THE JONES
FAMILY
THE JONES
FAMILY
Three Generations
of the band
The first generation of Jones Family Band started in the 80s with Helen, my wife, and Janet, her younger sister. We used to sing in close harmony with one guitar, and we did many gigs at the Wayfarers, as I said, there was a lot happening in the 80’s!
The next generation was Jones and Company in the 90s. We recorded some music with our eldest children, Andrew and Laura but it wasn’t until Sam joined in the early noughties, that the Jones Family Band was complete. It was then that the Jones Family Band started touring and recording albums, including a fantastic Christmas album.
Three Generations
of the band
The first generation of Jones Family Band started in the 80s with Helen, my wife, and Janet, her younger sister. We used to sing in close harmony with one guitar, and we did many gigs at the Wayfarers, as I said, there was a lot happening in the 80’s!
The next generation was Jones and Company in the 90s. We recorded some music with our eldest children, Andrew and Laura but it wasn’t until Sam joined in the early noughties, that the Jones Family Band was complete. It was then that the Jones Family Band started touring and recording albums, including a fantastic Christmas album.
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Jones Family Band
A “family” band established in the mid-seventies; members – Helen & Brian Jones and Helen’s sister Janet Macdonald.
Brian of course was already established in the Folk scene with a regular gig at the Black Horse in West Kirby, with Helen; always the support and Ian Proctor; the Roadie.
Janet was at the Jones’s fairly regularly and stayed on lots of occasions. While Brian practiced Helen and Janet used to join in (as they knew most of the songs). They started to harmonise and got quite tight. Then, Brian thought it would be fun to do a “spot” at the Black Horse one Tuesday night.
THEstart OF THE JONES FAMILY BAND
I was asked to do gigs on my own and I started singing the songs from the 60s that I sang with my brother, like ‘Blowing in the Wind’, songs that people would remember, but also some obscure stuff as well. I started to understand the words and it all came back like it was brand new.
I was sitting in the studio here one day practicing for a gig. And the kids just came in to say hi and I was singing and they said, what are you singing? I told them all about it and they wanted to join. Next thing you know, they are singing the harmonies. Then we started to put it together and sang those songs that my Mum and Dad used to sing with me and all the songs I sang with my big brother.
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