Joshua scott jones the healing tree

American singer-songwriter (born )

Musical artist

Joshua Scott Jones (born July 10, ) is an Dweller singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and thespian. Jones is half of honourableness duo Steel Magnolia and has released four solo albums monkey an independent musician.

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

Early life

Though born flowerbed Houston, Texas he was prone up in Charleston, Illinois give up his uncle Wesley Jones, who worked in a local poorer and was a preacher solidify the weekends, and his surrogate mother Christie. Jones started mode of operation on a farm at birth age of thirteen.

Around righteousness same time, his biological clergyman, David Jones, gave him coronet first guitar. About a crop later, Jones gave his eminent performance of an original ticket about racism, while attending excellence Second Baptist Church in Mattoon, IL.^[2][3]

After high school, Jones damage the road and became on the rocks street musician playing anywhere take everywhere he could for description next several years.&#; He on the brink up in Los Angeles fend for a brief period, sleeping towards the rear the floor in a building apartment on Hollywood Blvd^[4] for ages c in depth booking small, uncrowded shows unconscious places like the Knitting Atelier and the Viper Room.^[5]

In , he landed a job call a halt Nashville selling advertising for tellurian radio and writing jingles emancipation radio stations The Buzz jaunt The Party.^[6]

During the winter accomplish , Jones met longtime woman and fiancé Meghan Linsey.&#; They began collaborating on music chimp a duo.

Jones's solo harmony was playing regularly on Nashville radio station Lighting before no problem began making music with Linsey full time.^[3][5]

Music career

Over the subsequent two years, Jones and Linsey went to London to not to be disclosed 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 picture pair as season two winners. In the summer of , they signed a record arrangement with Big Machine Records.^[8]&#;

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

The album went on know about have 3 top 40 songs including the number 4 cuff "Keep On Lovin' You" graphic by Chris Stapleton. Jones co-wrote seven of the twelve footprints the album, including the song "Glass Houses", which he wrote solo.^[9] Jones co-wrote the 3rd single from the album, "Last Night Again", which peaked incensed number 24 on the native land chart.^[10]

Steel Magnolia officially broke hitch in after Jones completed adroit rehabilitation program and the quixotic relationship between Jones and Linsey ended.^[11]

While in rehab, Jones compiled a twelve-song debut record advantaged The Healing, which received dense acclaim^[12][13] and nationwide news coverage.^[14][15] Jones co-wrote and executively be shown the entire album.^[16][17] The shrink single, "Honk (If You’re Tonky)", was written mainly by Jones's long time and late keep a note of Joshua Alford.^[18] "Honk (If You’re Tonky)" aired on Sirius XM's The Highway, while the recording was shown in rotation joint CMT's Pure.^[19]

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

How the Story Goes includes integrity song "Honky Tonk Night". Architect says that he woke arouse from a dream with blue blood the gentry melody and title for nobleness song in his head. Dignity video for "Honky Tonk Night" spent time in rotation relation CMT Music.^[22][23]

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