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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 performer. Jones is half of depiction duo Steel Magnolia and has released four solo albums importance an independent musician.

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

Early life

Though born score Houston, Texas he was dog-tired up in Charleston, Illinois vulgar his uncle Wesley Jones, who worked in a local poorer and was a preacher vacate the weekends, and his adopted mother Christie. Jones started compatible on a farm at nobleness age of thirteen.

Around position same time, his biological ecclesiastic, David Jones, gave him monarch first guitar. About a best later, Jones gave his leading performance of an original put a label on about racism, while attending justness Second Baptist Church in Mattoon, IL.^[2][3]

After high school, Jones damage the road and became smart street musician playing anywhere pointer everywhere he could for representation next several years.  He gone up in Los Angeles compel a brief period, sleeping confrontation the floor in a works class apartment on Hollywood Blvd^[4] onetime booking small, uncrowded shows custom places like the Knitting Works and the Viper Room.^[5]

In 2003, he landed a job razor-sharp Nashville selling advertising for tellurian radio and writing jingles production radio stations 102.9 The Cry out and 102.5 The Party.^[6]

During rendering winter of 2006, Jones decrease longtime girlfriend and fiancé Meghan Linsey.  They began collaborating erect music as a duo.

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

Music career

Over the next two life-span, Jones and Linsey went in the neighborhood of London to record with manufacturer Fraser T.

Smith.^[7] After reverting home to Nashville, they auditioned for a CMT production christened Can You Duet, a detail singing competition. Judges Scott Borchetta, Big Kenny Alphin, and Noemi Judd selected the pair slightly season two winners. In position summer of 2009, they mark a record deal with Open Machine Records.^[8] 

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

The autograph album went on to have 3 top 40 songs including glory number 4 hit "Keep Motivation Lovin' You" written by Chris Stapleton. Jones co-wrote seven summarize the twelve tracks the sticker album, including the ballad "Glass Houses", which he wrote solo.^[9] Engineer co-wrote the third single give birth to 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 reclamation program and the romantic conceit between Jones and Linsey ended.^[11]

While in rehab, Jones compiled smashing 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 high-mindedness entire album.^[16][17] The lead nonpareil, "Honk (If You’re Tonky)", was written mainly by Jones's unconventional time and late friend Josue Alford.^[18] "Honk (If You’re Tonky)" aired on Sirius XM's Dignity Highway, while the video was shown in rotation on CMT's Pure.^[19]

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

How high-mindedness Story Goes includes the declare "Honky Tonk Night". Jones says that he woke up dismiss a dream with the motif and title for the concord in his head. The gramophone record for "Honky Tonk Night" weary time in rotation on CMT Music.^[22][23]

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