TUTU JONES ( II )

Tutu Jones es hijo del tambien bluesman de  Dallas John Jones ,  creció en una casa frecuentada por invitados como Freddie King , Little Joe Blue y Ernie Johnson , por lo que nunca dudó de que su futuro estaría ligado de una u otra forma al Blues .  Nacido John Jones Jr. el 9 de septiembre de 1966, sju primer instrumento fué la batería con la cual se estrenó siendo  un adolescente, respaldando a sus tíos Curly "Barefoot" Miller y LC Clark antes de pasar a trabajar con personas como ZZ Hill y RL Burnside . Al mismo tiempo, Jones también estaba perfeccionando sus habilidades con la  de guitarra y disfrutaba componiendo , pronto empezó a crear para  liderar bandas propias, hasta que llegó su debut en solitario I'm for Real en 1994, posteriormente sacó  Blue Texas Soul en 1996. Dos años más tarde, lanzó Staying Power .

Tutu Jones (born September 9, 1966) is an American electric blues and soul blues guitarist, singer and songwriter.He has cited Freddie King and Z. Z. Hill as influences on his playing style. Since 1994, Jones has released five albums.

John Jones Jr. was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of a Dallas-based R&B guitarist, Johnny B. Jones. Through his father's work, he was introduced to house guests such as Freddie King, L. C. Clark, Ernie Johnson and Little Joe Blue. Jones began playing the guitar by the age of five, by which time he had acquired his nickname Tutu from his father.

He began his career in adolescence, as a drummer, graduating from backing his uncles Barefoot Miller and L. C. Clark (the latter in 1976) to working with Z. Z. Hill and R. L. Burnside.

Meanwhile, working on his own guitar playing, by 1989 Jones had moved on to fronting his own bands.This in led to the recording of his debut album, I'm For Real, on JSP Records in 1994.It was nominated for a W. C. Handy Award. Blues Texas Soul followed two years later, and Staying Power in 1998.

A live album, Tutu Jones Live, was issued in 2005 by Doc Blues Records. A journalist at the Austin Chronicle then stated, "bluesmen are traditionalists, but Jones learns how to mesh soulful wails with syrupy blues that are as sweaty live as they are in quiet studios."

His album Inside Out was released by CD Baby in 2009.