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Gary Jones Shines on Luckyman
Fresh from a stint as lead vocalist and guitarist for national recording artists Firefall, Gary Jones has just released his solo album Luckyman. Gary’s played in venues throughout the Eastern Seaboard for years before heading to Nashville, where he continued to hone his skills. His new project has him reflecting on life’s journey.
Luckyman focuses on family, love and other life events that brings you to a place where he’s at now. Each song focuses on a specific phase and does an awesome job of not only telling his story, but touches on themes that most all of us have dealt with during some point of our lives. It’s Americana, that all of us have in our bodies and soul.
The album starts off with a hard charging track Could Fall In Love Tonight that takes you back to the first girl that you fancied and was looking to impress. Written by Gary this tune has the steady driving beat of long time Orleans drummer, Charlie Morgan, who also spent 13 years with Elton John. This track is one of our favorites.
Broken and Blue is another standout track written by his good friend, Poco’s Jack Sundrud, and others. Firefall and Poco have been touring together for many years and Gary and Jack developed a friendship that led to Jack giving Gary permission to record this song. Obviously the title gives away the vibe of the song that touches on difficult times that we all go through at some point in our lives - but divine intervention helps to pull us through.
A beautiful ballad on Luckyman is Never Be The Same, another tune by Gary, where his musicianship and songwriting ability shines. Dobro guitar, Fiddle and Mandolin adds a magic touch to this tune that brings it all together as a shining star on the album.
Younger is a timely tune that closes out the album and reflects the thoughts of many “mature” folks who look back on their lives and recollect events and people who have played a part in their life. A wonderful song that completes the entire trip down memory lane.
Gary Jones along with Zach Allen produced this album that is a joy to listen to, from beginning to end. The musicians on the record are outstanding and also include John Jorgenson (The Desert Rose Band, Elton John) and Ross Holmes (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Mumford & Sons.) If in the Winter, a nice fire complements the music on this album and if it’s Spring or Summer, a chair on the porch will do nicely.
- Ray White, Multi-award winning program director, Classic Artists Today, syndicated radio shows |podcasts