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Billy Jones

Diabolical!

About Me

Billy Jones has been making his way across the Carolinas with a six-string and a suitcase full of well-crafted tunes for the better part of the last decade. Whether he..s performing solo or with in his dynamite trio, Jones always delivers with danceable rhythms and an intimate delivery that makes every venue a living room. A native of the North Carolina piedmont, Jones pens songs that reflect the deep musical roots of the south and beyond. Equal parts folk and rhythm and blues; his songs paint streetscapes of downtown Americana and offer reflections of a journey well-traveled. His debut album Without A Fight has caught airplay around the southeast and garnered some solid reviews. ..From start to finish, the album has a very organic, acoustic feel, with each of the songs revolving around Jones' strong rhythm guitar playing, thoughtful lyrics, and warm vocal delivery,.. (Lake Norman Times). But for Jones, playing live has always been his bread and butter. And after hawking and honing his sounds for the last ten years, Jones puts on a show that is as unique as it is memorable.
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Member Since: 4/18/2006
Band Website: billyjones.net
Band Members: Billy Jones -Singer/Songwriter/Guitar/Harmonica/Kazoo/ The Pocket - Mason Bissett on Bass, Tim Helfrich on Drums, and Billy Jones on Guitar and Vocals. You can put all kinds of things in a Pocket, but this is what we always keep in here. The Vel-Crows - Todd Farmer on Mandolin, Allan Rufty on Bass, Chas Willomen on Electric Guitar, and Billy Jones on Acoustic Guitar. Everybody sings and dances.
Influences: Jack Kerouac, Mary, Tim Helfrich, Charlie Parker, Mason Bissett, Bobby Dylan, Metaphorious, Alt-Ctl-Sleep, Josh Pender, Violent Femmes, all Summit Baristas, Tom Waits, John Hartford, Phish, Dead, Beatles, James Seidl, George, Django Rheinardt, Rick Spreitzer, Heidi Sidelinker, Jon Coltrane, Kate Minogue, Jimi Hendrix, Big Bus Dream, Louis Armstrong, Doc Watson, Humans, Charlie Chaplin, Michael Orlando, Stevie Wonder, Nick Drake, Finks, Duke Ellington, Muddy Waters, Chad Diamond, Jerry Garcia, Jonathan Horton, Tony Rice, Russell Dye, Bob Marley, Brian Burton, Velvet Underground, Phish, David Bowie, Zeppelin, Dan Bern, David Byrne, Zappa, oh yeah did I mention these guys?
Sounds Like: good music
Record Label: yes please, thank you.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Saeeds bus trip

the bus is outside, mysteriously showing up in a pre destined sort of fashion. wow, pages come to life repressed by the never ending day come creeping in the nightime hours, pranksters nonetheless, lu...
Posted by Billy Jones on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 05:55:00 PST

Without a Fight - now on iTunes and elsewhere!

Billy Joneses first cd, "Without a Fight" is now available on ITunes,heres a couple other places too. GroupieTunes http://www.groupietunes.com/artists/billyjones Apple iTunes http://phobos.apple.c...
Posted by Billy Jones on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:57:00 PST

download free songs on billyjones.net

Hey Now - All good things in life are free. So go to billyjones.net and download some free live music by Billy Jones and the Pocket.
Posted by Billy Jones on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:50:00 PST

Im the real Billy Jones

Some cracker stole my id and sent everyone a bunch of crap about free giveaways and Macys and other stuff. I dont know anything about it. dont read it, dont trust it. and dont trust whitey. - the...
Posted by Billy Jones on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 03:57:00 PST

late night scribble

Adam -youve inspired me.-b  recollections from the soul. weirdness from within, french kissed desire deep enough to pierce the skina peak has passed, a summit of a climbonly to drop into a valley...
Posted by Billy Jones on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:47:00 PST

Confirmation in Fmajor

sleeping, awake to find the missing keycome creeping out of troubled times like theserevisions for those who have made a choicedecisions cast out by a merging voicenow it comes down to what is leftall...
Posted by Billy Jones on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 10:41:00 PST

part of the chain

part of the chain- it all started with John, a shot of whiskey and some fabled story of an ill communicated bygone era preceding over its natural course. shouting in deafening toned bliss of a pa...
Posted by Billy Jones on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:08:00 PST

by and by

bye and bye, the river hymns and the street ballads, walking, talkingJerusalem. all I know is what I have, all that Ive lost didnt belong to me in the first place. just letters making up words, confin...
Posted by Billy Jones on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 07:23:00 PST