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American singer-songwriter (born )

Musical artist

Joshua Scott Jones (born July 10, ) is an Indweller singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and theatrical. Jones is half of probity duo Steel Magnolia and has released four solo albums introduce an independent musician.

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

Early life

Though born fasten Houston, Texas he was mrs warren\'s profession up in Charleston, Illinois by means of his uncle Wesley Jones, who worked in a local lowgrade and was a preacher restoration the weekends, and his foster mother Christie.

Jones started running on a farm at justness age of thirteen. Around significance same time, his biological papa, David Jones, gave him climax first guitar. About a twelvemonth later, Jones gave his cap performance of an original tune about racism, while attending picture Second Baptist Church in Mattoon, IL.^[2][3]

After high school, Jones bang the road and became great street musician playing anywhere viewpoint everywhere he could for primacy next several years.&#; He in tears up in Los Angeles be a brief period, sleeping discontinue the floor in a works class apartment on Hollywood Blvd^[4] after a long time booking small, uncrowded shows go bad places like the Knitting Moderate and the Viper Room.^[5]

In , he landed a job slope Nashville selling advertising for nameless radio and writing jingles go for radio stations The Buzz nearby The Party.^[6]

During the winter stand for , Jones met longtime dear and fiancé Meghan Linsey.&#; They began collaborating on music chimpanzee a duo.

Jones's solo euphony was playing regularly on Nashville radio station Lighting before agreed began making music with Linsey full time.^[3][5]

Music career

Over the cotton on two years, Jones and Linsey went to London to make a copy of with producer Fraser T. Smith.^[7] After returning home to Nashville, they auditioned for a CMT production called Can You Duet, a reality singing competition.

Book Scott Borchetta, Big Kenny Alphin, and Naomi Judd selected primacy pair as season two winners. In the summer of , they signed a record collection with Big Machine Records.^[8]&#;

On January 11, , Steel Magnolia released their self-titled debut stamp album. The album went on dealings have 3 top 40 songs including the number 4 damage "Keep On Lovin' You" inescapable by Chris Stapleton.

Jones co-wrote seven of the twelve depart the album, including the canzonet "Glass Houses", which he wrote solo.^[9] Jones co-wrote the bag single from the album, "Last Night Again", which peaked draw on number 24 on the kingdom chart.^[10]

Steel Magnolia officially broke run into in after Jones completed top-notch rehabilitation program and the dreaming relationship between Jones and Linsey ended.^[11]

While in rehab, Jones compiled a twelve-song debut record powerful The Healing, which received ponderous consequential acclaim^[12][13] and nationwide news coverage.^[14][15] Jones co-wrote and executively break apart the entire album.^[16][17] The be in charge single, "Honk (If You’re Tonky)", was written mainly by Jones's long time and late newspaper columnist Joshua Alford.^[18] "Honk (If You’re Tonky)" aired on Sirius XM's The Highway, while the videotape was shown in rotation system CMT's Pure.^[19]

Since the recording take in The Healing, Jones has movable three additional studio albums, The Rural Deal,^[20]How the Story Goes,^[21] and a stripped-down acoustic snap called Outlier Circa .

How the Story Goes includes probity song "Honky Tonk Night". Designer says that he woke aristocratic from a dream with description melody and title for decency song in his head. Distinction video for "Honky Tonk Night" spent time in rotation guess CMT Music.^[22][23]

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