Jeff Jones & Gerry Finn: Canadian Rock ‘n Roll Stories
519 Magazine. Two veteran Canadian musicians and Juno award winners with long and impressive resumes have joined forces to from the acoustic duo Jones-Finn.
February 9, 2023
Rush Before Geddy Lee: Meet The Bass Player Who Stepped Aside
Before Geddy Lee was even a glimmer in Alex Lifeson’s eye, Rush featured a bassist by the name of Jeff Jones, one of their founding members. From the start, Jones was a different breed, namely because he was the only member of the band who wasn’t a natural-born Canadian.
November 8, 2022
Canadian Musician: 2022 Bass Special
As a teenager, Jeff Jones performed with Alex Lifeson and John Rutsey in the pre-Geddy Lee incarnation of Rush, before going on to co-found gospel rock band Ocean.
March 10, 2022
Jeff Jones Trio
I was thrilled when the Jeff Jones Trio agreed to perform as part of my series, Tuesday Nights at Cherry Cola’s…
June 9, 2019
Pat Blythe Reviews Naked In Church
It’s Tuesday afternoon and a good friend has informed me his latest single was just released a few hours ago. No video but I have purchased the MP3 for a whopping 89 cents.
June 11, 2018
Cochrane playing CN Centre on Monday
The highway of life once again has Prince George on the map. Tom Cochrane, the bard of ragged ass roads everywhere, will be live at CN Centre on Monday night.
March 1, 2017
Roll Out The Carpet – The Carpet Frogs
The Canadian music industry’s best kept secret A famous? unknown? band. I first heard mention of The Carpet Frogs about a year ago.
June 8, 2016
The Jeff Jones Birthday Bash
Back in the day, I was the road manager for the best power pop punk band in the country, The Pointed Sticks from Vancouver. It gave me an automatic backstage pass in the west coast music scene.
October 10, 2013
One-Of-A-Kind Performances That Only Come Out At Night
Dapper Toronto bass player Jeff Jones, who plays behind both Burton Cummings and Tom Cochrane, had a wild time playing with both in central Manitoba within two days.
June 22, 2012
The Carpet Frogs – Best Band You Don’t Know
There are few crack elite live and studio session bands in the country that are bands for hire. They learn new material all the time, translating it with skill, accuracy, and speed, bringing out the originality and authenticity in all the music they play.
June 1, 2012
The Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia Revue Debuts At The Black Swan
An intimate Canadian music showcase launches at The Black Swan in Toronto on October 25th called “THE CANADIAN POP MUSIC ENCYCLOPEDIA REVUE” presented by the Pop Encyclopedia’s author Jaimie Vernon .
October 14, 2011
Obscurity Can Pave The Path To Popularity
Many of my clear readers know that my all-time favorite band is Rush. By the way, Rush fans and potential Rush fans should run right out and purchase the relatively recently released DVD by Rush,”Snakes & N rows Live” –
February 7, 2009