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MySpace Layouts MySpace Codes MySpace Backgrounds .. Amie Street Player --Some songwriters are the sum of their influences; Rick Jones strives to always be that and then a little more. Music comes as naturally to him as breathing. Like so many other great singers he was raised in a musically supportive family who encouraged him to perform both at church and in area talent contests. A native of once semi-rural Olive Branch, Mississippi, Rick moved across the stateline to Memphis, Tennessee after high school. While working through college at University of Memphis(as an employee of U.P.S. and part-time welder) he took the time to book a few shows in area coffee shops, most notably Java Cabana(home of the Elvis Wedding Chapel). After an attempt at settling down to the married life that didn't work out so well, Rick decided to pull up roots and head to Nashville to make a serious effort to enter the music business. It was in Nashville that he composed the majority of the songs found on the debut album "Sea Threw Me", available online at amiestreet.com . After a few years of concentrated effort, making the rounds of open mics and dive bars and cafes, Rick got a little frustrated, and went back to teaching full time. But the music was a hard habit to shake and after a couple of years he was ready to get back in the game. Now he divides his time between Nashville and New York City, where he plays as a duo with drummer Mike James, whose deft percussion skills enhance the dynamic nature of Rick's songs. Always a crowd pleaser, Rick's baritone vocals project his simple yet literate lyrics through noisy barrooms and crowded cafes, without losing the intimacy of a back porch picking party. Plans for a new album are in the works, as Rick currently weighs the ecological impact of a hard copy cd release of "Sea Threw Me". He hopes to build a wider fan base that would allow for more touring and a chance to meet new people in new places. In a changing industry, Rick Jones is comfortable with the increased independance available to artists and sees it as an opportunity to rebuild the foundations of the music world. "A songwriter's job is just to go out and tell people the truth about the world you see as honestly as you can. As a performer, though, you add an element of theater, or shamanism, that leads the audience through your experience..." he says. Rick does that job with a true working man's ethic.

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Member Since: 29/07/2006
Band Website: http://amiestreet.com/rickjones
Band Members: Rick Jones on vocals and guitar, with Mike James on percussion
Influences: Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Kris Kristofferson, The Doors, Willie Nelson, The Black Crowes, Muddy Waters, North Mississippi All-Stars, Todd Snider, Waylon Jennings, R.E.M., Frank Sinatra, Manu Chao, Bob Marley, Sting & the Police, Kenny Rogers(1st record I ever bought, still have the 45), Leonard Cohen, Beck, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Townes Van Zandt, Shel Silverstein, Blind Melon, Al Green, Tom Petty, Steve Earle, Uncle Tupelo/Son Volt/Wilco, White Stripes, Rolling Stones, Chris Isaak, Bob Dylan, The Band, Gram Parsons, The Beach Boys, the Beatles, Glen Campbell, John Denver(thought he was a muppet for a long time), and in my own personal experience my mom and dad, Greg Jones, Keith Moore, Joe Michael, Pat Lyon, David Wheat, Jeremy Wheat, Nash Gibson, Edwina Hayes, Tom-Kat Bottigliero, and all the folks out there right now hustling to make music for a living
Sounds Like: That old outlaw country attitude mixed with a little grunge, spiced with hints of reggae and flamenco, sauteed in the acoustic songwriter style, served with a side of American lit. Put a little hot sauce on it and you’re good to go.
Type of Label: Major

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A million branches against the sky

The steel pulled tight spiraling coils of energetic metalEased into position with echoes bouncing through the airThe heart of an ancient tree wired for soundOnce I wandered lost into the woods...A voi...
Posted by on Mon, 04 May 2009 20:10:00 GMT

What Are You Waiting For?

These burdens on your shoulder are your own creationThe world around you waiting to lift like curtains in a theatreAnd you push your soul into the cracks in the rocks you brace your back againstTether...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:02:00 GMT

return

I am returning to the place where I keep my dreams I am leaving something so huge it makes my knees shake I am seeking a quiet place to think a while I am surrounded by the thoughts of a million ...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:38:00 GMT

For Rapunzel, Upon A Failed Attempt At Liberation

There's no one here I want to leave Though I'm sure you don't believe I gotta clear my tangled mind So woman don't you grieve My days are getting shorter now Though I've got a ways to go I'm heading s...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:56:00 GMT

ghosts at home

Many many moons ago With wild-boy eyes I looked through bedtime window on whitelight soaked pasture To see an odd glow shifting in the midst of the mist I named it as phantasm Caught my breath Tombsto...
Posted by on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:19:00 GMT

loss of words

Sometimes it’s all a striptease I’ll show you this and this but not that The release of revealing so much But keeping that one thing sacred Some words you can’t say Or won&rsquo...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:02:00 GMT

freefallin’

Somewhere in the process of learning to fly. meant to do this long ago with real wings and jet engines scream but now I just want to turn my heart into some propulsion system and flap across my ...
Posted by on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 07:55:00 GMT

buzzin saw

I fall into this dream so often My eyes open in dim light with warm voices Clinking of glass Jukebox jitters in the background The easy smile of friendly waitresses Bartenders nodding...some kind of a...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 07:49:00 GMT

Home

home again with a new angle on change cities flow upwards rivers sink down the earth in constant rotation a new sun born in the morning each day suburban blight that drives me from my birthplace urban...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 13:02:00 GMT

songs and sermons

OK, so I told myself, I'm taking the day off. I'm not going to do anything productive. That's what I planned. I've been a little busy the past week or so, and as an artist, I feel it...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Oct 2007 12:25:00 GMT