Sonic Departures JW-Jones

• 1 Blue Jean Jacket 04:45
• 2 Same Mistakes 04:13
• 3 Ain't Gonna Beg 04:28
• 4 Drowning on Dry Land 04:05
• 5 Bye Bye Love 02:01
• 6 Snatchin' It Back 03:17
• 7 It's Obdacious 02:22
• 8 The Things That I Used to Do 04:04
• 9 When It All Comes Down 04:34
• Total Runtime 33:49

Info for Sonic Departures

Fresh off the heels of winning "Best Guitarist" at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Jones was stoked for a huge year before COVID-19 hit and halted his tour schedule. "I knew I had to do something productive to stay positive, so I turned isolation into inspiration!"

JUNO-nominated Jones, whose searing axemanship has been praised in recent years by legendary blues artists Buddy Guy and Chuck Leavell (The Rolling Stones). From original music to previously unreleased songs, "this album sounds bigger and wider-than-ever" says Jones. It features a 17-piece band with a 13-piece horn section, plus additional tracking of vocals, guitars, and studio effects that led to a most appropriate title, Sonic Departures. After releasing "Live" less than two years ago, the frequent resident of Billboard's Top 10 Blues charts and roots radio favorite continues to accelerate his career momentum to new heights, whether it's as a personally-requested sit-in with the likes of 8-time Grammy winner Buddy Guy, opening for blues-rock icon George Thorogood, or entertaining thrilled audiences in 23 countries and four continents.

"JW Jones is one of the best guitar players I've heard in a long time. He and his band do great tunes with cool arrangements and I love listening to them. They play with taste and fire at the same time." (Charlie Musselwhite)

"This young man is one of the people who will keep the Blues alive." (Buddy Guy)

"Jones' style is a fluid amalgam of T-Bone Walker's big, bright chords, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson's slashing leads, and Gatemouth Brown's jazzy sting" (Blues Revue Magazine)

JW-Jones, vocals, guitar
Will Laurin, drums, vocals
Jacob Clarke, upright and electric bass, vocals

JW-Jones
has played throughout the world (CANADA, USA, EUROPE, AUSTRALIA BRAZIL) and has been invited to share the stage with some of the biggest names in blues today (to play with, not open for), The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Junior Watson, Little Charlie & The Nightcats, Rusty Zinn Rick Holmstrom, Rod Piazza & The Mighty Flyers, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets, The Mannish Boys, the legendary Hubert Sumlin, and many more.

Whether recording/touring with Jeff Asselin, and Martin Régimbald, or adding the heavy grooves of Jesse Whiteley on organ, the musicians with Jones always add a powerful energy to the stage.

During a special appearance with the band, Hollywood celebrity and fan, Dan Aykroyd (Elwood Blues) said "this is an amazing blues band, and I've played with the best!"

Their third album, My Kind Of Evil (2004), was produced by multi-Grammy nominee Kim Wilson (The Fabulous Thunderbirds), and features Canadian guest star Colin James on two smokin' tracks.

Adding a fourth CD to their collection, Kissing in 29 Days (2006), featured the legendary Ray Charles sax player, David "Fathead" Newman.

Their discs have garnered radio-play worldwide, including heavy rotation on some commercial radio stations, and features on shows such as the internationally syndicated House of Blues Radio Hour. The buzz this band has created over the last few years earned them a national award for Electric Act of the Year at Toronto's Maple Blues Awards and rave reviews throughout the globe. With their heavy schedule, this ranks the band as one of the hardest touring blues acts in the country.

2008 will welcome the band's fifth release with NorthernBlues Music, BLUELISTED, featuring the two most influential blues guitarists on the west coast; Little Charlie Baty, and Junior Watson, playing together on the same tracks for the first time in a combined 70 year career. This first time collaboration has been called "a recording of historic importance". It also features arguably the best rhythm section in blues, Richard Innes on drums and Larry Taylor on bass, and liner notes written by none other than "Elwood Blues" himself, Dan Aykroyd.

JW-Jones and his blues band are ready to take on any challenge, and with their unique sound, they are going to set the world on fire one country at a time!

This album contains no booklet.