Chris Jones - A Few Words: The Best Of The Originals
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A Few Words: The Best Of The Originals (Rebel, 2002)

Chris Jones

Reviewed by Kevin Oliver

For a genre steeped in tradition like bluegrass, doing the old songs is not just a rite of passage - it is a sacred duty. In recent years, however, there have been a number of artists creating a new body of music that doesn't forsake the traditional sounds. Singer and guitarist Chris Jones built a career with Chicago's Special Consensus and then struck out on his own starting in 1995 with the first of what is now a catalog of four solo albums.

This collection makes a case for Jones as one of the cream of that new bluegrass songwriting crop, with a dozen tracks culled from his albums and a quartet of new, previously unreleased compositions. Of the new songs, most notable is a co-write with Tom T. Hall, a story song, "Nelson and the Mountains."

Between his strong baritone voice and stellar picking, Jones has the perfect vehicle for a good song, and he has come up with more than a few of those judging from the evidence presented here.


CDs by Chris Jones

Made to Move, 2017 Run Away Tonight, 2015 Live at the Old Feed Store, 2014 Lonely Come Easy, 2013 Lost Souls & Free Spirits The Rebel Collection Old & New, 2012 Too Far Down the Road, 2006


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