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About Me

I've been making music for as long as I can remeber. I had the pleasure of working with insanely talented people in my lifetime. I've worn MANY hats too. Player, writer, producer, engineer, teacher, mixer... peacekeeper!!! LOL! My first real band was in Jr. High it was with Stephen Pearcy (Ratt), Bob Sale (the best drummer in the world!) and a few others I can't remember now. (sorry) Played almost every high school in San Diego when I was younger. That was with a band named Cocoa Blue then we graduated to playing clubs and bars. That band was an amazing cover band. We kicked ass and worked a lot. Jason Scheff (Chicago) played with us for a while. He allowed us to play a lot more funk and jazz. I had a lot of fun but wanted to ROCK more... One day I got a call from some dude with a very deep voice and he asked me 'What size hoof do you have'? I responded with huh? he repeated his question.. i replied again with huh?.. then he said 'WHAT SIZE SHOE DO YOU WEAR'! That was my first contact with Rob (Robin) Crosby. Most people know him from Ratt. He asked me to join his band Phenomenon. I did. We rocked hard and ingested lost of chemicals too! The band evolved and later became Mac Meda. We moved to L.A. and fell apart. Somewhere in there I played with Rick Elias (That Thing You Do, and a ton more) Bob Monroe was in that band. He later asked me to join 'The Monroes' but I didn't really want to play that kind of music so, I told my brother Rusty to show up at the rehearsal instead of me.. that worked out well. They had a hit single and toured in the 80's.Later in the 80's I played in Aircraft, The Jones Band then, Aircraft again! Lot's of Aqua Net and Marshall stacks!!!After that moved to Los Angeles to become a rock star. (more on that later) I got to work with some great people and learned a TON about the music business. Had some success but stuff didn't quite turn out the I planned. Funny how life works that way! I've played on or, written, produced everything from Million selling records to TV commercials and corporate training videos.The songs on my player are all things I've either worked on, played on , or written, or co-written. (IF I CAN GET THE DAMN THING TO WORK AGAIN!!!!) I've got tons of other stuff but these are some of the ones that people may have actually heard of... maybe not.. I'll try and change things up a bit as time permits.


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Member Since: 11/14/2006
Band Website: www.ronnyjones.com
Band Members: Just me, my mac & I. (and some guitars and other treats) With help from Dave 'Hit Man' Casey... and now Corky (the best musican ever) and Jonny Grimm.
Influences: Everyone I have ever worked with. Plus a ton more!
Sounds Like: I like LOTS of sound!
Record Label: Atlantic, Island, A&M, Chryslis
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Velcro Ninja Love

Put three random words together. To some they may mean nothing. To other's everything.
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:24:00 GMT

What's up with me today

As you can tell I'm not much of a MySpace junkie. So I forget to write shit here. Well, here's a tiny glimpse into what's up 'wit me. I'm moving into my own pad in a couple of weeks (early March). I'm...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:24:00 GMT

JB R.I.P.

Good bye James. Your music has moved me and my offspring more than you'll ever know (well, your dead now so you'll never know) When I was a little kid I LOVED the grooves. And I mean really little! To...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Stuff......

This site has been slow!!!! It's been hard to update stuff. Sorry for delay's in responding.It's great to hear from old friends. I never thought I'd sign up to MySpace.... thanks Jonny Grimm!!! (where...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:24:00 GMT

Blog, blog, blog

not much of a blogger yet. can't type for shit. thanks to everyone for checking this crap out. a big shout out to steven ray for making me a friend. i know that was hard to do. peace and love to all. ...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:24:00 GMT