Velvet Sky is the new single by musician Jeff Jones. Jeff has a prestigious past including being a member of Rush, Ocean, Red Rider and The Infidels and currently can be seen playing with Burton Cummings, Tom Cochrane, The Carpet Frogs and in his own band Jones-Finn alongside Gerry Finn.
After nearly two decades, Canadian music veteran Jeff Jones is emerging from the shadows of his celebrated collaborations to release new solo recordings. The bassist, whose iconic grooves powered hits like “Put Your Hand in the Hand” and “Lunatic Fringe,” is set to unveil his first solo project since 2007‘s “Heir of Desperation” EP at the end of this month.
519 Magazine. Two veteran Canadian musicians and Juno award winners with long and impressive resumes have joined forces to from the acoustic duo Jones-Finn.
Before Geddy Lee was even a glimmer in Alex Lifeson’s eye, Rush featured a bassist by the name of Jeff Jones, one of their founding members. From the start, Jones was a different breed, namely because he was the only member of the band who wasn’t a natural-born Canadian.
As a teenager, Jeff Jones performed with Alex Lifeson and John Rutsey in the pre-Geddy Lee incarnation of Rush, before going on to co-found gospel rock band Ocean.
I was thrilled when the Jeff Jones Trio agreed to perform as part of my series, Tuesday Nights at Cherry Cola’s…
It’s Tuesday afternoon and a good friend has informed me his latest single was just released a few hours ago. No video but I have purchased the MP3 for a whopping 89 cents.
The highway of life once again has Prince George on the map. Tom Cochrane, the bard of ragged ass roads everywhere, will be live at CN Centre on Monday night.
The Canadian music industry’s best kept secret A famous? unknown? band. I first heard mention of The Carpet Frogs about a year ago.
Back in the day, I was the road manager for the best power pop punk band in the country, The Pointed Sticks from Vancouver. It gave me an automatic backstage pass in the west coast music scene.
Dapper Toronto bass player Jeff Jones, who plays behind both Burton Cummings and Tom Cochrane, had a wild time playing with both in central Manitoba within two days.
There are few crack elite live and studio session bands in the country that are bands for hire. They learn new material all the time, translating it with skill, accuracy, and speed, bringing out the originality and authenticity in all the music they play.