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Motorist Jones

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Member Since: 11/20/2005
Band Website: MotoristJones.com
Band Members: Guitar/Vox: Brian Rushing
Drums: Chanel Rushing
Bass: Jay Sanford

Influences: Brian - Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Gillian Welch. I know nothing about 80's music, as my dad had me listening to Hank Williams and Bob Wills during that time.

Jay - Tim Clifton, Pino Pallidino, Kevin "Left Hand" Williams, Gordon Pope, Maurice Fitzgerald, Nate Robinson, Phil McNese, Terry Tribbett, Tango Wes

Chanel - Pearl Jam, The Police, Rush, Paul Simon. My drum teacher Jason Miller in 9th grade.
Sounds Like: Bob Dylan, Jim Croce, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pearl Jam, The Police, Led Zeppelin, Monte Montgomery, Del Castillo, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

NEXT SHOW - FEB 16th !!!

If you haven't seen us with our newest band member, David Liechty, then you haven't seen us with our newest band member, David Liechty.  So, you should come check it out.  With Jay on bass a...
Posted by Motorist Jones on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:23:00 PST

A recording Im proud of

The two recently posted songs were recorded over the Christmas holidays by Judah Records, thanks to Richard Kentopp and Travis Bannerman.  The songs "Only One Day" and "Baptism" are the first el...
Posted by Motorist Jones on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 08:46:00 PST

SHIRTS!!!

Much thanks to Jake Gilliland at Shenanigans Kustom Pinstriping for creating the artwork for our shirts!  There are several designs he did that you will see on future merch.  We will upload...
Posted by Motorist Jones on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:08:00 PST

Chanel is a nerd: here's proof

Check out Chanel's flipbook video below, drawn during a couple slow days at work.  Her brother, Richard, videotaped this masterpiece, and took it upon himself to entitle it "C...
Posted by Motorist Jones on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:06:00 PST

Motorist Jones Bio - Updated Nov. 2007

At first Motorist Jones was about the music  hoping to bring some of the greatness of the classic rock era to the world of modern rock, with lyrics written from a Christian perspective.  From ...
Posted by Motorist Jones on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:33:00 PST

OUR ACOUSTIC SET - IT'S NEW AND FRESH LIKE...something

Jay is going to be out of town for the next two months and when we finish crying and writing his name on our desk we will be playing  several acoustic shows in and around Dallas and perhaps on th...
Posted by Motorist Jones on Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:07:00 PST

Interview with Build the Church Indie Christian Music Podcast

If you weren't hanging out on the stairs after our last show at Standard and Pours, watching this interview taped live, you can hear it at: www.buildthechurch.com Episode #235, or click the link ...
Posted by Motorist Jones on Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:05:00 PST