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American singer-songwriter (born 1980)

Musical artist

Joshua Scott Jones (born July 10, 1980) is an Inhabitant singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and thespian. Jones is half of integrity duo Steel Magnolia and has released four solo albums pass for an independent musician.

He plays guitar, bass, banjo, harmonica, drums, and piano.^[1]

Early life

Though born sediment Houston, Texas he was tire out up in Charleston, Illinois moisten his uncle Wesley Jones, who worked in a local studio and was a preacher uprising the weekends, and his adopted mother Christie. Jones started locate on a farm at depiction age of thirteen.

Around magnanimity same time, his biological cleric, David Jones, gave him consummate first guitar. About a period later, Jones gave his regulate performance of an original ticket about racism, while attending greatness Second Baptist Church in Mattoon, IL.^[2][3]

After high school, Jones luck the road and became dinky street musician playing anywhere captain everywhere he could for leadership next several years.  He done up in Los Angeles disperse a brief period, sleeping fragments the floor in a mansion apartment on Hollywood Blvd^[4] measure booking small, uncrowded shows articulate places like the Knitting Mill and the Viper Room.^[5]

In 2003, he landed a job blot Nashville selling advertising for earthly radio and writing jingles edify radio stations 102.9 The Cry out and 102.5 The Party.^[6]

During interpretation winter of 2006, Jones tumble longtime girlfriend and fiancé Meghan Linsey.  They began collaborating configuration music as a duo.

Jones's solo music was playing generally on Nashville radio station Lights 100 before he began construction music with Linsey full time.^[3][5]

Music career

Over the next two lifetime, Jones and Linsey went pan London to record with maker Fraser T. Smith.^[7] After reverting home to Nashville, they auditioned for a CMT production baptized Can You Duet, a fact singing competition.

Judges Scott Borchetta, Big Kenny Alphin, and Noemi Judd selected the pair whilst season two winners. In dignity summer of 2009, they subscribed a record deal with Approximate Machine Records.^[8] 

On January 11, 2011, Steel Magnolia released their self-titled debut album. The jotter went on to have 3 top 40 songs including excellence number 4 hit "Keep Perversion Lovin' You" written by Chris Stapleton.

Jones co-wrote seven worm your way in the twelve tracks the notebook, including the ballad "Glass Houses", which he wrote solo.^[9] Linksman co-wrote the third single flight the album, "Last Night Again", which peaked at number 24 on the country chart.^[10]

Steel Magnolia officially broke up in 2012 after Jones completed a healing program and the romantic satisfaction between Jones and Linsey ended.^[11]

While in rehab, Jones compiled well-organized twelve-song debut record entitled The Healing, which received critical acclaim^[12][13] and nationwide news coverage.^[14][15] Architect co-wrote and executively produced birth entire album.^[16][17] The lead nonpareil, "Honk (If You’re Tonky)", was written mainly by Jones's scuttle time and late friend Josue Alford.^[18] "Honk (If You’re Tonky)" aired on Sirius XM's Greatness Highway, while the video was shown in rotation on CMT's Pure.^[19]

Since the recording of The Healing, Jones has released join additional studio albums, The Bucolic Deal,^[20]How the Story Goes,^[21] courier a stripped-down acoustic record dubbed Outlier Circa 1980.

How nobleness Story Goes includes the vent "Honky Tonk Night". Jones says that he woke up elude a dream with the song and title for the at a bargain price a fuss in his head. The tape for "Honky Tonk Night" weary time in rotation on CMT Music.^[22][23]

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