Jones comes to us from the Pacific Northwest as a storyteller with a Memphis blues sound. Lloyd Jones just released an acoustic blues album, his 7th on 4/19/2011 HIGHWAY BOUND. He is virtually unknown in the POP music world, but he has been around for decades, playing with the legends on the blues circuit.
His song writing will remind you of the standard blues from the past. His rendition of back porch pickin’, swampy blues, and old school R&B is what he works very hard at pushing the American Root Music into the here and now.
In 1985 he decided that he would play his music after his stint as leader of the group “Brown Sugar” back in the 1970’s. He was associated with a few other groups, before he went out on his own.
Jones is a mainstay on the West Coast Circuit, but has toured all over the states, Canada and Europe. His sound is a little Curtis Obeda, Delbert Clinton, and Taj Mahal, telling stories of love, loss, and adventure. The soulful singers sound has been referred to by Vintage Guitar Magazine, “his vocals are as gritty as a dirt road and as smooth as melting butter”. An excellent description of his sound and this album personifies his tone in just that way.
If you enjoy soulful, standard style blues, and old school R&B, take a chance and listen to Lloyd Jones, you will be surprised, and pleased. He should be recognized for his song writing, singing and guitar, and be in front of the pack of blues slayers of today.
http://www.lloydjonesmusic.com/
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