Also see II. 'Billy Jones Bluez' below.

I. Billy Jones

Imagine for a moment that you could take the music of the following artists and somehow blend them all together Ike Turner, Chuck D, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnnie Taylor, Clarence Carter and Jimmy Reed. Throw in just a little bit of Richard Pryor/Dolomite and you will get a good idea about the music of Billy Jones.

William Reese Jones (March 15, 1889 - November 23, 1940) was a tenor who recorded during the 1920s and 1930s, finding fame as a radio star on The Happiness Boys radio program.

Shortly after the turn of the…