Biography

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It was one of those things you can only liken to a badly acted “let’s start a band” movie.

Chris One and Trey said to Jeff, “We heard your EP and we like your songs, we should start a band.” Jeff shrugged and said, “OK.” (Jeff is prone to ‘aloofnicity’) Eric wasn’t there, so he didn’t really get to say anything.

Nothing happened for a really, really long time. Chris One left and bass player tryouts just weren’t working out very well. So Jeff, Trey and Eric, who happened to actually be there this time, said, “Screw it, let’s make a cd.”

And they did. And it was good.They recorded it with the help of a lot of wonderful people and started to get back into the groove, adding Joe and another Chris, we’ll call him Chris Two.

Now they have two CDs – You can read about the making of ‘Sweet Simulacra’ here (backwards).

The Jones Thing plays music with interesting arrangements and structures, which most people find memorable, witty, sad, happy, mean, and, of course, movie-like.

The Jones Thing has become:

Jeff Jones- lead vocals, rhythm guitar, fidgeter
Known to fidget with songs just to torture the other band members. Plagued 2 to 3 times a week by a monkey puppet.

Trey Carmichael – drums, percussion
Drummer extraordinaire for the award-winning media darlings, Sorta. We suspect him of doodling naughty pictures in his spare time.

Chris Holt – keyboards, guitar
2005 & 2006 Dallas Observer Musician of the Year – 2006 Instumentalist of the year. Also plays for The Slack, Salim Nourallah, Sorta, Johnny Lloyd Rollins and a bunch of other bands. Anything you can do he can do better.

Eric Neal – lead guitar
Multi-instrumentalist and vocalist for Escort Service, Kristy Kruger, Doug Burr, Fishing for Comets, Solly, Cas Haley & Woodbelly, The Slack and Gentlemen Losers just to mention a few. Obsessed with Muppets.

Joe Schwartzott – bass and guitar
Plays all over Dallas for Oliver’s Army, Crushed Stars and Gentlemen Losers. Your hookup for copies of the Jr. Christian Science Bible Lesson Show.

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