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Stacy Jones: World On Fire Own Label<\/p>\n

\n“Stacy is a Seattle-based multi\u2022 instrumentalist and multi-award winner, and has been leading her band of guItar1st Jeff Menteer, Tom Jones (presumably not that one) on bass and stickman Rick J. Bowen since 2008. Lend an ear to the tough as o!d boots opener -hollered vocals and blues walling harp by Stacy, and some dog rough electric slide guitar over a suitably basic rhythm. It’s great! Mind you, next up ,s a reasonably straight cover of Little Walter’s classic instrumental ‘Juke’ and by now I Just know I’m already mightily impressed with this set. ‘Love Me Just The Way I Am’ shows Just how adept these guys are at the slow blues, and the title track throws rock and Americana into the blues mix, whilst ‘Everything Is Gonna Be Alright” ii an original number, a kind of ballad that sits<\/div>\n
\u00a0between blues and R&B, maybe even a little Jazz. Willie Dixon’s ‘Insane Asylum’ reworks ‘St.James Infirmary’, whilst the tragic miscarr age of justice detailed on ‘George Stmney’ shows 1ust why Black Lives Matter is necessary. ‘Oxen Heart’ is rock-based Americana, whilst ‘Sunday Morning’ 1s appropriately gospel-based, and to my ears has a slight tinge of Ry Cooder about 1t. ‘M dn1ght In Har em’ has a somewhat dreamy feel and is followed by the msp1rat1onal pop rock of ‘Shine’, before the New Orleans soul-tinged ‘We Are Gonna Make It Through’ \u2022 Dr John comes to mind -and a powerful cover of Think’, contrasting with the folky closer ‘Music In My Heart’.A varied set but always rooted in the blues. Yes, I enjoyed this one. ” Norman Darwen<\/div>\n
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Stacy Jones (from the album World on Fire available as a self-release) (by Danny McCloskey)<\/a>
\nA gnarly Blues guitar riff and harmonica blast kicks down the door when Stacy Jones cruises \u201cJefferson Way\u201d as an album opener for\u00a0World on Fire<\/strong>, her recent release. Powerhouse vocals and harmonica skills have garnered Stacy multiple Blues music award nominations as she grew a career,\u00a0World on Fire<\/strong>\u00a0celebrating two decades behind the microphone and fronting the band for the Seattle, Washington-based singer. Staccato foot-stomps and smooth Soul chord chops are the foundation for Stacy Jones to stand tall and proclaim \u201cEverything is Going to Be Alright\u201d. Rambling piano notes and warm organ notes stir the stew for \u201cInsane Asylum\u201d, the male\/female duet in the song a vehicle for Stacy Jones to stand up and shout. Vocal control and an easy command of the songs provide a similar platform as Stacy takes center stage for\u00a0World on Fire<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Acoustic notes are the wake-up signal for \u201cSunday Morning\u201d as\u00a0World on Fire<\/strong>\u00a0remembers the sad tale of \u201cGeorge Stinney\u201d, whispers a melody for the slow, steamy confessions of \u201cLove Me Just the Way I Am\u201d, and offers up sweet harmonica-driven honky tonk Soul for \u201cJuke\u201d. Stacy Jones dresses her characters with emotional flesh and blood through her voice. Over a train-track beat, Stacy Jones voices her dreams in the\u00a0World on Fire<\/strong>\u00a0title track, stretches out over a chugging rhythm to tell of \u201cMidnight in Harlem\u201d, puts an uptown Saturday groove underneath Aretha Franklin\u2019s \u201cThink\u201d, and bids goodbye to the album, baring her soul in the storyline in \u201cWith Music on Your Side\u201d. (by Danny McCloskey)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Album Review on Concert monkey Belgium<\/h2>\n

http:\/\/www.concertmonkey.be\/albumreviews\/stacy-jones-world-fire<\/p>\n

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The Stacy Jones Band was formed in 2003 and won the Best Band Award at the WA Blues Society in 2009 and frontwoman Stacy was voted Best Female Vocalist by the Washington Blues Society in 2014.\u00a0The band earned these awards through their many catchy performances, for example in 2009 they played no fewer than 115 gigs in clubs and festivals.\u00a0Due to that success, the band also decided to release a limited live CD entitled ‘Live At The Triple Door’.\u00a0In January 2010 the first studio album ‘Long Time Comin’ followed, which was well received everywhere and could count on a lot of air play on various radio stations.\u00a0In November 2011 ‘No Need To Spell It Out’ was released and halfway through 2012, the live album ‘Live And Untapped’ was released.\u00a0In the Seattle area,\u00a0USA, the Stacy Jones Band can count on a lot of name recognition.\u00a0The album ‘Whiskey, Wine & Water’ was released halfway through 2015 and the intention of the band was to conquer the rest of the USA with this album, but also to break through in Europe.\u00a0Stacy and her band were guests in the Netherlands and Germany in February 2016. She won the Award for best blues song in 2015 with ‘Can’t Do Nothing Right’ at the International Music And Entertainment Association.\u00a0In 2016, she won the Washington BB Song Writer of the Year Award and a BB Award for her album Whiskey, Wine and Water.\u00a0She is also continuously nominated for the best blues awards in songwriting, harmonica player, guitarist and singer.\u00a0On July 14, 2017 the beautiful album ‘Love Is Everywhere’ was released.\u00a0At the 2021 Washington Blues Society, the Stacy Jones Band received the Award of Best Virtual Blues Act for the fourth consecutive time.\u00a0The band is currently celebrating their twentieth anniversary and that includes a new album.\u00a0It was titled ‘World On Fire’.\u00a0There are fourteen songs on the album.\u00a0Stacy Jones wrote six songs for the album.\u00a0Guitarist Jeff Menteek wrote the music for four songs, for the lyrics he got help from Stacy Jones, Tom Jones and Rick Bowen.\u00a0The other four songs are covers\u00a0Guitarist Jeff Menteek wrote the music for four songs, for the lyrics he got help from Stacy Jones, Tom Jones and Rick Bowen.\u00a0The other four songs are covers\u00a0Guitarist Jeff Menteek wrote the music for four songs, for the lyrics he got help from Stacy Jones, Tom Jones and Rick Bowen.\u00a0The other four songs are covers<\/div>\n
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The album opens with searing blues rocker ‘Jefferson Way’, which is also the lead single from the album.\u00a0With tight and energetic percussion, drummer Rick Bowen provides an excellent drum beat.\u00a0Tom Jones provides the handsome groove with a heavy bass line.\u00a0‘Jefferson Way’ is built around a strong, repetitive riff.\u00a0Stacy tells the story of two broken hearts who seek comfort from each other in ‘Jefferson Way’.\u00a0Jeff Menteer eagerly scatters the entire song with fat slide riffs and Stacy Jones delivers exciting harmonica work.\u00a0The first cover is ‘Juke’ by Little Walter.\u00a0It’s an instrumental Chicago blues shuffle starring Stacy Jones on the harmonica.\u00a0Then follow three slow songs, which were written by Stacy Jones.\u00a0‘Love Just The Way I Am’ is a beautiful,\u00a0more than six minutes long ballad, in which Stacy manages to captivate us every second with her beautiful voice and with the intensity and empathy with which she sings the song.\u00a0Also in the title track ‘World On Fire’ we can fully enjoy the voice of Stacy Jones.\u00a0Her voice is like fine wine, she seems to get better with age.<\/div>\n
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The love song ‘Everything Is Going To Be Alright’ is a soulful ballad.\u00a0Mike Gunther on trumpet and Gene Laukkonen on saxophone blow the necessary soul into the song and the soulful and fine string work of Jeff Menteer fits perfectly in this beautiful ballad.\u00a0The attractive chorus will create a lot of atmosphere during the concerts.\u00a0The Willie Dixon cover ‘Insane Asylum’ here becomes a duet between Stacy and Tom Jones.\u00a0Tom tells his story in a calm way and Stacy sings her part in a very fiery and passionate way.\u00a0As a result, the two voices form a great contrast and that gives the song even more spice.\u00a0Stacy once again shows that she is a very talented harmonica player.\u00a0‘George Stinney’ is a devastating tale of racism, mafia mentality and political corruption.\u00a0Stacy tells the tragic story of 14-year-old George Stinney, an African American boy who was falsely accused of murder.\u00a0He was executed in the Jim Crow south in the 1940s. “George Stinney” is a song that could have been on a Bob Dylan album from the sixties or seventies.\u00a0The most beautiful ballad on the album is undoubtedly the tender and melodic ‘Oxen Cart’.\u00a0‘Sunday Morning’ is a catchy and happy country\/rock song with a nice drum beat by Rick Bowen and soulful slide work by Jeff Menteer.<\/div>\n
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The Derek Truck’s cover ‘Midnight In Harlem’ is one of the highlights on this excellent album.\u00a0Stacy carries the melody with her warm organ sounds and the beautiful and soulful slide work of Jeff Menteer will certainly touch a lot of music lovers.\u00a0If we are to believe ‘We Are Going To Make It Trough’, Stacy and her boys are definitely going to make it.\u00a0It is an optimistic song with lively piano work from Stacy, energetic and exciting percussion from Rick, a nice flowing bass line from Tom and funky guitar riffs from Jeff.\u00a0We get a nice growling Stacy Jones in the exciting Aretha Franklin cover ‘Think’.\u00a0Stacy’s incendiary harmonica work and Gene Laukkonen’s mighty sax solo give this version an extra trump card.\u00a0The album is closed by the acoustic ‘With Music On My Side’.\u00a0It’s a song Stacy wrote and she performs it solo.\u00a0As a contemporary troubadour, she takes care of the vocals, the acoustic guitar and the harmonica.\u00a0The Stacy Jones Band celebrates their twentieth anniversary in style.\u00a0With their new album ‘World On Fire’ they prove that they are still not tired, on the contrary Stacy and the band sound better than ever before.\u00a0(7.5\/10)<\/div>\n
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01. Jefferson Way -music by Jeff Menteer words by Stacy Jones<\/div>\n
02. Juke : written by Little Walter<\/div>\n
03. Love Just The Way I Am \u2013 words and music by Stacy Jones<\/div>\n
04. World On Fire – words and music by Stacy Jones<\/div>\n
05. Everything Is Going To Be Alright – words and music by Stacy Jones<\/div>\n
06. Insane Asylum \u2013 written by Willie Dixon<\/div>\n
07. George Stinney – words and music by Stacy Jones<\/div>\n
08. Oxen Heart – words and music by Stacy Jones<\/div>\n
09. Sunday Morning – words by Stacy Jones music by Jeff Menteer and the Stacy Jones Band<\/div>\n
10. Midnight In Harlem \u2013 written by Derrick Trucks and Mike Mattison<\/div>\n
11. Shine \u2013 Music by Jeff Menteer and words by Rick J Bowen<\/div>\n
12. We Are Going To Make It Through \u2013 Music by Jeff Menteer, words by Tom Jones<\/div>\n
13. Think \u2013 written by Aretha Franklin and Ted White<\/div>\n
14. With Music On My Side – words and music by Stacy Jones<\/div>\n
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Jeff Menteer = electric guitar and backing vocals<\/div>\n
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Rick J Bowen = drums, percussion, backing vocals<\/div>\n
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LIVESTREAM REVIEW: STACY JONES BAND<\/h1>\n
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Livestream \u2022 Loud House Studios<\/b>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Seattle, WA<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Players:\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Stacy Jones, keyboards, harmonica, acoustic and electric rhythm guitar and lead vocals; Jeff Menteer, lead guitar and vocals; Tom Jones, bass; Rick Bowen, drums and backup vocals<\/p>\n

Material:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0This powerhouse quartet plays a well-balanced dose of Americana, blues and Southern-flavored rock. From rousing originals like \u201cWhiskey and Water\u201d and the jazzy \u201cKeep on Keepin\u2019 On\u201d to perennials \u201cHound Dog\u201d and Aretha Franklin\u2019s \u201cThink,\u201d they do it all.<\/p>\n

Musicianship:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Each member is a consummate artist and technician in their own right.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Stacy Jones covers the musical landscape on all fronts. She plays some mean slide guitar, but really shines on vocals and harmonica. Her ability to modulate from a whisper to a wail is impressive. And her facility on harp seems to draw from the Charlie Musselwhite and James Cotton schools of improvisation. Jeff Menteer simply smokes as well, with tasteful leads and an endless supply of sustain and tone. Tom Jones is the glue that bridges the gap between walking lines and riding squarely in the pocket. Rick Bowen performs double duty, not only as a versatile drummer and percussionist, but also supports Stacy, with simple and effective harmonies. He adds that subtle dash of sweetness that gives the songs an extra edge.<\/p>\n

Performance:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0The band was hunkered down in what appeared to be a multi-room studio. It was a relaxed and laidback show where they each periodically would send \u201cshout-outs\u201d to their Facebook Live streaming fans. Stacy would casually call out a song and the band would follow suit. The audio fidelity was perfect and the balance of everyone, particularly when it came to solos, was really clean.
\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Among the highlights was a stellar take on The Rolling Stones\u2019 disco-fied hit \u201cMiss You.\u201d Stacy delivered a nice and loose vocal as well as managed some smooth melodic runs on the harp. The song morphed into Tom stepping out into the Staple Singers\u2019 \u201cI\u2019ll Take You There\u201d and ended with a full band free for all. Utilizing the song \u201cThink\u201d as a finale was a good choice. Not only did it bring their set to a rousing and satisfying end, but it was a shining tour de force.<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary:\u00a0<\/b><\/span>The Stacy Jones Band is a solid unit that clearly defines what a professional career band is all about. Their mix of originals and covers is first rate. And their award-winning chops and buoyant demeanor should place them on major stages across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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-2017 Love is Everywhere —REVIEWS<\/h1>\n

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I am fortunate that nearly every day there\u2019s a delivery of some sort of music from all over the world. Most of the albums I receive will never see print \u2013 I only try to write about the best, or at least the most interesting, and many of them just don\u2019t make the cut.
\nStill, I have some people who represent artists of a higher quality and I am always excited to open the packages with their names on the return address. One such person, who currently calls Memphis home, sent me a package with several great musicians\u2019 albums in it.
\nI picked one at random that had a photo of a beautiful woman in artistic black and white. I wasn\u2019t familiar with the artist \u2013 Stacy Jones\"\" \u2013 and quickly learned that she\u2019s from the state of Washington. The album is called Love Is Everywhere, an intriguing title for a blues album, but as this person has never sent me a dud previously, I popped it into my CD player with great anticipation.
\nJones plays multiple instruments and is joined by Jeff Menteer on electric guitar and backing vocals; Rick Bowen on drums and backing vocals; and Tom Jones on bass.
\nA powerful blues song, Mojo Potion #61 & 49, opens the album. If you\u2019re not familiar with 61 & 49, you have a little blues homework to do. Jones has a good voice with plenty of edge and she handles the first lead guitar, vocals, and harp with style. This is a great start and I think the album holds great promise.
\nThe next number, Wait For Heaven, is a slower powerful number that she sings with a great deal of emotion. When you lose a friend too soon, sometime the only thing you can do is channel that loss into art, and that\u2019s exactly what Jones has done with this song.
\nThere\u2019s a little swing kicking off Can\u2019t Find Love. She sings the blues very well and this quick number is a great one to get an audience up and moving. Bowen gets a good workout on the drums and Jones does a good job on the guitar break. Speaking of swinging numbers, the one song on the album not written completely by Jones, Stomp Jump Boogie, follows. Written by Jones and Jeff Menteer, this is a fast-paced instrumental that features the great Lee Oskar on harp. Can\u2019t go wrong with this one!
\nCan\u2019t You Be Mine starts out acoustically before the song brings in all of the other instruments including Mike Marinig on sax and flute. Jones digs deep into her emotional state to pull out all of the stops on the song. It\u2019s beautiful and delightful to listen to.
\nNext up is a rocking tune, I Fell In Love. Jones proves she\u2019s got some rock chops as well as her blues pedigree. As she is a multi-instrumentalist, she shows that she can handle different styles and create some unique and pleasing sounds.
\nThe title track, Love Is Everywhere, is next. It\u2019s one of my favorite songs on the album. She\u2019s got an early Bonnie Raitt vibe on the number; her voice is deep and rich and it\u2019s obviously a song that touches her deeply. The song was written after the Orlando Tragedy and she has tapped into the nation\u2019s grief. It\u2019s a simple message, but a hard one for so many to accept. Stacy Jones, if you read this, you have created a beautiful song \u2013 one I hope more people will hear and heed!
\nHow do you follow that? How about with a little boogie number, One Stop Light? This is a fun number and the lightness of the song picks the mood back up. Jones delivers a great harp break on top of having a good time with the lyrics. Marinig\u2019s sax break is sweet. Sing it, girl\u2026
\nGotta Get Over You keeps that lighthearted mood going. These two songs make a great combination. They don\u2019t have much in common lyrically, but musically they could be fraternal twins. Jones delivers on vocals, harp, and guitar.
\nShe pulls out the acoustic guitar for Tough Girls Never Cry, the story of a strong woman finding her way in the world. The song has a country blues vibe and she works her way through this territory that she hasn\u2019t explored on the album previously. I like this one a lot and I know I\u2019ll have to find some of her previous albums to see if she sings more like this one on them.
\nJones closes the album out with I\u2019ll Be On My Way. She adds some dobro to the mix along with her great harp and turns in a swampy number that would be at home either on the front porch or a packed auditorium. The song rocks and her voice is sweet and somehow still manages to hold on to its edge. Great tune, and it makes it easy to hit that repeat button and start all over again.
\nI readily admit that I was not familiar with Stacy Jones prior to receiving a copy of Love IsEverywhere. I also guarantee that she will never be off my radar going forward. I love her playing and her voice. She\u2019s a good songwriter, and she handles several different styles of blues without missing a beat.
\nIf you think you might be interested in falling under her spell, be sure to check out her website at http:\/\/stacyjonesband.com\/. Look over her previous work, and be sure to check out her touring plans. I don\u2019t know that she gets out of the Pacific Northwest very often, but I hope that our paths will cross somewhere down the road just so I can tell her to her face how touched I was by the magic of this album.<\/p>\n

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If it’s all about the choogle to you, then this set is just what you are looking for. Sounding like Bonnie Raitt’s younger, rawer sister, Jones and company play like they never met a sunrise they didn’t like to greet after a solid night of tearing it up. Dripping enough sweat to prove not all millenials are slackers, this is the blues\/rock package you want to have handy then you need to turn it up to an emotional 11. Well done throughout.<\/p>\n

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MOJO POTION 61 AND 49\u2013WAIT FOR HEAVEN\u2013CAN\u2019T FIND LOVE\u2013STOMP JUMP BOOGIE\u2013CAN\u2019T YOU BE MINE\u2013I FELL IN LOVE\u2013LOVE IS EVERYWHERE\u2013ONE STOP LIGHT\u2013GOTTA GET OVER YOU\u2013TOUGH GIRLS NEVER CRY\u2013I\u2019LL BE ON MY WAY<\/h4>\n

Stacy Jones set out to make a blues-and-roots-themed album with \u201cLove Is Everywhere,\u201d and she did just that. With her many accolades as a songwriter in her home state of Washington, this set will likely add to those kudos. And, it also shows a side of her that many may not know exists\u2014her multi-instrumentalist talents are all over this one, as she is on vocals, guitar, piano, B-3, and even the harp!<\/p>\n

The set begins, literally, down at the Crossroads, as a second-line beat propels the ghostly story of a woman \u201cwho was a looker,\u201d but who took the advice of the Hoodoo Man, and drank of the \u201cMojo Potion 61 And 49,\u201d and \u201cnever was the same again!\u201d \u201cWait For Heaven\u201d is a powerful, guitar-laden message of hope following the death of a friend in a house fire, while Mike Marinig\u2019s sax and flute add an ethereal vibe to the Stax-soul flavor of \u201cCan\u2019t You Be Mine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her nods to the Americana genre\u2019 are evident in the tale of \u201cTough Girls Never Cry,\u201d evoking memories of Lucinda Williams, and the humorous tale of going to any lengths to forget a lover, \u201cGotta Get Over You.\u201d And, the incomparable War veteran, Lee Oskar, adds his mighty harp to the fervent instrumental, \u201cStomp Jump Boogie.\u201d<\/p>\n

We had three favorites, all different, showcasing Stacy\u2019s exemplary writing talents. The mile-a-minute, call-and-response of \u201cOne Stop Light\u201d is straight-up dance floor boogie. The set closes almost in the same place that it began, with the Delta-by-way-of-706-Union, Sun-splashed choogle of \u201cI\u2019ll Be On My Way.\u201d And, perhaps the set\u2019s most powerful cut is the title track, written after the Orlando tragedy, as a tribute to the fallen and an empowerment to those left behind to carry on.
\nStacy Jones comes at you straight from her soul. She blends the blues easily with other genres,\u2019 and crafts a heartfelt set of songs that will add to her ever-expanding fan base. As another great band once said, \u201cPeople can you feel it\u2014Love Is Everywhere!\u201d Until next time\u2026Sheryl and Don Crow, The Nashville Blues Society.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/donandsherylsbluesblog.wordpress.com\/2017\/07\/22\/stacy-jones-review-july-22-2017\/<\/a><\/h4>\n

Review: Stacy Jones \u2013 \u2018Love Is Everywhere\u2019<\/h1>\n

July 27, 2017 Barry Kerzner<\/h4>\n

Stacy Jones is on a roll. She has built a following touring throughout Europe, and has not forgotten her fans on the home front here in the states where she has performed from coast to coast. Festivals she\u2019s played include SBSW and the Chicago Blues Festival. She is the 2016 Washington Blues Society Song Writer of the Year Award Winner for her 2016 album Whiskey, Wine and Water. She was also nominated for \u201cBest of the Blues\u201d awards in songwriting, performance, harmonica, guitar and winning vocalist in 2010 and 2014.
\nWe were quite anxious to take Jones\u2019 new album for a test drive and were not disappointed. The self-issued Love Is Everywhere contains 11 tasty tracks and has a running time of about 43 minutes. Personnel are guitarist Jeff Menteer, drummer Rick J Bowen and her dad Tom Jones on bass. Recorded at Studio Litho in Seattle, produced by Jones, and engineered by Floyd Reitsma (Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews), the mix and sound quality are right there in the sweet spot. The recording setting is described as \u201clive-off-the-floor\u201d and that lends itself very well to the ambiance of the album.
\nFirst time through, this album pasted a smile on our face and it stayed there. We were taken back to a time when music was simple, honest, and so good it carried us away. The songs here have an almost garage band rockabilly-ish vibe. The hooks are strong and catchy, and Jones\u2019 vocals remind us of Sarah Shook (and that\u2019s awesome). The band is on the money with playing that is loose but never careless.
\nOur favorite cuts included \u201cWait For Heaven,\u201d with its garage band atmospherics that remind us of an afternoon spent with a Delbert McClinton album. We marveled at the punkish country stylings of \u201cCan\u2019t Find Love.\u201d Guests Mike Maring (sax and flute) and Sean Denton on guitar add depth to the cozy mix of acoustic and electric aspects of \u201cCan\u2019t You Be Mine.\u201d \u201cI Fell In Love\u201d should be out as a single; it\u2019s off the hook. Another possible single, the title track \u201cLove Is Everywhere\u201d is playfully slow and Jones\u2019 perfect vocal had an air of Sheryl Crow about it. The album closes with the acoustic flavored romp \u201cOn My Way.\u201d
\nLove Is Everywhere is a keeper. Bring it home. Today.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.northwestmusicscene.net\/review-stacy-jones-love-is-everywhere\/<\/a><\/h4>\n

Blues Magazine NL<\/h1>\n

Stacy Jones – Love Is Everywhere<\/h2>\n

Format: CD – Digital \/ Label: Own Management
\nRelease Date: July 14, 2017
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Stacy Jones Seattle, USA, is described in some circles as a singer with a voice like Janis Joplin. A comparison, which does not matter. Her voice is somewhere between Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt. And in music, Stacy better fits these ladies. What you hear about this album is a nice mix of bluesy Americana with some funk and country influences.
\nIn addition to a wonderful voice, Stacy can also take a decent deal with harmonica. That’s right in Mojo Potion 61 And 49 , which features a hurry New Orleans-like funk rhythm. The guitar of Sean Denton sounds nice bluesy.
\nWait For Heaven is a bluesy ballad that could have stood on Sheryl Crow’s repertoire. A nice, Emotional song with cutting guitar solo by Jeff Menteer. The semi-acoustic Can not Find Love is a gentle swinging Americana song with country influences and again Menteer on his cutting guitar.
\nOn the instrumental Stomp Jump Boogie , Stacy strikes with her mouth harmonics with Lee Oskar, the harmonics virtuoso of the War band. A swinging blues shuffle in which the battle remains undecided.
\nCan not You Be Mine is a beautiful ballad in which Stacy puts a pretty raw robe on. I Fell In Love has a lot gone from Eric Clapton’s “Forever Man”. Nice swinging funky blues rock so with fuzzy guitar.
\nThe ballad Love Is Everywhere sounds great again. A swarming ballad that floated my name Bonnie Raitt. And that says enough about the quality of this song, seems to me. In One Stop Light , it’s festive, swung out of the hip. Stacy is again glaringly tearing her harmonica.
\nTough Girls Do not Cry is, despite the tough title, a fragile ballad with country influences, and the shutdown I’ll Be On My Way is a country blues swinger with burning guitar and warm harmonics.
\nLovers of the better Americana work or the ladies Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt can actually buy this great album from Stacy Johnson blindly. Incomprehensible that this lady still has to spend albums on her own!<\/p>\n

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Bman Blues Report Review<\/h1>\n

Stacy Jones – Love Is Everywhere – New Release Review<\/h2>\n

I just had the opportunity to review the most recent release, Love Is Everywhere, from Stacy Jonesand it’s a cool mix of blues, folk, country and pop. Opening with Mojo Potion #61 & 49, a cool rocker with just a touch of country western, Stacy Jones on lead vocal, harmonica and guitar leads the way backed by Jeff Menteer on guitar, Rick Bowen on drums and Tom Jones on bass. Seaan Denton steps up on second lead guitar and Angelo Ortiz adds cool rhythm on washboard for a tight opener. Wait For Heaven has a definite southern rock\/Toy and Tommy Caldwell feel. One of my favorite tracks, Can’t Find Love, is a strong alt rock track sounding like a mix of Frank Black and the Catholics and Fiona Apple. A great melody with a cool beat and guitar\/strong vocal combination. A real nice instrumental, Stomp Jump Boogie features the infamous Lee Oskar joining on harmonica. Super twin harps and a great walking bass line makes for a terrific track. One of the strongest melodies on the release is Can’t You Be Mine with hints of Paul McCartney. With a bluesier feel and soulful guitar soloing, another cool number. With Fiona Apple like style and Curtis Mayfield undertones, title track, Love Is Everywhere, shows yet another side of Jones. On jump track, One Stop Light, Mike Marinig really blows out the sax and sets the road to a cool guitar solo by Jones. Wrapping the release is, I’ll Be On My Way, a rambling blues track along the lines of Are You Ready For The Country. With snappy drums by Bowen, cool resonator and harp work by Jones and a solid bass line by Tom Jones, this is a solid closer for a solid release.<\/p>\n

New post on Making A Scene!<\/h1>\n

by Richard Ludmerer<\/h2>\n

Stacy Jones -Love is Everywhere- Independent<\/h4>\n

\u201cLove Is Everywhere\u201d is Jones\u2019 fourth studio recording and seventh album overall. Her band has remained unchanged since 2010; Jones, guitars, harmonica, keyboards and vocals; Jeff Menteer, lead guitar; Rick J. Bowen, drums; and her dad Tommy Jones, bass. All of the songs save one were written by Jones. The album is recorded and mixed by Floyd Reitsma at Studio Litho, Seattle. \u201cMojo Potion #61 & 49\u201d is a rockin\u2019 blues about a woman who went to the crossroads \u201cand she never was the same again\u201d. Is the song autobiographical? Bowen pounds out an intense second line beat while Sean Denton joins Menteer on lead guitar. Angelo Ortiz plays washboard. Jones plays rhythm guitar and harmonica. \u201cWait For Heaven\u201d is a heartbreaking song about her friend Greg Gibson who died in a house fire. Menteer takes an impressive guitar solo. \u201cCan\u2019t Find Love\u2026unless your looking in the mirror girl\u201d is a song about self-empowerment. \u201cI Fell in Love\u201d; \u201cCan\u2019t You Be Mine\u201d featuring Mike Marinig on saxophone and flute; and \u201cGotta Get Over You\u201d are about falling in and out of love. Marinig plays again on the jump blues \u201cOne Stop Light\u201d; Jones is on harmonica while Menteer rips another solo. \u201cTough Girls Never Cry\u201d is influenced by Rosanne Cash. The title track, \u201cLove Is Everywhere\u201d, was written after the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando and before the Seattle Pride celebration. Special guest Lee Oskar plays harp on the fantastic \u201cStomp Jump Boogie\u201d written by Menteer and the band. \u201cI\u2019ll Be On My Way\u201d closes out this fine album.
\nJones\u2019 is a blues rockin\u2019 triple threat as instrumentalist, songwriter, and vocalist. She is just making her mark. Guaranteed she\u2019ll be around for a long while.<\/p>\n

Richard Ludmerer
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Stacy Jones<\/h1>\n

Whiskey Wine and Water<\/h1>\n

Reviews<\/h1>\n

Stacy Jones<\/h2>\n

Whiskey, Wine, & Water<\/h4>\n

(Self-Released)\"wwwfront\"<\/a><\/h4>\n

Coming off another award-winning year \u2013 2014 Washington Blues Society \u201cBest Female Vocalist\u201d \u2013 Stacy Jones returns with another blistering blues long-player, \u2018Whiskey, Wine, & Water.\u2019After the album opens the train-chuggin blues of \u201cCan\u2019t Do Nothin\u2019 Right,\u201d there\u2019s a couple things conspicuously missing here. Jones dropped the \u201cBand\u201d from her moniker, and her harmonica-fused blues sound she built her career on is pushed to the back in favor of a more alt-country and dare I say folk as the primary basis of these song structures.Don\u2019t get me wrong, there are still elements of blues within these dozen tracks. The down and dirty title track has a little swagger to it, while the boogie woogie of \u201cKeep On Keepin\u2019 On\u201d is an ass shaker. Aside from those three tracks, Jones\u2019 influences of Big Mama Thorton, Muddy Waters, and Led Zeppelin are replaced by the country two-step of \u201cYou and Me, Tonight,\u201d the 1960s folk of \u201c4 Days More.\u201d and the bluegrass of \u201cLost Lovers Waltz.\u201d This isn\u2019t a bad thing, but it\u2019s unexpected. With elements of the Carter Family and Lucinda Williams running throughout these tracks, Stacy Jones expands her repertoire and pulls it off because she had an amazing range as a vocalist. It\u2019s just that \u2018Whiskey, Wine, & Water\u2019 is more Nashville honky-tonk than Mississippi juke joint.<\/p>\n

\u00a0MAY 1, 2015<\/h6>\n

Innocent Words \u2013Jonathan Tuttle<\/h4>\n

“Seattle-based country-folk-Americana singer-songwriter Stacy Jones is a vocal powerhouse and talented musician who plays acoustic guitar, ukulele, harmonica, piano, organ, and electric slide. She has performed at South by Southwest, the Chicago Blues Festival and other national and regional festivals, and has been nominated for \u201cBest of the Blues\u201d awards in songwriting, performance, harmonica, guitar, and winning vocalist of the year. Her fourth studio album, \u201cWhiskey, Wine & Water,\u201d features all new original songs recorded and co-produced by Floyd Rietsma (Pearl Jam and Dave Mathews) at Studio Litho in Seattle. Support is provided by Kevin Sutton, Sean Denton, and Mark Riley on lead guitar, Rick Bowen on drums, Tom Jones on upright and electric bass, and Jon Parry on fiddle. These are all top-notch musicians.The CD wallet includes a pull-out with a signed picture and short explanations on how\/why she wrote the songs \u2013 nice touch. The CD\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– Sue Menhart, Sound Waves (Apr 02, 2015)<\/h4>\n

\u201cPersonally, I believe that such a gig soon gain even more fans around the world, and not only those who love the blues, but all who love good music. With their new album “Whiskey, Wine & Water” Stacy listeners transmits a strong message, which is only a step towards more global affirmation.The songs offered on this album clearly indicate the width the musician and her backup band. It is this diversity of interpretation and presentation of musicians, who with their music clearly all make it clear that each in his Fahui real and exceptional master, powerful trump album. Well, finally, here are their names: Stacy Jones (vocals, keyboards, acoustic guitar, harmonica), Kevin Sutton (guitar and vocals), Rick J Bowen (drums and vocals) and Tom Jones (bass), and there are special guests, guitarists Mark Riley and Sean Denton Jon Parry, who with his violin further spice up the story. Produced by Stacy Jones and Floyd Reitsma, and filmed and mixed by Floyd Reitsma at Studio Litho in Seattle.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– Mike Mladen, Sound guardian (Apr 01, 2015)<\/h4>\n

If you thought you knew what to expect from a Stacy Jones album, you\u2019re going to get quite a surprise when you hear \u201cWhiskey, Wine And Water\u201d. The up-tempo opening track \u201cCan\u2019t Do Nothing Right\u201d gives a lie to the whole album, Stacy and the band can do little wrong! Unlike earlier albums, there are nice shades of country with fiddle on \u2014 \u201cYou And Me Tonight\u201d and the tremendous rollicking \u201cSan Antonio\u201d although both remain with one foot in the blues. Brooding ballads, power blues, gentle blues, up-tempo blues and the guitar on \u201cMama\u201d is almost reminiscent of the Allman Brothers. Given Stacy\u2019s harmonica skills, they\u2019re a bit under-represented. However, Kevin Sutton (guitar), Tom Jones (bass) and Rick J Bowen (drums) provide a real power trio to show-case Stacy\u2019s voice. The band\u2019s best album yet in my humble opinion!” Cliff McKnight, Nothing But the Blues UK<\/p>\n

– Cliff McKnight, Nothing But the Blues U.K (Feb 01, 2015)<\/h4>\n

“Stacy Jones connects with her Country Roots telling her story of a Whiskey & Water Baptism that lace Blues and Rock edges bringing this collection of songs to life. She embraces the Singer-Songwriter she has developed into with a conviction that listeners will relate to. From \u201cCan\u2019t Do Nothing Right\u201d, \u201cWhiskey Wine and Water\u201d to \u201cSan Antonio\u201d, crack the Crown and get down road with Stacy\u2019s musical story.” Jonathan Oogie\u201d Richards NWCZ Radio<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– jonathan ‘Oogie” Richards, Mighty mouth Blues\/NWCZ Radio (Feb 01, 2015)<\/h4>\n

Stacy Jones,<\/h2>\n

Pouring a Round of True Sass and Class<\/h4>\n

Whiskey Wine & Water – From behind the microphone Stacy Jones will kick you so hard you will fall backwards over your chair. This is truly a band that knows their craft and will have you swinging hard. With foot stomping attitude Stacey and the band will have dancing the floor afire with the track \u201cCan\u2019t Do Nothing Right\u201d. From the snap in the snare, the pulse of the bass and the sizzle of guitars Stacey sets you up for a time of great fun. With the acoustic guitar swagger on \u201cYou and Me Tonight\u201d you will feel like grabbing your love and holding them tight all night long. Fiddle work weaves like a true hard passion through this song that is so sweet you might just get a toothache. Overall the production on this collection is top shelf and you can tell this is no band of hillbillies cutting in their daddy\u2019s garage. This is a band of true, seasoned pros. With a bit of slide in your step you will sway to the cool breeze that blows through your soul on \u201cDreams\u201d. Stacy has a classic voice that commands from the mic. She can weave tales with her voice that make you feel like you are there with her. A true artist with a soulful voice you will open your eyes while listening and feel a bit sad that she is not right there in the room with you. The chicken pickin on, \u201cHole in My Sole\u201d add extra flavor with the right dash of sass. The rhythm section of ensemble is undeniably one of the greats. Drum work is in perfect balance with the band and adds the right amount of kick and roll. Bass guitar work pulses the tunes along and courts your ears to dance like a sultry lover. With title track in ear, \u201cWhiskey Wine & Water\u201d resisting the urge to hit your local Honky Tonk and tear up the night is going to be hard to do. Stacy Jones delivers a soundtrack for great fun and trouble all night long just make sure you don\u2019t get caught. I would highly recommend this album to those that like Country, Blues, Rock or a 5 star class of sass. You don\u2019t need to wait till the weekend to have too much fun. Just slide over and press play for just the right dose of Whiskey, Wine & Water.<\/p>\n

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