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About Me

..PLEASE VISIT WWW.PARTYJONES.COM FOR COMPLETE GIG SCHEDULE! WE ARE FLEXIBLE WITH OUR DATES SO IF YOU HAVE A JONES FOR THE JONES AND THE CALENDAR SAYS WE’RE BOOKED, DROP US AN E-MAIL TO SEE IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE YOUR EVENT!Fun. Professionalism. Variety. You want it? Then get the Jones--Party Jones. This Southern California band is is made up of exceptional, experienced musicians - NOT rock stars - who are, actually, very nice guys, performing music covering the past four decades, including soul, R&B, funk, jazz, classic rock, oldies, dinner music or any combination. They do it all - from basic club and restaurant bookings to small, intimate get-togethers or large, more specialized corporate/company functions. And talk about high energy! A Party Jones show is off the chart, with the members not only performing your favorite songs but interacting with the crowd, making them part of the show and performance.Outside of playing countless Southern California clubs and restaurants - and gigs in places like Cabo San Lucas, Mexico - Party Jones’ clients include: Boeing Inc., Yamaha Inc., Bob Boyle of Nickelodeon, PeopleSoft Inc., Chrysler/Jeep, Equity Offices, Mersk Shipping/APM Terminals, Fidelity National Title, Kajimoto and Company, GeoSyntec, Long Beach Transit, Summit Commercial Properties, Cars Direct.com, Fountain Valley Pony League Association, World Savings, UC Irvine Medical Center, The Dominguez Hills Little League Association, The National Conferences of Community and Justice, Committee of 300 of Long Beach, Inc. (performing for the Long Beach Grand Prix), Saddleback Memorial Hospital, Long Beach Summer Concert in the Park Series, The City of Carson, The City of Anaheim and for countless private parties/special occasions/personal events (referral letters available upon request).

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/4/2006
Band Website: partyjones.com
Band Members: Kenny: Lead Vocals; Rob Ferrell: Drums/Backing Vocals; John Hagedorn: Guitar/Backing Vocals; Joey Oddo: Bass/Backing Vocals;
Influences: Our influences range from Frank Sinatra to Def Leppard to Motown and pretty much everything in between! The members bring their personal influences as well as a shared love of music that has an infectious groove and a strong melody. Kenny digs soul and R&B - a few of his favorite artists include Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke and Stevie Wonder. Rob gets off on Pop and Rock as well as the improvisational aspects of Jazz and Latin. John has a solid foundation in Rock and Blues. Joey grooves to salsa/latin, reggae, Dixieland, thrash metal, Broadway, country/Americana, R&B, and all phases of rock. As a result, the combined members of Party Jones give you the best the above mentioned genres offer!
Sounds Like: A combination of artists from the 40's to present day playing a party and having a great time!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Long Beach Grand Prix!

I know it has been awhile since I blogged, but I felt compelled to blog again since Kenny busted my chops about not blogging here and blogging on my personal MySpace account. We played the Long Beach ...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:25:00 PST

Triumphant Return to Taco Surf!

Last night was Party Jones' first gig at Taco Surf in almost a year and a half. For those of you who don't know, Kenny had been playing this venue for over 8 years in one band incarnation or another....
Posted by PARTY JONES on Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:05:00 PST

Perq’s

Before I get down to the nitty-gritty, let me thank the Milners for coming out to see us tonight even though they had to leave at 4:30am for Hawaii the following morning. It was great to see Ronny, C...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:40:00 PST

Metro Pointe

We had a great time at Metro Pointe last night. Many of our friends came out to see us and we even had a surprise visit from Ken and Bobbi Wilkins... dear friends of ours whose wedding we performed a...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:36:00 PST

Beatty Bash 07

Where to begin? How about with the incredible hospitality of the Beatty's? Once again they outdid themselves this year. Their backyard party was absolutely off the hook. We had Chad manning the ba...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:41:00 PST

Pelican Isle

We had a fun gig at Pelican Isle tonight. Although we miss Jess dearly, we made it through the night. We are so grateful that Julia and the Milner's came out to support us. They are so faithful. J...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Sat, 04 Aug 2007 01:33:00 PST

Double Dip

What a day it was today! We played the Long Beach Auto Show from 4:00 to 8:00. Shout outs are in order for Steve Beatty who got us the gig two years in a row. We are playing Steve's backyard blowou...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:15:00 PST

Wow

Wow. That's all I have to say about last night's performance at MetroPointe. John couldn't be with us due to a family emergency. We had our favorite sub, Doug Nofsinger sit in. If you haven't hear...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 08:47:00 PST

Wonderful 25th Anniversary Celebration

Your host and legendary rhythm maker Rob is in Laughlin for a few days, so Yours Truly - aka Magic Kenny - will do my best to fill his shoes this week. What a weekend! On Saturday we performed at Bern...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 09:12:00 PST

Go Away!!! Baitin!

The Jones played our third C-300 President's Dinner tonight at the El Dorado Golf Club in the LB. Decked out in our finest frockery, we laid down the swingenest, low-burn dinner set in the history of...
Posted by PARTY JONES on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 01:25:00 PST