angeles, working on Alan’s Hold On album.
August 2nd, 2015 § Comments Off on Alan Frew LIVE clips § permalink
January 1995 in my treehouse in the Hollywood Dell, rehearsing for the Alan Frew House of Blues gig with Fleetwood Mac.
August 2nd, 2015 § Comments Off on Ordinary World on Top of the Pops § permalink
Just the other day, I was telling a story of when I played drums on Top of the Pops for Ordinary World with Duran Duran.
I played the run-throughs, because I made the playback tape and the hired drummer-actor was late. I knew all of the Steve Ferrone fills and I dressed-up to be on the air. But of course, at the last minute he turned up. I stood on the sidelines dreaming of what could have been!
Has anyone else had a bad Top of the Pops experience? I bet you have!
Duran Duran performing Ordinary World on Top of the Pops in 1993
July 20th, 2015 § Comments Off on We Have Got To Get to Together, Now § permalink
Thunderclap Newman – Something In The Air
June 28th, 2015 § Comments Off on I Can’t Get It Out Of My Head § permalink
Electric Light Orchestra’s first top ten in America, from 1974. Beautiful!
Jeff Lynne at his best!
Great Lyrics…
June 24th, 2015 § Comments Off on Happy 68 Mick! § permalink
Wishing Mick Fleetwood a hippy happy birthday today! Keep on rocking man!
Mick Fleetwood in my studio in the Dell in the late 1990s!
This is my letter to John Lennon; Dear John, from December 1999, with Mick Fleetwood on drums.
I still don’t know who made the video!!!
June 21st, 2015 § Comments Off on Father’s Day § permalink
Although my Dad passed on over 30 years ago, a day hasn’t gone by without missing him!
Surgeon Lieutenant J.A.B. Jones of the Royal Navy, March 15, 1951, Shikoko, Japan.