Many of you may or may not know that Jp has had a concurrent career in the electrical energy industry. A couple weeks ago he was honored via a nomination by his community member(s) for recognition by Connecticut Electric Manufactures HEROs (Celebrating Electricians) awards program. An amazing honor in itself. Here is the video of this honor... The cool part and why this is relevant one of Jp's songs on the upcoming "Broke In Bridge City" album is featured in the mini-doc. Again dont forget pre-order for the CD is open right now at a reduced price: https://www.johnpauljonesgroup.com/music.html Jp is very humbled by this recognition. Also this week Jp was able to visit with his "Big Cousin" Ernie Peniston... who is a Blues & Music Hall of Famer... he also has played with BOTH Prince AND Morris Day... Ernie met Jp at CopperTop Studio Hut to share with Jp his new tracks on his upcoming CD. And let us tell you... the tracks are slamming and when its re...
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COPPERTOP STUDIO HUT JOURNAL ENTRY 04-04-2018 CLIENT: John-Paul Jones Group TIME: 6:30PM to 8:10PM MUSICIANS: Guitar/Vocals Jp Jones Drums - Steven Jones Bass - Sally Ward The John-Paul Jones Group was in the studio today recording an old Sonny Boy Williamson classic tune. We will keep the actual song under wraps. The band recorded with a minimal setup. The goal is to mimic a direct to recording disc recording. Sonny Boy Williamson had a unique style of singing. Jp worked hard at melding his style with this style of blues. But one of the biggest changes, was Jp traded (for this session) his Ibanez Universe 7 String for an Ibanez 6 String Tallman Guitar. Who knew the 7-String Heavy Bluesman could have a softer side. Jp stated, " I was trying to put a LIMITATION" on myself. First couple takes I played finger style, but the band couldn't bite into it. So he switched to a dunlop pick. This bro...
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