Been playing music since Hector was a pup. Nothin' fancy. Just like a thousand other musicians. Simple music. Easy on the ears music. No high and mighty cause. Just good ol' driving music. Like the 8-Track tapes we used to have. Just plug it in, play and drive. And Bill Gates thought he invented plug-n-play. I write music that you can put in and forget about it. It plays. And then next time you hit the road, you look for my work because it makes you feel good when you're driving. It's comfortable.

I've done the church choir, school choir, studied piano during grade school. Plunked on the drums in my formative years and then heard Dylan. That sold me. Folk music was where it was at. And that's where I stayed the next 30 some odd years.

I never played an electric guitar until 2005. So, in keeping with my folk spirit, I copped on a Rickenbacker 360/12. I was looking for a new old sound. I was looking for the the jangle. The jangle tones from the 60's. Love that jangle. Live for the jangle. A lot of folks might wince in pain at the mention of the 60's folk/rock sound but the tones are to die for. The wind swept chiming guitars. The rootsy melodies. The simple down to earth lyrics. Few new musicians carry on the tradition these days.

I've spent lot of time with Dylan, Prine, Lightfoot, Doc Watson and more recently The Heartbreakers, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, The Big "O" as in Orbison and John Cash. Of course, that is figuratively speaking. All these folks have influenced me more than any other musicians or music styles. I'm hopin' when all is said and done, it wasn't a bad thing.

Chapman Jones
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