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Welcome to my website. I am a guitarist and a singer-songwriter. I began playing the guitar in 1966. The first songs I learned were the contemporary/folk tunes on the air at the time. They were songs performed by Bob Dylan, Peter, Paul, and Mary, the Kingston Trio, and others. I then learned some Beatles, Rolling Stones, and Creedence Clearwater Revival tunes. Over the last 45 years, I have steadily added enough tunes to have many hours' worth of material.
Here's a sample list.
I began writing songs as an early teen and continue writing them as they come to me. I also began performing as an early teen, first in church groups and soon thereafter providing mood music for parties and assorted social gatherings. I started playing in my first rock'n'roll band in high school and sat in with other bands during the same period. During college, I played mostly solo and in some duos, performing primarily acoustic blues and folk-rock; although, I did occasionally sit in on lead guitar with other groups.
Since college. I've continued to perform solo, in duos, and in bands of various configurations. I play primarily in the DC metro area, but my solo gigs have taken me to Aspen, San Diego, San Antonio, Denver, Houston, Jacksonville, Fort Myers, and Austin.
I've written several songs that I perform regularly with my band The MSJ Project. We play most of my original tunes and a wide assortment of cover tunes by Hendrix, Cream, CCR, Van Morrison, and several other classic rock bands. In December 2008, we made a live recording of some of these tunes - that is we set up as a band, turned on the tape, and played; we did not lay down one track on top of another as is often how music is recorded. The result is a CD that sounds like we truly sound when we play out.
Here's a link to the CD where you can hear short clips of each tune and, of course, buy our CD.
We also have a MySpace page where you can hear several of our songs from start to finish.
I have also teamed up with Kelly Markin in a two-man acoustic-electric configuration. We are best suited to smaller gatherings, coffee houses, bookstores, and similar venues where electric-acoustic music is preferred. We play our own originals and a wide variety of popular acoustic tunes. We call this ensemble Jones 'n' Markin.
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