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Update: 12/5/08 Frieda Faye - A Big Fan
Thanks to Paul for sending in this picture of Frieda. She's a future star and current Chris Jones fan. Rock on, Frieda! Update: 11/25/08 Record Release Show a Success - Thanks to You! Thank you to everyone who came out and supported at Chris's record release show last Saturday, there was a great turnout for this very special show and it can safely be considered a success for Chris and everyone who helped make the show possible. Thanks to Deb Zeller, CVS, and the Make-Out Room for great venue support, James Finch Jr. and his band for opening support, Kerry Johnson, Miss Anne, Jenni Alpert, Charlie Note, and Bill Cramer for musical support (and so much enthusiasm and dedication, too:), RB at Coast Range Records for label support, Bunny Whiskers for the T-shirt design, Jennifer Rose at iTunes, Joe Goldmark at Amoeba SF, SF Bay Guardian for ad support, and Jesse Mosher for just being Jesse. Without your help this would not have been possible! Chris will be spending the next few months working in the studio on several projects with the Scarecrowes, Monsters are Not MYths, and others. A new album is in the works, too. There are so many things to look forward to in 2009, please check the site regularly for updates.
Update: 11/17/08 Underneath the Sun now available on Amazon.com, iTunes and more Just wanted everyone to know that T-shirts are now for sale sporting the above logo in all sorts of shapes and sizes. They will be available at the record release show on Nov. 22nd at the Make-Out Room.
If you would like to order your copy of Underneath the Sun, you may now do so by going to Amazon.com. You can also listen to samples and download the album at iTunes, Amazon's mp3 site, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, LaLa and Shockhound, too. Amoeba Records in San Francisco is carrying some copies in the Rock section under the letter J (you can always ask for help finding it - the staff is very friendly:). As soon as the CD becomes available in more places you can find updates here. iTunes is next!
Update: 10/13/08 New Album - "Underneath the Sun" Debuts It's been a long time in the making, folks, but it's finally arrived. I got the first copies of "Underneath the Sun" yesterday, and am very pleased to announce that the album will soon be available for sale at shows, in stores, and online. I'll make announcements to let you know how you can access the album as progress is made. You can always come to any of the shows on my gigs page and I will have cd's for sale at less than retail. Come to think of it, come to the show next Sunday at Thee Parkside, where I'll be playing in Peacemaker and opening up for the Pine Box Boys and be the first on your block to have a copy of the new record. "Underneath the Sun" has been a labour of love for me. It is a self-produced effort that includes my best songs to date. Included are performances by Chris Guthridge and Bill Cramer from Ride the Blinds, plus the engineering and production of Calvin Turnbull (Leon Russell, Eric McFadden, Sheryl Crow) of Old School Studios in Mendocino, CA. Important contributions were also made by Rick Perez, Jimmy Gallagher, Rich Corsetti, Steve Schadle, and Gwenyth Moreland. The amount of up-and-coming talent on the record is unbelievable. I am very satisfied with the whole experience thus far, and can't wait to see what everyone thinks of the music! Remember to be on the lookout here for information on how to get the album online if you aren't able to come to a show. RB at Coast Range Records says that everything has already been submitted to iTunes, eMusic, Rhapsody, Amazon, CDBaby, LaLa, Napster, and more. There are also plans to distribute through major retail stores in SF, including Amoeba Music, Streetlight Records, and Aquarius Records. In other words, expect to be able to purchase the record online and in stores in the next couple of weeks.
Update: 8/22/08 Videos for You My buddy Ryan took these videos of me and Jenni Alpert playing for friends at his house in LA after Kidd Cook played Safari Sam's. Thanks to him for capturing the magic on camera! Update: 8/11/08 Kidd Cook Tour a Success Thanks to all of you who came out to support the Kidd Cook "Summer of Two-Thousand-Great" Tour. It was a huge success and we actually don't hate each other after being crammed into an '86 Toyota Chinook with a brown Datsun camper shell towed in the back. A special thanks goes out to Road Wizard Scotty, who held everything together when times got rough. It was great to see so many old friends and make so many new ones on the road, and I can't wait to get back out there and do it again. I also want to thank Wicked Annabella for booking some great gigs and promoting our shows so well. If you would like to know more about Kidd Cook and buy our hot new cd, check out www.myspace.com/kiddcook. I'm still waiting for my new cd, "Underneath the Sun", to be finished, but in the meantime I am already starting to lay down tracks for a new double album that is inspired by Native American vibrations and my recent experiences with the spirit world. Kidd Cook is also working on a bunch of new material. There are so many great things happening right now, I hope that you can take the time to peek your head in and check it out every once in a while. Update: 7/24/08 Peacemaker Lives, Kidd Cook Tour, and More I'm writing this on my way out the door to go play pedal steel with the Scarecrowes at the Hemlock, but I just wanted to let everyone know that all is well and also to give a little update because it's been a while. I know. Where do I start? I want to say thanks to my new friend Rhett Smith of Ocean Wave Studios in Monterey. He treats musicians like people, and that's not to be taken for granted in my experience. I'd also like to thank Miss Anne, Brenton Forrest, Jesse Mosher and all the people who are using their skills and creativity to make some beautiful things happen for the people of San Francisco: Your contributions are invaluable, and it's great to see you shine! Bill and Nick Cramer are the best rhythm section in town right now, and we've formed a new group called Peacemaker that is going to kick butt and make us legends. It's got sort of a Goldrush-Wild West-Gunslinger image with heavy southern rock as the soundtrack. We all have gun names in this band. Bill is William Winchester, Nick is Nicholas Remington, and I am Christopher Schofield! Get ready for this band - we're going to kick ass this Sunday at Thee Parkside. We'll be sharing the stage with Norton Money from London, too. The band is headed by my friend Dan Beaulaurier , and this is his Swedish bassist's first time in the States. Dan and I just played at his sister's wedding, and I am so glad to have finally met all of his family (there are a lot of them and they are all wonderful)! Hey Dan, when are you going to buy a Martin instead of all those old Gibsons?! Next order of business is the Kidd Cook Tour. That's right, I'll be on tour with my friends, plus a driver and Jesse Mosher, who is going to paint pictures at all of our shows and hopefully make us laugh a lot. We just finished our first record, Dolores Sparks, which will be sold exclusively at shows, so you have to come out and get a copy as soon as we get to your neck of the woods. We'll be headed up to Sacramento, Portland, Eugene, Seattle, Fresno, and of course, LA. I'll post the tour dates below. It's gonna be a great time, and this band is really cookin' right now. I'm looking forward to it very much. Finally, I'm going to be releasing my own album very soon. It's called Underneath the Sun, and it's the greatest culmination of songs I have recorded. I'll let you know when it's ready. All right everyone, it's time to go, have a great weekend and I hope to see you all very soon... Update: 4/27/08 Typewriter now available on iTunes
After much anticipation and the standard roadblocks that come with releasing a first commercially-available record online, I finally present to you "Typewriter" in it's entirety. Click here to buy
Go to the audio page to download the artwork and album info. Go to the words page to download the lyrics for songs. Update: 3/31/08 Radio Show Podcast Now Available Ok, the radio show I did with Bunny Whiskers on Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm is now on the web for you to listen to and enjoy! It was a great show, and thanks to Tessa for coming out and joining me and talking about love. I also want to thank Monkey, all the people who were there, and of course, the lovely Bunny Whiskers. Ya'll rock! Ok, here's the link (be aware there is some strong language and adult content): http://www.nerdnetworks.org/pcr/BunnyWhiskers-20080320.mp3 Here is Bunny Whisker's Radio Page - the show is 3/20/2008: http://www.piratecatradio.com/playlist.php?dj=bw- Chris Update: 3/16/08 The Rock and Roll Revolution has Begun! Sitting here on a Sunday, I feel the satisfaction of so many months of hard work and dreaming finally coming to fruition before my very eyes. Ever since I was a young soul, my dream has been to make great music with a family of friends and create a movement that would help define my generation, which has (until now) toiled in obscurity for lack of accomplishments and suffers from a general apathy towards the world in which we live in. It's no secret that we are thoroughly engrossed and distracted by our cell phones and cpu's, and everyone has been more than happy to sit back and let American Idol tell us who our next promotional sacrifice will be. In a way, we have reverted to a sort of digital Mayan madness, and it won't be long before the next Cortez rolls onto the shore to obliterate us while our spirits are at their weakest. Before you know it, we will be possessed with the Demon of Possession himself. But that's not how it's going to go down. I still believe that America has a fight left in it. I still believe that we can gather ourselves in time to find a new meaning for the world we live in, and it has to start with the purest of intentions in an almost militant form. In short, it's going to take a revolution to get back what we have left behind. It seems like everyone I talk to these days wants a world where commercialism doesn't define our tastes, where people return to what was originally so refreshing and wonderful about the music, art, and expressions of the past. Cultural icons rush to the mind, such as Dylan, Hendrix, Keruoac, and Ginsburg, just to name a few. A revolution begins with the sound of a primitive drumbeat, and it follows a path through the creative arts into the souls of all people who long to escape the confines of their oppressors. And it cannot be stopped. Nowadays, our own government is our worst enemy. Political debauchery on all levels has made a lot of people realize that it's not going to just take the change of a president to make things good again. It's going to take some rock and roll. Things are going to get shaken up, and it's going to come first from the progressive cities where living conditions are the worst and there is the most desperate need for immediate change. A revolution does not necessarily include physical violence, but a great change requires a violent upheavel from within, and that can only be manifested in so many ways. No one can be sure how it will occur, we cannot control that aspect of the revolution. My good friend Bill Cramer has recently seen this change. He has been possessed by his own need to be free, and what he has seen is what he now shares with us all. He knows that upheavel is on it's way, and has taken control of his destiny and decided to help kickstart the revolution himself, despite the many criticisms and doubts of others who are afraid to do the same. He has gathered around him a core group of talented, inspired people who have also forsaken their immediate material needs for the sake of the greater good of mankind. And it's giving them energy and momentum that cannot be stopped. They are called "The Mission Festives Artistic Collective", and you may have seen them celebrating the Rock and Roll Revolution down at Dolores Park every Sunday for the past month. Or perhaps you have seen them walking the streets of the Mission, talking in bars or playing shows any given night of the week, making their solidarity and unity known to everyone around them. And perhaps you have you been invited to join them. Perhaps you have said yes, because you need something more in order to give something more. It's all happening in San Francisco, and for all I know it's probably happening in Pittsburgh and Miami and Memphis, too. It's definitely not happening at South by Southwest, though. Guess what - it's not going to happen there, or at Burning Man, or at any preconceived spot on the planet. It's going to happen everywhere all at once. In the backs of schools, on big grass fields, in your garage, on your neighbor's roof. Anywhere that isn't already somewhere, because that's the only place we can still be free. I've seen a lot in the past few months, and it has opened my eyes to what is happening around me. For once I feel a part of the collective conscience, and for once I have something to give that is appreciated and welcomed by all. Playing music has been my passion all of my life, but until now I haven't had the avenues to express my passion to the world around me. Well, that's about to change. Today I was able to finish my greatest accomplishment to date. It's a record I call "Typewriter", and it's going to be available very shortly for you to hear. Just last week I was also able to finish another great album, which is called "Underneath the Sun". It's been more than a year in the making and is the greatest collection of songs, musicians, and engineers that I have ever encountered. I personally am onto something, but what really gives me satisfaction is that I'm not the only one. Chris Guthridge of Ride the Blinds has been recording some amazing music, and Ride the Blinds is playing their first show again since last November. My good friends Josh Cook and Nick Cramer are working on the first Kidd Cook demo right now, and it's something that I have been very fortunate to be a part of. Charles Gonzalez is making great records on his own and with Stonar (Brenton Forrest) and Willow Willow. There is so much talent in this town, you're crazy if you think the music scene is dead right now. And it's not trendy - everyone is playing their own music, no one is trying to sound like anyone else. We are all free from the shackles of peer pressure here. And that's how the Summer of 200GR8 (pronounced 'two thousand great') begins. Who knows how it will end, or if it ever will. In the meantime I'm going to release some albums and play some shows and be at the places where people gather to do their thing. Because I believe in the revolution, and I believe that we can make a great change without relying on Barak Obama or anyone else to do it for us. If you want to complain about how crappy our president is, go ahead. You'll probably also tell me how Darren is going to be the next American Idol and how Cindy is definitely going to marry Chad for money on the Bachelor for sure. Meanwhile, you will go on living the same way you always have because it's good enough for you. But if you ever change your mind, you know where to find us. I know you can, and we'll all be happier when you do. And if you can't make it there physically, you can listen to us on Pirate Cat Radio 87.9fm or buy our records, and use it as the inspiration to start the revolution in your hometown. The choice is yours, don't be late. The Festives await your arrival. With Pride, Courage, and Humility: - Chris Jones Update: 2/7/08 Ok, Here we go now... The last few weeks have been crazy. I'm working three jobs at the moment, trying to finish 2 albums, and starting a new band all at the same time. Needless to say, there hasn't been a whole of time for sleep. The good news is that I just finished mixing my first "real" album, which is set for release in April of this year. It's tentatively titled, "Underneath the Sun", and it features the best material I have written over the last 10 years or so (that makes me sound old). In the meantime, I am putting the final touches on my newest record, "Typewriter," which is 99% complete and will be available for sale on the internet later this month (if everything goes as planned, of course). I'll be sneak-previewing some stuff off both albums next week on Bunny Whisker's Radio Show on 87.9FM Pirate Cat Radio. The show airs on Feb. 14th at 6pm, but I will have a downloadable mp3 of the broadcast available on my site soon after if you miss it. It will be a Valentine's Day theme - so make sure and tune in with your loved one(s). This weekend I will be playing at the Beat Museum, and then I am going to take the rest of the month to work on the records and get my new band started. Right now I've got the Cramer brothers on board (Nick and Bill), and we're searching for the right guitar/wurly/pedal steel/singer, or whatever, to round it out. Know anybody? Let's see, what else is happening - oh yeah. I'll be at the Caravan Lounge in San Jose, along with the Careless Hearts, on Mar. 7th, and on Public Access TV on Mar. 8th playing with Charles Gonzalez and the Stereo Glitter. Mar. 23rd I'll be returning to Thee Parkside, and then it's another month break to get ready for a tour to support my "other" new record. Yes, I like to do things differently. I'm gonna make this thing work one way or another - even if it's the hard way. I hope to see you at a show soon, and I hope you get a chance to purchase the new album(s) when they come out. If downloadable sales of "Typewriter" are good, then you can expect to see it available on CD at shows, online, and in stores. I know you'll like it if you've read this far. - Chris Update: 1/3/08 Happy New Year!! Just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year, and to say that 2008 is gonna be just swell. My friend said that this year we can visualize anything and it will come true, and I guess we'll have to see if he is right. Chris was featured on Pirate Cat Radio 87.9FM last week, and he played a few exclusive new tracks from the upcoming album "Typewriter". Check http://www.piratecatradio.com/playlist.php?dj=bw to see the setlist and hear the entire Podcast. You can listen to Chris's section of the show here. Thanks to Chuck G. and Bunny Whiskers for havin' me on as a special guest. I am looking forward to the show at Cafe Du Nord with Charles Gonzalez and the Stereo Glitter, it's gonna be a great night of music and you can expect some great special guests. Also, Chris's solo show at the Plough and Stars is gonna be something to see. Rumor has it he will be debuting some new material, and we hope you all can make it. Chris is now wrapping up recording on his next two projects, and he has some very special plans in the works which I can't talk about just yet. Finally, I would like to thank all of the great people who came out and supported the cause in 2007, we are so excited to bring you new albums and shows and good times. Keep on rockin' in the free world! - Barry the Bum
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