Vern's Pot O' Chili

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Verns Pot O' Chili started as the brainchild of Ian Lutz and Neil Jones at 2204 Donald Avenue in Huntington, WV. Starting as a trio, we found ourselves traveling back to our home town of Lewisburg, WV for all of our shows. The project slowly began to snowball and as luck would have it, the sound began to spread. Our hometown shows got a little crazier and our other gigs around West Virginia became less few and far between. We started to make a lot of new friends, especially in other local bands. (As it would go anywhere.) We've had some great times playing and definitely give props to all those who have shared stages with us. You know who you are!!! This band has had some kinks to work out over the years, we won't mention any names. The line-up has changed, but we are now playing better and feeling better about playing than we ever have in our nearly five years of steady gigging. Ingredients in the chili include:
3 cups NEIL JONES: accoustic guitar, vocals
3 cans IAN LUTZ: drums, vocals
1 chopped DAN FREEMAN: bass, vocals
2 diced J. LEE COLLINS: keys, congas
1 1/2 tablespoons ZAK WALL: saxophone
pinch of JASON JOHANS: harmonica, ukulele, vocals
This band is named for Vernon Carl Jones. A good man, great freind, and of course, master of the crock pot. He is responsible for Neils deep respect for music, without which a lot of our songs would not have been written. Looking back now, it is clear that Vernon had some hand in making sure that Ian and Neil found a way to play music together and eventually share the stage with some of the greatest people and musicians that West Virginia has to offer. Rest in peace, Vern.