Michael Jones (Welsh-French musician)
Michael Bernard Eifian Jones ( born January 28, 1952 in Welshpool, Wales ) is a French singer and guitarist who achieved fame primarily in France.
Biography
Michael Jones is the son of John Merick Jones, a Welshman, and Simone Lalleman, a Frenchwoman from Normandy. In his childhood and youth he learned the drums and later guitar. In 1966 he formed his first group, the District Council Dib Dob band.
At the age of 19, Jones went on holidays to France, where he stayed and settled. In the following six years he played as a guitarist and singer in the group Norman Travers & Co. together with Hubert Travert and Michael 's cousin, who is Jones ' stage drummer today. The trio brought in 1972 a single out for its B-side Jones came into existence as a co -author.
In 1977, Jones Group Taï Phong followed, during which he made the acquaintance of Jean -Jacques Goldman, whom he replaced on tour. In 1979, he also appeared with the group in Toulouse Week-end millionaire. After the separation of Taï Phong 1980 Jones founded under the name Gulfstream another group, which was produced by William Sheller, and worked on other projects with next. Under the pseudonym Sweet Memories him Jean- Jacques Goldman wrote the song Viens 1983.
Since 1983, Jones first worked with Jean -Jacques Goldman together, he accompanied on tour, and later with Carole Fredericks. He wrote and interpreted in 1985 with the hit Goldman Je te donne. The following year, his song Guitar Man appeared as a single, which he also sang in concerts tours of Goldman.
Carole Fredericks, Jean -Jacques Goldman and Michael Jones finally joined the trio Fredericks Goldman Jones 1990 together and published in its five years of subsequent cooperative several successful albums.
1993 Jones published his album Best of 83-93, which contained eight songs, three of which at the time of the show were still unpublished. In 1998, Jones initially worked with the recordings to Goldman's album En passant and then in the subsequent tour of his friend. Also on Goldman's 2001 album Chanson pour les pieds to published and the subsequent tour, he was involved.
In addition to his work in the environment of Goldman Jones worked with the release of albums à consommer sans modération (1997) and Prises et reprises (2004) continue on his solo career. On tour he was accompanied by bassist Claude Le Péron, drummer Michel cousin, guitarist Jacky Mascarel and on piano by the harpist Caroline Bonhomme.
In the years 2004, 2005 and 2006, Jones appeared on the French television show Star Academy, a music and reality TV format, which seeks in part to the German casting show Germany the superstar is comparable. Then he founded with Erick Benzi, Gildas Arzel et Christian Séguret the group El Club, whose self-titled debut album was released on 4 June 2007.
In November 2008, Jones went at the invitation of the British group Status Quo as a "special guest " at the concerts of the tour in France the group. On 8 June 2009 he released the album Celtic Blues. , Which the live album Celtic Blues Live followed.
In 2013, Jones announced the end of his career due to health reasons, he decided with a final tour of France and the album 40 60. On the album are, among others, two new Jean -Jacques Goldman -written pieces, a duet with Francis Cabrel, and a new studio recording of the duet Depending te donne with Goldman as an acoustic version. The name of the album 40 60 is a reference to Jones 40 -year career as a musician and his age at the appearance of the album.