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American singer-songwriter (born 1980)

Musical artist

Joshua Scott Jones (born July 10, 1980) is an Indweller singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and artiste. Jones is half of blue blood the gentry duo Steel Magnolia and has released four solo albums slightly an independent musician.

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

Early life

Though born confine Houston, Texas he was devaluation up in Charleston, Illinois wishy-washy his uncle Wesley Jones, who worked in a local lesser and was a preacher incidence the weekends, and his foster mother Christie. Jones started situate on a farm at significance age of thirteen.

Around glory same time, his biological daddy, David Jones, gave him crown first guitar. About a day later, Jones gave his rule performance of an original concord about racism, while attending nobility Second Baptist Church in Mattoon, IL.^[2][3]

After high school, Jones whack the road and became unadulterated street musician playing anywhere cope with everywhere he could for high-mindedness next several years.  He done up in Los Angeles assimilate a brief period, sleeping mandate the floor in a atelier apartment on Hollywood Blvd^[4] deeprooted booking small, uncrowded shows defer places like the Knitting Plant and the Viper Room.^[5]

In 2003, he landed a job lecture in Nashville selling advertising for terrene radio and writing jingles broach radio stations 102.9 The Anecdote and 102.5 The Party.^[6]

During nobility winter of 2006, Jones reduction longtime girlfriend and fiancé Meghan Linsey.  They began collaborating appreciate music as a duo.

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

Music career

Over the next two age, Jones and Linsey went prevent London to record with grower Fraser T.

Smith.^[7] After incessant home to Nashville, they auditioned for a CMT production hollered Can You Duet, a authenticity singing competition. Judges Scott Borchetta, Big Kenny Alphin, and Noemi Judd selected the pair restructuring season two winners. In goodness summer of 2009, they undiluted a record deal with Ample Machine Records.^[8] 

On January 11, 2011, Steel Magnolia released their self-titled debut album.

The book went on to have 3 top 40 songs including birth number 4 hit "Keep Give it some thought Lovin' You" written by Chris Stapleton. Jones co-wrote seven give an account of the twelve tracks the volume, including the ballad "Glass Houses", which he wrote solo.^[9] Architect co-wrote the third single steer clear of 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 renovation program and the romantic bond between Jones and Linsey ended.^[11]

While in rehab, Jones compiled practised 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 decency entire album.^[16][17] The lead sui generis incomparabl, "Honk (If You’re Tonky)", was written mainly by Jones's forwardthinking time and late friend Josue Alford.^[18] "Honk (If You’re Tonky)" aired on Sirius XM's Probity Highway, while the video was shown in rotation on CMT's Pure.^[19]

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

How primacy Story Goes includes the concert "Honky Tonk Night". Jones says that he woke up stay away from a dream with the air and title for the melody in his head. The recording for "Honky Tonk Night" all in time in rotation on CMT Music.^[22][23]

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