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Andras Jones - Songwriter

About Me


During the 1990's Andras Jones toured the US and Canada solo and with his band The Previous. During those years he shared stages or sessions with Excene Cervenka, Dan Bern, Beck, Spearhead, No Means No, The Be Good Tanyas, Patti Smith, Jello Biafra, The Need, Ralph Nader, Veda Hille, Bob Wiseman, Jackson Browne, Jill Sobule, Mary Lou Lord and many others. Andras' final recording, "All You Get" produced by Ford Pier remains unfinished on a hard drive in Vancouver, BC.
Members of The Previous have gone on to work with Pete Yorn, Alanis Morisette, The Bangs, Dan Bern, Liz Phair & The Who.
Andras Jones is the creator and host of The Radio8Ball Show. His current musical activities include performing the Radio8Ball Theme Song every week on the radio show and frequent musical collaborations with, among others, Willie Wisely, Andy Dick & Shmushkin.
Previous recordings include:
1989 - Mr. Jones and The Previous - The Wrong Side Of Town,
1991 - Mr. Jones and The Previous - Porch Music,
1993 - Mr. Jones and The Fascists - In Search Of The Hundredth Monkey,
1995 - Mr. Jones and The Hard Feelings,
1997 - The Previous - UnPop,
1998 - Andras Jones - Cold '98,
1999 - Andras Jones - Religious '99,
2000 - Andras Jones - A Curmudgeon For All Seasons,
2001 - Andras Jones - Complicated '00

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/01/2006
Band Website: http://www.andrasjones.com
Band Members: Many great musicians have counted themselves Previous over the years. Only some of their names can be found on the CD's. Ask a musician you know if they were once Previous. It's unlikely but it could happen. If you do meet a previous Previous, buy 'em a drink would ya? They've earned it.
Influences: Rickie Lee Jones, Ray Davies, Cole Porter, John Fogherty, The Beatles, Pete Townshend, They Might Be Giants, Billy Bragg, Paul Simon, Harry Nilsson, Elvis Costello & Van Morrison.
Sounds Like: The Previous
Record Label: Pop Ghetto (The City Limits)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Democracy Now!

I heard "Hold Your Nose and Vote" on Democracy Now! this morning.I was just listening to the coverage of the Democractic primary debates hosted by MSNBC last night in Nevada. The one where they change...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 10:01:00 GMT

My Brave Face

My Brave Face is Andras Jones' most recent musical project, a collaboration with Olympia songwriter Scott Taylor from 2004. Together, these two music geeks created what just may be the most obscure tr...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 07:03:00 GMT

Things to know about Shmushkin

- Shmushkins favorite songwriters are Andras Jones & Liz Phair - Shmushkin is originally from Banff, Canada. The child of a Buddhist monk and Canadas most famous alcoholic. He was born with a mo...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 07:00:00 GMT

Smartypants - Parts 1 & 2

The first version of Smartypants was a collaboration between Andras Jones and Canadian punk-accordionist Geoff Berner in 1999 featuring the most esoteric songs the two could imagine. Just check out so...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 06:59:00 GMT

The Boon

Andras Jones met Josh Clayton-Felt in 1984 at The Cambridge School of Weston in Massachusetts when they were both juniors in high school. They wrote and sang together often in high school and after gr...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 06:58:00 GMT