Andras Jones
Pronounced On-Dross Joe-n's
Host/Creator: Andras Jones
When Andras Jones began broadcasting Radio8Ball on KAOS in Olympia in 1998 he had already toured the US promoting 5 independent releases from his band The Previous, and appeared in several motion pictures and TV shows including “Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master”.
In 2012 Jones wrote the book “Accidental Initiations: In The Kabbalistic Tree of Olympia” for Sync Book Press.
And in 2017 he began producing and hosting Radio8Ball as a podcast for Starburns Audio.
Close to 200 of his songs are contained in the Radio8Ball app, along with the community of songwriters he has invited into the show.
The most important thing to know about Andras is that his father, Richard M. Jones, was a dream psychologist and educator who penned books like “Fantasy and Feeling in Education” and “The Dream Poet”, in which the elder Jones documents the “dream seminars” he led at The Evergreen State College in the 1970’s, the format of which resembles Radio8Ball in some potent ways.
Dreams. Synchronicity. Music, Books & Film. Fathers. Sons.
In other words…this shit is deep.
Find it all at PreviouslyYours.com
Andras Jones Musician
Andras Jones spent most of the 1990’s touring and recording with his band The Previous and as a solo artist. During this time he released 5 full band CD’s and 1 solo CD and 3 solo E.P.’s.
1989 – Mr. Jones & The Previous: The Wrong Side of Town (Cassette Only)
1991 – Mr. Jones & The Previous: Porch Music
1993 – Mr. Jones & The Fascists: In Search of The Hundredth Monkey
1995 – Mr. Jones & The Hard Feelings
1997 – The Previous: UnPop…
1998 – Andras Jones: Cold ’98 (EP – Cassette Only)
1999 – Andras Jones: Religious ’99 (EP)
2000 – Andras Jones: Complicated ’00 (EP)
2001 – Andras Jones: A Curmudgeon For All Seasons
2003 – Shmushkin: Total Fucking Bullshit
And now…
2019 – Andras Jones “All You Get”
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
The Previous and Mr. Jones released 10 CD’s and toured the US consistently for a little over a decade. Andras’s last US tour began on September 1st, 2001. Since then he has continued to write and record music on his own and with Andy Shmushkin, Willie Wisely, Andy Dick, My Brave Face and always with some version of The Previous.
His first band was The Boon with his high school friend, Josh Clayton-Felt (later of School of Fish). They played around LA for a little over a year and almost got signed. When The Boon dissolved Jones formed Mr. Jones & The Previous (later shortened simply to The Previous) a band that would welcome the contributions of an impressive crew of cats over the decade of their non-existence.
Personnel included R. Walt Vincent, Marshall Thompson, Colin Mahoney, John Nason, Brian Schey, Clay Goldstein, David Tobocman, Deb Pasternak, Julie Christensen, Dan Bern, Tuesday Knight, Steve Mugalion, Darlene Sovran, Holly Montgomery, Chad Austinson and illustrious others.
