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Jeter Jones (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
#63 ranked Southern Soul Artist


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"Black Horse"

Jeter Jones (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)

April 19, 2021: "Black Horse" is now the 8th-ranked southern soul single...

...and Jeter Jones is the #9-ranked southern soul artist on Daddy B Nice's new Top-100 Chart---The New Generation. Click here.


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February 1, 2021:

Jeter Jones & Various Artists: Da Fish Grease Friday (Music Matters Entertainment / SRG/ILS Group): Four Stars **** Distinguished effort. Should please old fans and gain new.

I grew up in an overwhelmingly Catholic parish where we ate fish sticks or tomato soup on Fridays. One Friday noon hour one of the strongest boys in the class ran into school from the playground and pushed his hand right through the glass of a swinging door, cutting his main artery. Blood geysered up, hitting the ceiling of the corridor outside the lunch room and bathing the floor tiles in red. We didn't have fish that day; we had tomato soup.

I don't know what Jeter Jones' "fish grease" story is, and his new sampler, FISH GREASE FRIDAY doesn't offer any hints, although the flex pipe pouring fish oil into a big vat on the CD cover promises something really "greasy," which could mean funky or trashy, although the album is anything but.

Originally scheduled for a 2020 publication in a crowded release calendar along with Jeter Jones' new solo album MUFASSA and Jeter's collaboration with Sir Charles Jones, JONEZ BOYS: TWO KINGS, Jeter subsequently held back FISH GREASE FRIDAY to kick off 2021.

The set is a sampler of all new material showcasing Jeter and the group of young performers---King South, R&B Pooh and Volton Wright primarily---whom he and producer Ronald "Slack" Jefferson have mentored since the appearance of SLACK: MY MUSIC, MY FRIENDS in 2019. (Many other producers and writers contributed to the project, a fact I learned more from YouTube than my hard copy, and that may have also caused delay.)

Joining them is an eclectic mix of guest artists including Karen Wolfe, Crystal Thomas, JD (not to be confused with new artist JL), Dawg, DJ Big Tony, DeShay, Jack Gaspard, Rhomey Rhone, Stan Butler, Mr. Smoke, Nadia Price and H-Town alumnus Billy Cook. None of them are household names in southern souldom outside of Karen Wolfe and Crystal Thomas, but that's the way Jeter (thankfully) thinks. He's after talent and new sounds, not hype.

The lead-off track "It's About To Go Down," a Jeter Jones duet featuring Billy Cook, is one of the best songs on the set. Jones lays down a superb vocal reminiscent of the mellow yet swinging mid-tempo atmosphere of "Black Horse".

"Love You Down," a duet with new artist JD, is another surefire winner, combining an irresistable melody with an uptempo
pace and an arrangement (by Ronald "Slack" Jefferson) that combines modesty and enchantment.

In fact, the set as a whole is an exercise in enchantment. Previously-released tunes like the beguililng "Southern Soul Garden" and the lively "Southern Soul Cowboy" are tailored for tender sensibilities and listening. Like the Platters from the early days of rock and roll, or the Stylistics from the early seventies, the voices-in-unison approach (Jones, RnB Pooh, Volton Wright and JD on "Cowboy," King South and Jones on "Garden") produces a chorale-like serenity, a good-vibes feeling that weaves its way through many of the CD's songs.

The gentle harmonies give FISH GREASE FRIDAY a throwback feel. Sometimes it's obvious, as in Volton Wright's nostalgic "My Baby". At other times it's overpowering, as in "Jood Wood," where Jeter, Rhomey, Stan Butler, Mr. Smoke and King South take turns on verses while even more background vocalists (including female) croon together on a vintage-styled chorus.

"Hot Body" (which seems inappropriate on this otherwise un-rowdy set), "It's Time To Leave" (which seems a little "down" on this otherwise airy set) and "Trust Issues" disappoint, whether because they clash with the aforementioned theme or are simply lower-caliber songs, but overall FISH GREASE FRIDAY maintains Jeter Jones' amazing run of recording excellence.

By the way, I don't follow mainstream R&B closely, but isn't DeShay in the DeShay/Volton Wright duet, "Lay With Me Tonight," Beyonce reincarnated?

--Daddy B. Nice

Buy Jeter Jones' new DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY album at Apple.

Listen to all the tracks from Jeter Jones' new DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY album on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones' new DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY album on Spotify.


February 1, 2021:

NEW ALBUM ALERT!:

Buy Jeter Jones' new DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY album at Apple.

Read Daddy B. Nice's four-star CD review!

DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY TRACK LIST:

1
It's About To Go Down
Jeter Jones feat. Billy Cook

2
Love U Down
JD feat. Jeter Jones

3
It's Time To Leave
Jeter Jones feat. Dawg

4
Southern Soul Cowboy
King South feat. Jeter Jones

5
Addicted
Naudia Price feat. R&B Pooh

6
Lay With Me Tonight
DeShay feat. Volton Wright

7
Southern Soul Garden
Jeter Jones, Volton Wright, R&B Pooh, JD

8
Hot Body
Jeter Jones, Volton Wright, Jack Gaspard

9
Jood Wood
Jeter Jones, Rhomey Rhone, Stan Butler, Mr. Smoke, King South, DJ Big Tony

10
Hooked On You
Jeter Jones feat. Karen Wolfe & Crystal Thomas

11
My Baby
Volton Wright feat. Jeter Jones

12
Trust Issues
R&B Pooh

Daddy B. Nice notes:

Originally scheduled for a 2020 publication in a crowded release calendar along with Jeter Jones' new solo album MUFASSA (scroll down this page) and Jeter's JONEZ BOYS: TWO KINGS project with Sir Charles Jones, Jeter subsequently held back FISH GREASE FRIDAY to kick off the new year.

The set is a compilation/sampler of all new material showcasing Jeter and the group of young performers---primarily King South, R&B Pooh and Volton Wright---whom he and producer Ronald "Slack" Jefferson have mentored since the appearance of SLACK: MY MUSIC, MY FRIENDS in 2019.

Joining them is an eclectic mix of guest artists including Karen Wolfe, Crystal Thomas, JD (not to be confused with new artist JL), Dawg, DJ Big Tony, DeShay, Jack Gaspard, Rhomey Rhone, Stan Butler, Mr. Smoke, Nadia Price and H-Town alumnus Billy Cook.

The lead-off track "It's About To Go Down," a Jeter Jones duet featuring Billy Cook, is one of the best songs on the set. Jones lays down a superb vocal reminiscent of the mellow yet swinging mid-tempo atmosphere of "Black Horse".

"Love You Down," a duet with new artist JD, is another surefire winner, combining an irresistable melody with an uptempo
pace and an arrangement (by Ronald "Slack" Jefferson) that combines modesty and enchantment.

In fact, the set as a whole is an exercise in enchantment. Previously-released tunes like the beguililng "Southern Soul Garden" and the lively "Southern Soul Cowboy are tailored for tender sensibilities and listening.

Like the Platters from the early days of rock and roll or the Stylistics from the early seventies, the voices-in-unison approach (Jones, RnB Pooh, Volton Wright and JD on "Cowboy," King South and Jones on "Garden") reinforces the chorale-like beauty.

The gentle melodies and harmonies give FISH GREASE FRIDAY a throwback feel. Sometimes it's obvious, as in Volton Wright's nostalgic "My Baby". At other times it's overpowering, as in "Jood Wood," where Jeter,
Rhomey, Stan Butler, Mr. Smoke and King South take turns on verses while even more background vocalists (including female) croon together on a vintage-styled chorus.

"Hot Body" (which seems inappropriate on this otherwise un-rowdy set), "Trust Issues" and one or two other tracks disappoint, but overall FISH GREASE FRIDAY maintains Jeter Jones' amazing run of recording excellence.

Buy Jeter Jones' new DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY album at Apple.

Listen to all the tracks from Jeter Jones' new DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY album on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones' new DA FISH GREASE FRIDAY album on Spotify.

SouthernSoulRnB.com - Chitlin' Circuit Southern Soul Music Guide

September 1, 2020: Originally posted in Daddy B. Nice's CD Reviews.

August 10, 2020:

The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings. Four Stars **** Distinguished effort. Should please old fans and gain new.

To state the obvious for the majority of fans reading this review: The Jones Boys are not related. Sir Charles Jones ("The King of Southern Soul") is from Montgomery, Alabama. Rejected by Malaco Records, the renowned, old-school label of southern soul's past greats like Johnny Taylor, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Little Milton, Charles (aided by Jackson, Mississippi's Senator Jones, no relation) more or less kicked off the contemporary southern soul era with the publication of his first two albums.

Jeter Jones ("The Kang of Trailride Blues") is from the Shreveport, Louisiana area. Appearing on the scene a dozen years after Sir Charles with a couple of unschooled albums utilizing over-used rhythm tracks, Jeter has morphed into one of the most creative, innovative and prolific artists of the last decade, and arguably the most dominant southern-soul writer/performer/artist-enabler of the last three years.

The jacket of the new CD features both Jones boys, Charles and Jeter, with World Wrestling Entertainment-style "belts" slung over their shoulders signifying their "royalty" and achievements.

I was mistrustful of this album at first. I knew a number of the tracks were not only "reruns" of past singles but duplicates (or near-duplicates) of songs simultaneously released by Jeter Jones on his new solo album Mufassa. (See Daddy B. Nice's five-star review elsewhere on this page.) So my initial reaction was: What's the point? But as I actually started listening to 2 Kings, my skepticism turned to appreciation and, gradually, pleasure and delight.

The set kicks off with a cover of the eighties' classic, Cameo's "Candy". In my review of "Mufassa" I compare it unfavorably to "Mind Playing Tricks On Me," the Jeter Jones' cover of the old hiphop standard included in "Mufassa". In the latter Jeter re-imagines the Geto Boys' rap as an almost bluegrassy (although not "acoustic," as I mistakenly described in my review) southern soul vehicle, while in "Candy" The Jones Boyz simply present a glorified, cover-band treatment of the original, epitomized at the moment Jeter sings (Cameo-style), "You give me a heart attack," at which point your head snaps back like you're traveling through a time machine.

Listen to Jeter and Sir Charles singing "Candy" on YouTube.

A funny thing happened, though, as I listened to the album as a whole. The tunes held up so well that I actually enjoyed "Candy" a little more each time I heard it. Jeter's winsome, unforgettable tenor. The novelty of hearing Sir Charles singing background. Even the snappy, throw-back rap by Storm.

"Candy" segues into a batch of songs far more varied and realized (including anger and hurt, but more about that later) than anything on Charles' own simultaneously-released album, Intimacy.

See Daddy B. Nice's "New Album Alert: Intimacy."

True, some of the tracks are versions of tunes also heard on "Mufassa". Trail Ride Version 2.0 duplicates "Old Back Road" from "Mufassa". Prior to that, the Jones Boyz (although not yet known by that name) put out a single and "official video". The title was "Trail Ride," incidentally the very collaboration that first signaled Charles' and Jeter's mutual simpatico.

The Slack-produced "Soul Brothers Moonshine" was first published in P2K's 2018 debut album, "Welcome To The Boom Boom Room," featuring Sir Charles Jones. Sir Charles even sang the first verse (typically the host artist does). "Soul Brothers Moonshine" was also released on "Mufassa," with Jeter taking P2K's place.

"Moonshine," as it's called in this iteration, has become so ubiquitous on YouTube and internet radio that it almost rivals "Friday" as Sir Charles' current signature tune. Now, with this third official publication, "Soul Brothers Moonshine" becomes a top-shelf, southern soul standard and one to be permanently associated with Sir Charles Jones. (R&B Pooh, another Jeter Jones discovery, contributes a verse.)

However, it's the new tunes---at first so easy to overlook---that really "seal the deal". Dedicated to zydeco star Brian Jack, the effervescent "Zydeco With Me" percolates on the froth of its cajun button-accordion accompaniment, with Charles engaging the uptempo vocal with enthusiasm.

"Like Voodoo," with a soothing refrain---"This southern soul / Will take control of you"--- marks a dazzling collaborative effort. Both Jones boys (aided by guest artist King South) give superb vocals, spiced with lyrics marking each singer's coming-of-age moments, and once again, Sir Charles is turned-on.

Not that Jeter Jones is in any way unequal to the task. The set's finale, "Can't Do It No More" is a solemn ballad sung from Jeter's heart, and the evocative ballad "Can I Get Some" is a stellar solo outing, meshing perfectly with the quality of the set as a whole. Jeter more than holds his own as a vocalist of the first order and an "equal" of Sir Charles. And, to look at the reverse side, Sir Charles seems to be in his true element around Jeter. He's seldom appeared as relaxed and in tune with his unique mojo.

There are only ten tunes on The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings---nine if you don't count the thirty-second intro---and little filler. To be picky, there's not much of interest in recycling Parliament-Funkadelic in "Party, which simply reminds me of coke-crystal-meth zombies clubbing to George Clinton at hours when working people are just getting up to go to work. (Mr. Smoke, Daddy B. Nice's "Best Debut Artist" of 2019, guests a verse on this one.)

But I have saved the best, including the aforementioned anger and hurt, for the last. It is sheer ecstasy to report I was knocked over like a Mack truck by the spectacular ballad, "I Don't Understand".

Listen to Sir Charles Jones singing "I Don't Understand" on YouTube.

Here Sir Charles gives us his all. Emotions---very real, very frightening emotions---pulse like strobes in Charles' vocal, and Charles' amazing vocal enhancements take the aural beauty to a celestial level. The production is off the charts in the way only a super-producer like Sir Charles can manage. All of the trademark techniques are there---only totally, brilliantly fresh.

This, for me, is the true Sir Charles Jones. The emotional tone is perfect. Why? Because love---I'm talking about real love--shines through the hurt propelling the tune's vehement power. And all the while the instrumental wealth just keeps raining down like coin poured from giant kettles. This is a song comparable to "Is Anybody Lonely?" and "The Letter". It's the kind of song we've waited years to hear from the King.

The Jones Boyz should make this a series.

--Daddy B. Nice

Listen to all the tracks from The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings album on YouTube.

Buy The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings album at Apple.

Buy the Jones Boyz: 2 Kings album at Amazon.

Read Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Sir Charles Jones.

Read Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Jeter Jones.

SouthernSoulRnB.com - Chitlin' Circuit Southern Soul Music Guide

Read Jeter Jones letter to Daddy B Nice in "Daddy B Nice's Mailbag".

July 20, 2020:

JETER JONES: Mufassa (Music Access) Five Stars ***** Can't Miss. Pure Southern Soul Heaven.

It's easy to forget, but one of the defining characteristics of southern soul music is its modesty. This goes all the way back to Johnnie Taylor and Tyrone Davis, whose hits didn't bowl anyone over technically. (Taylor's "Good Love" is an exception and also borderline southern soul, although nowadays, the way the music has changed, "Good Love" would be considered mainstream southern soul.)

Today's audiences are so used to show-boating, be it by the vocalist or the producer, that they often are bewildered by the casualness, the ordinariness, of southern soul. Southern soul may sound gentle, for lack of a better term. Often, a song or two doesn't do the job.

Accustomed to the hyperbole and technical wizardry of contemporary hiphop and urban R&B, strangers to southern soul expect to be "blown away" by spectacular productions and over-wrought (listen-to-me-I'm-technically-the-best) vocals. What these tentative newcomers to the genre often fail to understand is the volume---the sheer numbers---of southern soul songs, which as a totality reflect and refract off one another like a school of myriad fish in the ocean. So what the newcomer assumes are isolated instances (as they might be in the North) are actually songs throbbing with meaning from within a multitude of musical kin.

And in this southern soul perfectly mirrors the rock and roll and Motown-through-Stax, rhythm and blues classics of the sixties and early seventies (and also early rap and hiphop of the late eighties and nineties, which sampled those tunes). Take any two or three songs from today's Top 10 Southern Soul and they have more in common with a typical line-up from those earlier genres than they do with contemporary hiphop/R&B. So---for example---Little Eva's "Locomotion," The Teddy Bears' (Phil Spector's first group) "To Know Him Is To Love Him", and Puff Daddy's & Faith Evans' "I'll Be Missing You"---all from diverse genres and time frames---are the kinds of songs southern soul emulates: the "golden mean," or what your Daddy B Nice often calls "the sweet spot of southern soul".

Jeter Jones understands all this well. Like his predecessors in southern soul, he doesn't sing to draw attention to himself but to get the song across. His new album Mufassa is a smorgasbord of low-key and self-contained tunes with no other object than to fascinate and pleasure, and in this he succeeds. Great cover art, by the way---Jones in a gold-plated, chain-link, Game of Thrones-style helmet.

"Mufassa" is very like Jeter's last album, "Dhis Him," in that there's a lot of variety. That, by the way, is a by-product of Jeter's blossoming, mid-life career. He has no fear of going anywhere musically (thus the variety), even as he remains "Jeter," i.e. accessible, hook-driven and radio-friendly. And although "Dhis Him" remains the permanent showcase for "Black Horse," a song as primal as Sir Charles Jones' "It's Friday," Mufassa as a whole may actually be better.

Many of the tracks on this album are familiar to fans who've witnessed them charting over the past year in Daddy B Nice's Top 10 Singles: "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" being only the latest at #2 in June.

"Everybody should give "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" to their rap and hiphop-loving friends," said the capsule review. "It'll blow their minds while giving them an instant vision of what southern soul is."

Based on the Geto Boy's classic of the same name, this song is fascinating on a number of counts. It's very like--and to some extent an extension of--a track from Dhis Him with similar tempo, chord changes and vocal: "Ain't Gone Cheat No More."

"Mind Playing Tricks On Me" also marks the debut of a new producer on a Jeter Jones project, Chris “Bubba” Washington, although Ronald "Slack" Jefferson gets credit for most of the songs on the set. The leader of The Perfect Blend Band, Jeter's back-up band, does a magnificent job, referring back to the rap original's melodic hook but softening it with an entirely different---almost bluegrassy---acoustic arrangement.

Finally, "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" fares far better than "Candy," another cover of a vintage classic that Jeter sings with Sir Charles Jones on yet another summer-of-2020 Jones release, "The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings."

"(Can You) Back It Up," the duet with Best Male Vocalist of 2019 winner R.T. Taylor, sounds even better than it did when it charted. The track seemed a little thin then, and that went for Taylor's vocal too, unfamiliar as he was at the time. But but after listening to R.T.'s great new full-length album "The Mule Man" for a couple of months, Taylor's vocal also sounds fuller. Tasha Mac contributes.

"We Come To Party," with a just-published YouTube video, sounds like a venerable classic, its come-hither, low-key vocal and gut-bucket percussion made more irresistible encased in an album format (not to mention a great video). Jones' voice-over patter, delivered in a low whisper, adds zest. A wonderfully-realistic stream-of-consciousness takes effect.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "We Come To Party" on YouTube.

Jeter also provides scintillating reworkings of Sir Charles Jones' exceptional single "Soul Brothers Moonshine" and Itz Karma's "I Like Da Way," originally written for her by Jeter. "Soul Brothers Moonshine," in which Charles assists, is one of the finest cuts on the album. The mysterious third voice on the track is R&B Pooh, a recent Jeter Jones discovery.

And these songs only touch the surface. "Mufassa" includes three other tunes that have already charted here and gained notice across the country: ."Clockwise," with Gary Jenkins, "Package" and "Old Back Road," with Addison Jones & Chalie Boy (and also a great video) all of which sound far better than they did on their original releases months ago.

Of a handful of new, never-before-heard tracks, I recommend "You Know I Miss You," a Peter Gabriel-like ballad although I hesitate to compare it to Gabriel or "Solsbury Hill" (even though it's an accurate description) because the tune owes even more to Jeter's humble (here's that modesty again) but powerful "Country Girl," a breakthrough single from the "Trail Ride Certified" album.

--Daddy B. Nice

Buy Jeter Jones' Mufassa album (mp3 or audio) at Amazon.

Listen to all the tracks from Jeter Jones' new MUFASSA album on YouTube.

Buy Jeter Jone's new MUFASSA album at Apple.

Find Jeter Jones' charted singles in Daddy B Nice's Comprehensive Index.

SouthernSoulRnB.com - Chitlin' Circuit Southern Soul Music Guide

June 27, 2020:

NEW ALBUM ALERT!:

Buy Jeter Jone's new MUFASSA album at Apple.

MUFASSA TRACK LIST:

1
Mufassa Intro

2
Mind Playing Tricks On Me

3
We Come To Party

4
Can I Get Some Lovin'?

5
I Like Da Way

6
Moonshine feat. Sir Charles Jones & RnB Pooh

7
Package

8
Clockwise feat. Gary 'G' Jenkins

9
Missing You

10
You Know I Miss You

11
His Old Lady

12
Old Back Road (Official Video) feat. Addison Jones & Chalie Boy

13
Back It Up feat. R.T. Taylor & Tasha Mac

Daddy B. Nice notes:

I don't have the liner notes yet, but I would guess Ronald "Slack" Jefferson produced the bulk if not all of the songs on Jeter Jones' satisfying new album, Mufassa. Great cover art, by the way---Jones in a gold-plated, chain-link, Game of Thrones-style helmet. It could become iconic.

"Mufassa" is very like Jeter's last album, "Dhis Him," in that there's a lot of variety. That, by the way, is a by-product of Jeter's blossoming, mid-life career. He has no fear of going anywhere musically (thus the variety), even as he remains "Jeter," i.e. accessible, hook-driven and radio-friendly. And although "Dhis Him" remains the permanent showcase for "Black Horse," a song as primal as Sir Charles Jones' "It's Friday," Mufassa as a whole may actually be better.

Many of the tracks have already charted in Daddy B Nice's Top 10 Singles: "Mind Playing Tricks On Me" the latest at #2 in June.

"Everybody should give this song to their rap and hiphop-loving friends," said the capsule review. "It'll blow their minds while giving them an instant vision of what southern soul is."

The duet with R.T. Taylor, "(Can You) Back It Up," sounds even better than it did when it charted. At the time it seemed a little "thin" from a production standpoint. And that went for Taylor's vocal, too, unfamiliar as he was at the time. But but after listening to R.T.'s great new full-length album for a couple of months, his vocal also sounds fuller and more enticing. Tasha Mac also contributes.

"We Come To Party," with a just-published YouTube video, sounds like a venerable classic, its come-hither, low-key vocal and gut-bucket percussion made more irresistible encased in an album format.

Jones also provides scintillating reworkings of Sir Charles Jones' "Soul Brothers Moonshine" and Itz Karma's "I Like Da Way," originally written for her by Jeter's composer brother, Gary.

And these songs only touch the surface. "Mufassa" includes three other tunes that have already charted here and gained notice across the country: "Clockwise," "Package" and "Old Back Road," all of which sound better than they did on their original releases months ago, not to mention a handful of new, never-before-heard tracks. What's not to like? This album is a feast.

And by the way, this is not the only product Jeter Jones is lavishing on his fans. Here's an excerpt from Daddy B. Nice's "News And Notes" for July 2020:

Sir Charles Jones and Jeter Jones, who recently guested on each other's singles ("Trailride," "Still In Love With You") have released a new album of collaborative material called "The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings," not to be confused with Jones Boyz Entertainment, the Louisiana label (Jeter and brother Gary Jones) that publishes Jeter's music.

In addition to his new album with Sir Charles Jones and his new solo album "Mufassa," Jeter Jones has yet a third long-play release in the works, "Da Fish Grease Friday Compilation Vol. 1". The first single from the sampler is "Jood Wood," a remix of Lady Q's "Lumberjack," featuring Rhomey, Mr. Smoke, Stan Butler, King South and DJ Big Tony.


Buy Jeter Jone's new MUFASSA album at Apple.

Listen to all the tracks from Jeter Jones' new MUFASSA album on YouTube.

Browse Jeter Jones albums in Daddy B. Nice's CD Store.

SouthernSoulRnB.com - Chitlin' Circuit Southern Soul Music Guide


April 20, 2019:

Daddy B. Nice notes:
By chance this weekend, I ran across the following story published late last year. Jeter Jones is just the latest in a long and illustrious line of southern soul recording artists--from Mel Waiters through Avail Hollywood--to have served with distinction in the military.

See "War veteran turned music star Jeter Jones answered the call on 9/11" at Shreveport, Louisiana's KTBS-3-ABC website.

Jeter Jones: 2018 Multi-Award Winner

See Daddy B. Nice's Comprehensive Index!

SouthernSoulRnB.com - Chitlin' Circuit Southern Soul Music Guide

February 12, 2019: Originally posted on Daddy B. Nice's Best Of 2018 page.

January 26, 2018:

Daddy B. Nice Announces THE WINNERS of the 2018 (12th Annual) SOUTHERN SOUL MUSIC AWARDS.

Best Mid-Tempo Song

Nominees:

"You're The Kind Of Woman I Need (Remix)"----Columbus Toy, Miss Lady Blues
"Black Horse"----Jeter Jones
"Caught Up In The Middle"----P2K DaDiddy, Vick Allen
"Tickle Box"----C-Wright
"Show Pony"----Annie Washington
"You're Not The Only One"----Big G
"I Won't Give You Up"----Andre' Lee
"Same Hotel (Big Yayo Soul Swing Remix)"----Nelson Curry
"Ain't No Getting Over Me"----Tucka
"Why You Gotta Act Like That"----Mz. Connie
"Soul Brothers Moonshine"----P2K, Sir Charles Jones, Jeter Jones
"Down In The Club"----King Fred
"It's The Weekend"----Magic One
"Make Me Wanna Do Wrong"----Tucka

Best Mid-Tempo Song: "Black Horse" by Jeter Jones

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Black Horse" on YouTube.

SouthernSoulRnB.com - Chitlin' Circuit Southern Soul Music Guide

January 2, 2018: Re-Posted From Daddy B. Nice's Mailbag

Thank You Letter: Jeter Jones

From Jeter Jones:

Daddy B.

First let me say thanks, I have grown and respect your opinion. Thanks for giving us a platform. We don’t get that in this line of music. We working and have had a great year over here. The sound behind my 4 star, and P2k’s 5 star, Lady Q’s, lumberjack and her CD, and Magic one’s High heals and jeans and more is our best kept secret here in the 318...

It's Ronald “Slack” Jefferson,

...he is the heart beat behind our distinctive Southern Soul Sound. It is an honor to have him and be blessed by his talents. The whole team here is so excited. For its about growth, I would not be the artist that I am if I have not read your articles and and evolved from your advice. My greatest moment was being Number 1 on ya Top 25 for 2017. Highlight of a great career. Salute to all the artists out here on the road doing their best for the good peoples. I “The King of Trailride Blues” can’t wait to see u good peoples.

Him

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Jeter Jones.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Black Horse" on YouTube.

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October 1, 2018: Originally posted in Daddy B. Nice's New CD Reviews

September 3, 2018:

JETER JONES: Dhis Him (Ross Music Group)
Four Stars **** Distinguished effort. Should please old fans and gain new.

By eerie coincidence, a singles submission appeared in my e-mail inbox just as I was about to begin this review of the new Jeter Jones album, Dhis Him. The submission was "You Ain't Got No Proof" by Bobby Jones, which contains the same Eric "Smidi" Smith instrumental track that Jeter Jones paid Smidi to use in his first hit single, "Boot Scoot," on his first bonafide southern soul album, Sweet Jones Live @ Leroy's Chicken Shack.

My intention here is not to ask why someone is still recycling this old-ass music as if it were timely. It's to point out how little Jeter Jones knew about southern soul in 2013: specifically, buying instrumental tracks that had previously been used on Bobby Jones and Chuck Roberson singles.

Looking back, it's hard to believe someone as talented as Jeter Jones ever needed, or thought he needed, Smidi's instrumental tracks in the first place. What it signifies is not only how far Jeter Jones has come in half a decade (from the fringes of the genre to being a prime time player recording with the likes of Vick Allen, Big Pokey Bear and Omar Cunningham) but how compulsively driven he was to be a star, an ambition that over four albums--lo and behold--has become a reality.

Each of Jones' subsequent albums--Da GQ Country Boy (with "Cold Pepsi") and Trailride Certified (with "Single Footin'," "My Country Girl" and "She's Ratchet")--have taken quantum leaps forward in showcasing the Jeter Jones brand.

Then why is this new album, DHIS HIM, something of a disappointment? Is it the exceedingly high expectations raised by last year's five-star TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED album in particular, or--more recently--the astonishing single, "Black Horse," a meshing of a subtle Beat Flippa keyboard hook and an incredible Jeter Jones vocal, a song as perfect and natural as a cage-free egg? You'd think a perfect song would result in a perfect album.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Black Horse" on YouTube.

In fact, most recently in listening to Big "Ro" Williams on WJLD, I was reminded of another "perfect" single that inflated sky-high expectations--O.B. Buchana's "Why Can't I Be Your Lover". When it was folded into a subsequent album, SWING ON WITH O.B., it garnered only two stars. How can an album highlighted by a "perfect" record result in anything less than a five-star effort?

Here are two albums for reference taken from the pop catalog. If Jeter Jones were The Rolling Stones, this would be his "Exile on Main Street". If Jeter Jones were the Beatles, this would be his "White" album. That's not only because Dhis Him contains a double-album's worth of material, nearly twenty tracks.

It's also because, like EXILE ON MAIN STREET (confession: my least favorite Stones album), Dhis Him throws a little of everything against the wall and monitors what sticks.

It's all about being comfortable, meaning comfortable with a wide range of musical styles, and Jeter is comfortable on this album--a good thing, I admit. And, like The Beatles' "White" album, there are too many stand-outs here to complain. But there's also a fair share of dreck, and the sheer variety of the styles destroys any possibility of a common theme, motif or tempo.

I would rate the four albums...

1. Trailride Certified

2. Dhis Him

3. Da GQ Country Boy

4. Sweet Jones Live@ Leroy's Chicken Shack.

...with the caveat that, given Jeter's current status as a burgeoning headliner on the chitlin' circuit, Dhis Him may well become his most popular album. Here are the highlights and low-lights.

"She's Gone With Jody" (w/ Omar Cunningham)

Strong melody and strong tenors mesh well.

"Juke Joint"

Fellow Louisianan P2K wrote this rocker. His debut CD--also containing the track--is just out: See P2K Dadiddy: New Album Alert!

"Duck Tales"

I guess it's all about the lyrics. Musically, it sounds like a TV commercial.

"Somebody Get This Fool"

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------FEBRUARY 2018-------

....6. "Somebody Get This Fool (Remix)"-----Jeter Jones featuring Vick Allen

Vick Allen sounds like "a million" on this remake of Jeter Jones' "Roommate (Somebody Get This Fool)". The song sounds more "mainstream," and the switch in title helps. For the first time I really understand the lyrics. The song poses the question, "Do we men of principle love "My Sidepiece" because it represents reality or because it's a preposterous fantasy that makes us laugh?"


"What's Happening Now?

Among other artistic and personal inspirations, Jeter's take on Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On?"

"Dance With You"(w/ Big "Ro" Williams)

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------JULY 2018-------

....8. "Dance With You"--------Jeter Jones featuring Big "Ro" Williams

Jeter Jones stretches his musical wings, leaving his pop and zydeco influences for a jazzier, horn-laden take on southern soul. Unusual, but the rhythm section keeps it rooted. Strong vocals all around.


"She Loves My Boots"

Mis-titled. Should be "She Loves My Blues".

"Phone Bill"

Beat-Flippa-I-Got-The-Blues type of tune, with plenty of deep-quivering Beat Flippa organ to drive home the headache and heartache.

"You Deserve Better"

Passionate ballad, but it's one-hook-repeated-over-and-over, the kind of ballad Pokey Bear would sing.

"Watch My Boots, Pt. 2" (w/ Deacon Dukes, Pokey Bear, Miss Portia & Big Lee)

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------DECEMBER 2017-------

...2. "Watch My Boots, Pt. 2"------Deacon Dukes, Jeter Jones, Big Lee, Pokey Bear & Miss Portia

Even better than the slower-tempo-ed "Watch My Boots" original by Jeter Jones. If you like to dance, this is your jam. Deacon Dukes has a magical, musical touch, and I now sit up and take notice whenever I see his name associated with a tune.


"Get My Groove On"

The keyboards put down a jazzy riff, and Jeter puts on a tux.

"I Need's A Drank"

Light-hearted, uptempo, with a bluesy refrain.

"I Ain't Gone Cheat No More"

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------AUGUST 2018-------

...4. "I Ain't Gone Cheat No More"------Jeter Jones

Not about to put this on a pedestal alongside Ronnie Lovejoy's "Sho' Wasn't Me" or anything, but it chugs away in a juke-joint way with a modesty and urgency that wins me over, and with my love and prejudice for dance jams, I almost put it and the next one (Ms. Jody's "That's Where The Party's At") number one and two, over the ballads (sorry, Sir Charles). If you listen closely, you'll hear Sweet Nay contributing to the raucous texture.


Are you getting the idea?

This album is endless. You can listen to Dhis Him a half-dozen times and still overlook a handful of tracks, as I have in passing over "Still In Love," "Get Outa These Streets" and "I Drank Too Much". There may be three or four more tunes lurking in the corners. When you line up the sheer amount of material, it's impressive, but not quite as impressive as serving up the ten--or maybe even eight--best cuts in one, gleaming, "Black Horse"-level, five-star set.

--Daddy B. Nice

Buy Jeter Jones' new DHIS HIM album at Amazon.

Buy Jeter Jones' new DHIS HIM album at Apple.

Read Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Jeter Jones.

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June 24, 2018:

New Album Alert!


Sample/Buy Jeter Jones new DHIS HIM album at Amazon.

Sample/Buy Jeter Jones' new DHIS HIS album at iTunes.

DHIS HIM TRACK LIST:




1
Big Dawg's Back Intro

2
Black Horse

3
What's Happening Now

4
Duck Tales

5
Get My Groove On

6
Juke Joint (feat. P2K)

7
Interlude Freestyle Blues

8
Somebody Get This Fool (Remix) [feat. Vick Allen]

9
I Need's a Drank

10
I Ain't Gone Cheat No Mo

11
Dance With You (feat. Big Ro Williams)

12
Watch My Boots Pt.2 (feat. Deacon Dukes, Big Lee, Pokey Bear & Miss Portia)

13
She Gone With Jody (feat. Omar Cunningham)

14
My Phone Bill

15
Still in Love (feat. Ron Johnson)

16
You Deserve Better

17
She Loves My Boots (feat. Ron Johnson)

18
Get Outta These Streets

19
I Drank Too Much (feat. C'Lamont)

Daddy B. Nice notes:


DHIS HIM features one of the most original and amazingly constructed southern soul singles of 2018 or any year. Here's the write-up from Daddy B. Nice's Corner:

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------APRIL 2018-------

1. "Black Horse"------Jeter Jones

From the minute I received this single, there was never any doubt it would be #1. "Black Horse" is one of those rare songs that arrives perfect in every way, like a text from God. From the Jeter Jones CD "DHIS HIM" upcoming from Ross Music Group.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Black Horse" on SoundCloud.


Beat Flippa mans the smoky and subtle keyboard hook driving "Black Horse's" instrumental track. Other songs from the album that have appeared in the Top 10 Singles include the remix of "Somebody Get This Fool," which debuted on Da GQ Country Boy album under the title "Roommate".

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------FEBRUARY 2018-------

…6. "Somebody Get This Fool (Remix)"---- Jeter Jones featuring Vick Allen

Vick Allen sounds like "a million" on this remake of Jeter Jones' "Roommate (Somebody Get This Fool)". The song sounds more "mainstream," and the switch in title helps. For the first time I really understand the lyrics. The song poses the question, "Do we men of principle love "My Sidepiece" because it represents reality or because it's a preposterous fantasy that makes us laugh?"


Deacon Dukes' adaptation of Jones' "Watch My Boots" also appears. First recorded in 2017, it was one of the Top 25 Songs of 2017.

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------DECEMBER 2017-------

...2. "Watch My Boots, Pt. 2"------Deacon Dukes, Jeter Jones, Big Lee, Pokey Bear & Miss Portia

Even better than the slower-tempo-ed "Watch My Boots" original by Jeter Jones. If you like to dance, this is your jam. Deacon Dukes has a magical, musical touch, and I now sit up and take notice whenever I see his name associated with a tune.

Listen to Deacon Dukes, Jeter Jones et.al. singing "Watch My Boots, Pt. 2" on YouTube.


Following the example of Pokey Bear on his recordings, Jeter Jones has packed his new album with even more collaborators: P2K, C-LaMont, Big "Ro" Williams, Omar Cunningham and even an unknown artist--Ron Johnson--on two of the tracks.

Listen to Jeter Jones and Big "Ro" Williams singing "Dance With You" on YouTube.

Buy Jeter Jones new DHIS HIM album at Amazon.

--Daddy B. Nice

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--Daddy B. Nice


About Jeter Jones (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)

Excerpted from DaGQCountryBoy:

Jeter Jones, with the government name of Retired
"Sergeant First Class" Gary C. Jones, whom is known to most people as the "King of Trailride Blues" Jeter Jones. He was born and raised in Mansfield, Louisiana. His home base is the Shreveport/ Bossier City La area. He has served our country on active duty as an Army Soldier & U.S. Marine for 20 years. 15 1/2 in the Army & 4 1/2 in the USMC. He is a decorated combat veteran with several combat tours, & retired in September of 2015. He embarked and put all of his energy into his singing career. He was awarded the 2015 ZBT AWARDS Rising Blues Artist of the Year & in 2016 became the ZBT AWARDS Blues/Southern Soul Artist of the year. He also has taken home the New Orleans Viewers Choice Awards "Line Dance Song of the year for 2016. He has been nominated for several awards and won video of the year with "Roommate"in 2016. In 2017 he brought home the line dance song of the year with “The Cowboy Slide”. He won the 2018 Album of the Year for "Dhis Him". He started his singing career while on active duty @ Fort Riley, Kansas in Feb 2013 with the release of his R&B CD--the first of five CD's--entitled REAL "Raw Encouraging Amazing Love". His 2nd CD entitled "Sweet Jones Live @ LeRoy's Chicken Shack" & 3rd entitled "Da GQ Country Boy" both earned 4 stars by Daddy B Nice, and charted on the blues charts with great singles like Da Boot Scoot, Cold Pepsi, Zydeco With Me, Cowboy Up, Roommate, & The Cowboy Slide. He comes from a gospel quartet background, but still loves to sing the gospel at his church home Bethleham Baptist church in Naborton, Louisiana.

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Scroll down to "Tidbits" for the latest updates on Jeter Jones, including recent CD reviews. To automatically link to Jeter Jones' charted singles, awards, CD's and other references and citations on the website, go to "Jones, Jeter" in Daddy B. Nice's Comprehensive Index.

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February 1, 2018:

CHART-CLIMBER! :

Jeter Jones and "Single Footin'" Debut At #63 On Daddy B. Nice's Top 100 21st Century Southern Soul!

The chart ranks the top one hundred contemporary southern soul singles over the last eighteen years--ultimately a twenty-year period (from 2000-2020).


See Jeter Jones' "Single Footin'" debuting at #63 on the Chart.

Jeter Jones also becomes the #63-ranked artist on Daddy B. Nice's Top 100 21st Century Southern Soul Artists Chart.

See the Top 100 Artists Chart.



Tidbits

January 28, 2018:

Jeter Jones on YouTube:



Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Cowboy Up" on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Don't Leave" on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Thank You" (the Official Video) on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Roommate" on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "My Country Girl" on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Cowboy Slide" while the family does the line dance on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Watch My Boots" on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "She's Ratchet" on YouTube.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Boot Scoot" on YouTube.

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Re-Posted from Daddy B. Nice's 2016 MAILBAG:

RE: TOP 25 SONGS OF THE YEAR: "CRY FOR RESPECT"

We just asking out of respect can Jeter Jones get some love? "Cold Pepsi" not in the Top 10, 20, 25? We gotta do more work frfr. Jeter is the 2015 ZBT AWARDS blues artist on the rise. Just asking out of respect. We feel "Roommate" and "Cold bed blues" which are killing the radio waves are in that caliber.

Thanks
da Big Dawg.

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Did I get your check in the mail? Seriously, guys, you need to lighten up. There were hundreds (somewhere between a thousand and two thousand, actually) southern soul singles to evaluate in 2015. That your favored songs didn't make this extremely short list isn't a sign of disrespect. Sir Charles Jones, Ms. Jody, O.B. Buchana, Donnie Ray, Nellie "Tiger" Travis, Carl Marshall, Calvin Richardson, Rue Davis, Lil' Jimmie, Denise LaSalle, Andre' Lee, Ricky White, Jeff Floyd, David Brinston, Mr. David, Tyree Neal, Cupid, Stan Mosley, Sheba Potts-Wright, Theodis Ealey and Terry Wright all released new material in 2015 and none of them made the list--and no offense intended--but I admire these artists and the dues they've paid more than you guys.

And if you're thinking I shouldn't compare these deserving veterans to yourselves, or that they don't have a bigger claim to be on the list, what about all the praiseworthy young artists--your peers--who didn't make the list--like Lomax, Ronnie Bell, Donnell Sullivan, Solomon Thompson, Lady Soul, J.B. Hendricks, Certified Slim, Adrena, Chris Ivy, Columbus Toy, Katrenia Jefferson, Shohn Marshall, Adrian Bagher and Veronica Ra'elle, to name only a few?

Sorry to beat up on you. You're not the only artists to dole out the licks quicker than the thanks. I have been getting plenty of heat from J. Red and his people lately, who despite four write-ups on the site in the last two years feels ignored and unappreciated by your Daddy B. Nice. But listen. Contemporary Southern Soul isn't some little clique or club or coterie that you just join and magically get your name on a marquee (if it ever was); it's a vast, sprawling composite of hundreds of successful artists all vying for the prize of a hit record. It's a "jungle" out here, guys.

Lastly, your "cry for respect" arrived before the last six songs were posted. "Zydeco With Me" came in at #22. Congratulations, fellas. Try to remember how blessed you are, not how dissed you are.

--Daddy B. Nice

See Daddy B. Nice's TOP 25 SONGS of 2015.

Jeter Jones replies:

Hey Daddy Nice, This is Da GQ Country Boy Jeter Jones himself and I'm going to speak for myself cause I'm a Man, I take full responsiblity for my team. Sorry for my team going in on a email. They just believe in the music as do all artist's teams. I can't blame Big Dog he is passionate about the Blues. I got mad respect for all the artist doing Blues/Southern Soul music and I don't see myself as better than noone, and I know their grind cause I'm living it also. I wanna say thank You for reviewing my Cd's and even taking the time to listen to my music at all. I want people that love music, to love my music because a wrote it about everyday life, and I wanna prove that good blues still lives. No disrespect or crying for it, we will win the people by taking it to the people and giving them the best shows and tracks that we can give. On my Madear years from now, I want to be known as a legend like the ones I grew up listening to the Bobby Bland's, Johnny Taylor, Little Milton, Solomon Burke, etc. my list goes on and on. I love to hear the music as well as sing it. We only got a few legends like Bobby Rush, Carl Simms, Dennis LaSalle, Peggy Scott Adams, and etc left. And so many others cementing there legacy like TK Soul, Sir Charles Jones(no relation) Bigg Rob and etc to join that great list of ICON's. God has truly been good to me and he has blessed me with a great team, and a wonderful fan base that is growing daily. So with that I say, in due time I shall earn whateva I am due, cause what God has for me is for me. Anyone that truly knows me knows that I am so driven that I will not stop till my peoples are satisfied and they (the fans) say that I'm that man. Thanks for your time, and thanks for giving us artists new and old a place on your page to display our passions. Get Ready for my next Cd "TrailRide Certified" coming soon outta Gifted Sounds. SOMEBODY GET THIS FOOL!! HIM.

Jeter Jones

Daddy B. Nice replies:

Cool, Jeter. Thanks for writing!!!

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October 8, 2015:

JETER JONES: Da GQ Country Boy (Jones Boys Ent.) Four Stars **** Distinguished effort. Should please old fans and gain new.

Jeter Jones' southern soul debut, Sweet Jones Live @ Leroy's Chicken Shack, received prominent mention in Daddy B. Nice's 2014: THE YEAR IN SOUTHERN SOUL, albeit for reasons more dubious than dazzling:

A young recording artist (Jeter Jones) trying to break into the southern soul market released an album whose instrumental tracks Daddy B. Nice--in a CD review--recognized as identical to certain Bobby Jones and Chuck Roberson songs of the recent past, setting off a firestorm of litigation between Desert Sounds CEO Charles Peterson and his former producer, Eric "Smidi" Smith.

Jones, who hails from Shreveport, Louisiana, returns apparently unscathed and just as ambitious with Da GQ Country Boy, assisted once again by Eric "Smidi" Smith on instrumental tracks. The GQ Country Boy offers no apologies in reprising both "Cowboy Up" and the "Chuck Strut"-like "Boot-Up" from LEROY'S CHICKEN SHACK in three of the new CD's thirteen tracks, as if to say, "Hey, this is my music, and I'm proud of it."

Watch the official video of Jeter Jones' "Cowboy Up" on YouTube.

But what really impresses on Da GQ Country Boy is the new work, specifically a handful of new singles tied together with voice-over interludes by a gritty-voiced "master of ceremonies"-type named Da Big Dawg, who goads Jones into doing short and effective (apparently impromptu) acapella stints. Such distractions often sabotage a long-playing record, but the interplay avoids excess and seems to energize and loosen up Jeter Jones.

Jones is a fantastic vocalist. He has a nasal tone that doesn't sound like anyone you've ever heard, and as if to prove his vocal acumen he brings in talented singers like L.J. Echols ("Lovin' Me On Borrowed Time") and J'Wonn ("Cold Bed Blues"), with whom he more than carries his own.

"Lovin' Me On Borrowed Time" has a catchy brass-section riff that I couldn't place even though I've heard it before. (The bass line comes from Marvin Sease's "Do You Qualify," and maybe that is the antecedent.)

"Cold Bed Blues" featuring J'Wonn has a Righteous Brothers' "Unchained Melody" ambience. It's also reminiscent of the slow and stately "True Love" on J'Wonn's CD from last year, I GOT THIS RECORD.

"Cold Pepsi And A Hot Man," the first single from the album, is an impressive, mid-tempo cut with a novel story line that has already made a significant impact on southern soul radio.

And just when you think the CD couldn't contain much more charisma, Jones teams up with zydeco musician Lil' Jabb on the toast-to-life, Pied-Piper-like "Zydeco With Me."

Easily overlooked in the company of the rich material above are "Roommate"--a significant song in its own right--and "Looking For Lovin'," a well-constructed duet with Crystal. I haven't figured out the lyrics to "Roommate," but it doesn't really matter. The song is musical enough to stand on its own--as, to its credit, is the entire CD.

--Daddy B. Nice

Sample/Buy Jeter Jones' Da GQ County Boy CD at CD Baby.

Jeter Jones on iTunes

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Thank You Letter:

Re: 5-Star Review of Jeter Jones' TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED Album


Daddy B. Nice,

5 stars, Wow!!! First let me say thanks to God, I'm humbled by the work and I salute all the artist out here on the chitterling circuit with me getting it. My grandmother use to say "the work I do will speak for me". This is a true testament of that saying. As a young U.S. Marine I learned "Mind over matter" that if I didn't mind it wouldn't matter. I've read the critiques from u and everyone else and they made me better as an artist thanks. I don't expect to win all the awards (just to be nominated is a blessing to me) but I wanna be consistent and respected by my peers in the music world. I'm not the best but I want to build my legacy as a singer, & song writer. With all of that being said "Thank You" for holding my feet to the fire and making me better. This was a fun Cd to make, thanks to all of the artist, my mentor Eric "Smidi" Smith, my partner in music Crystal Thomas, my bro/cuz Jason Jones for his ear, my big bro & leader of my new team @ RMG Big Pokey Bear he has taken me under his wing and has already made a impact on my career, producers and Gifted Sounds, DJ Scruggs, Beat Flippa a true mentor, Tommy Granville jr. my band members Julius Walton, Brandon Campbell, Ricco Atkins, & Davante Youngblood for all there hard work playing real music for the project. I pray that i can make a song that everyone can relate to, dance to, and smile, cry, laugh. It is truly an honor to be an entertainer, so thanks to everyone listening and playing our music. Get ready for Ross Music Group, our trailride Cd drops soon, and if you love mines this one will blow your socks off, plus Bear Season, new Crystal Thomas, Dea. Dukes, Mz Portia, ColdDrank, & more coming soon.

1 love Thanks HIM..
Jeter Jones

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March 23, 2014: RE-POSTED FROM DADDY B. NICE'S CD REVIEWS

JETER JONES: Sweet Jones Live @ Leroy's Chicken Shack (Billionaire) Four Stars **** Distinguished Effort


Warning: This CD review will forever be altered by the first impression given this reviewer by its obvious similarity to Chuck Roberson's The Devil Made Me Do It CD, the disc many of us called Roberson's best, the CD that contained the inimitable (we thought) "Chuck Strut."

So maybe I don't see so well any more, but given the microscopic credits on the jacket of Jeter Jones's new Southern Soul debut, Sweet Jones Live @ Leroy's Chicken Shack, and given the recent prevalence for rip-offs (see Daddy B. Nice's Corner: "Mr. Sexy Man's Clone"), the CD had your Daddy B. Nice digging through old Chuck Roberson discs and researching the principals.

Listen to Chuck Roberson singing "Chuck Strut" on YouTube.

Listen to a sample of Jeter Jones singing "Thicker Than Gravy."

Through executive producer Pete Peterson of Desert Sounds Records, who's currently embroiled in a falling-out with Peggy Scott-Adams over her BACK TO THE ROOTS CD, your Daddy B. Nice discovered that it was in fact Eric "Smidi" Smith, the talented producer behind those records--Peggy's as well as Chuck's--who has since left Desert Sounds to produce the Jeter Jones CD as well.

This isn't the first time a southern soul producer has "beamed over" material from one artist's CD to another, entirely different artist's CD. However it does call into question the definition of infringement. Is "Smidi"--even though it's essentially his work--nevertheless infringing on Chuck Roberson by taking the exact rhythm track, melodic riff, tempo and tone right down to the very key from Chuck Roberson's "Chuck Strut" and transferring it to Jeter Jones' "Thicker Than Gravy"?

Who knows? Only the lawyers.

(Jeter Jones, by the way, said "Thicker Than Gravy" was his favorite song on the album, which brought a smile.)

From a larger perspective, the incident demonstrates the power of the producer, the invisible man behind the records you love. The creamy peanut-butter grooves and horn charts of Jones' "Da Boot Scoot" and "Thicker Than Gravy" come from Chuck's (or should we say "Smidi's") "Chuck Strut" and Bobby Jones' "Ain't Got No Proof." Similarly, Jeter Jones' "Crazy Love" is a perfect redo of Chuck Roberson's (or should we say "Smidi's") "It's Not Over."

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Da Boot Scoot" on YouTube.

Jeter Jones--from Mansfield, Louisiana--actually has a substantial list of independent CD's to his credit (see Jeter Jones at CD Baby), all in the many-nuanced R&B genre. He has much in common with (or has learned much from) fellow Louisianans Cupid (who did a remix of "Da Boot Scoot" with Jones) and Tucka, with both of whom he shares exceptionally sonorous vocal chops and an intuitive grasp of what's charismatic.

Anyway, once you get past the first time you hear the record and scream, "Yeowww! That's Chuck Strut!", the Jeter Jones songs work their way into your system on their own terms and are very close to being addictive. Among the best: "Body's Beat Up," "Da Boot Scoot," "Cowboy Up," "Thicker Than Gravy" and "Somebody Wanna Party."

This may be one of those albums and singers (think of Lebrado) whose work only gets better in retrospect, after day-to-day distractions have dissolved. This "chicken shack" music is hard to sit down on. And Sweet Jones Live@ Leroy's Chicken Shack, with Eric "Smidi" Smith showing the way, gives Jeter Jones instant entry into the Southern Soul world.

--Daddy B. Nice

Sample/Buy "Da Boot Scoot Remix" (featuring Cupid) mp3.

Sample/Buy Jeter Jones' SWEET JONES LIVE @ LEROY'S CHICKEN SHACK CD.

ERIC "SMIDI" SMITH RESPONDS TO DADDY B NICE'S JETER JONES CD REVIEW: SEE DADDY B. NICE'S MAILBAG

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March 29, 2017:

New CD Review!

Re-Posted from Daddy B. Nice's New CD Reviews:

March 19, 2017:

JETER JONES & THE PERFECT BLEND: Trailride Certified (Jones Boyz Ent.) Five Stars ***** Can't Miss. Pure Southern Soul Heaven.

All you can ask of a practitioner of any art form is that he or she keeps getting better: honing craft, living in a way that facilitates inspiration, surrounding oneself with the best professional fellowship, forging ahead through adversity and disappointments. Jeter Jones' debut album, Sweet Jones Live @ Leroy's Chicken Shack, with its impressive debut single "Da Boot Scoot," was nevertheless flawed by its author's unfamiliarity with the southern soul canon, specifically the confusion resulting from some of its instrumental tracks by collaborator Eric "Smidi" Smith being previously used on songs by Chuck Roberson and Bobby Jones.

Jeter's second album, Da GQ Country Boy, with its equally deserving single, "Cold Pepsi And A Hot Man," steered clear of such outside influences, posing a handful of new singles tied together with voice-over interludes by a gritty-voiced "master of ceremonies" named Da Big Dawg, who goaded Jones into doing short, impromptu, acapella stints.

Such distractions often sabotage a long-playing record, and while the interplay avoided excess and seemed to energize and loosen up Jeter Jones, it did add a note of hubris that detracted at times from the music. There’s none of that emcee posturing on Jones' new CD, TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED. Songs--most in the three-minute range--roll out of the speakers in an unfurling carpet of sound, and just when you think the end is near, the carpet of tunes continues to unroll: fourteen original tracks in all, double the music of the average album.

You don’t go through TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED thinking every song is a hit single, although a surprising number of the tracks qualify. But you do go from song to song thinking, “This is from the heart," or, "This is yet another piece of Jeter’s heart.”

TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED displays a compulsion to sing, a compulsion to tell stories. Jones is all "in," without pretense or artifice, without self-doubt or self-congratulation.

Combining refreshing songwriting with top-notch, live-instrument execution (contributors include Pokey Bear, Beat Flippa, Crystal Thomas, David Jones, Damon J. Scruggs, Antonio Smith, Lil' Jabb, Tomi Gran, Tommy Granville, Jr. and Gifted Sounds), the set grabs your interest and covers a plethora of musical territory without cliché or repetition.

Nor is this music with a lot of specific, obvious musical antecedents. Southern soul and zydeco blend with dashes of hiphop, rock, country, funk, and New Orleans swing in a sound as sophisticated and unique as far-more-acclaimed, fellow Gulf-Coast performers like Pokey Bear and Tucka.

Take “Single Footin’,” featuring DJ Big Tony, an instant dance jam classic. You want to hug the percussionist, then do the same to the button accordionist. The piano line at the heart of the song--two long single notes with no frills on what sounds like an old-fashioned, stand-up piano--is so daring, so right. Never been done in southern soul.

Can’t make out the lyrics. I’m hearing, “Single-footing stallion / A single-footin’ mare.” But don't quote me. “Single Footin’”clocks in at six minutes. In this set of otherwise thankfully-short songs, it's an astonishing length of time for a chant on the order of Lil’ Jimmie’s “She Was Twerkin’,” yet every minute is a delight.

But every song on this album has exceptional merits--that's what's so surprising. The ballad "My Country Girl" is a veritable anthem, perfectly sung and produced, letting the message shine through:

"I got a country girl.
I don't need no sidepiece."

And it's the best "Sidepiece" response song from the "fidelity side" yet. Every detail Jones sings about comes off as stone-cold, truthful observation. Meanwhile, the song's melody pulls at you like a full moon on the beach.

Unlike "Single Footin'" and "My Country Girl," “She's Ratchet,” the opening track, is taciturn in mood, with a minor chord-like feel, and one of at least two Beat Flippa contributions to the set (the other being the Jeter/Crystal Thomas collaboration “Them Country Girls”). Sounding more Argentinean than Cajun, Flippa’s moody organ dominates, and since the tango isn’t a staple of the South, my guess is the ambience defaults to hiphop. This is also the track featuring Big Pokey Bear.

Even a “minefield” of a theme for southern soul singers like “haters” is given a tender, almost affectionate spin. "Haters Gone Hate" has some of the best detail on the album to go with its lilting, pleasant melody, although I admit to thinking, every time Jones sings, "I just want to go / Where the rain don't fall," that he's going to say, "I just want to go / Where the sun don't shine."

"Haters Gone Hate" actually segues into another song about rain, namely "Something About The Rain," featuring David Jones. If you moved and presently live in a dry climate, this song will remind you of what it's like to be intimate on rainy days.

The successful sound that runs through all the songs on the set (one review can't do them all justice) does make occasional genre digressions: the pure zydeco of the title tune, "Trailride Certified," with Crystal rapping, the funk of "Cat Killa" and the hypnotic "Watch My Boots," and--most markedly--the classic R&B and hiphop of "Ghetto Woman," another strong candidate for hit single.

Even songs that seem light or transitional on the first or second listens reveal uncommon depth the more you hear them, for example the winsome "Thank You," with another spate of authentic, personally-detailed lyrics to its credit. Then there's the New Orleans street jazz of "Come Out Of Them Bushes," whose lyrics bring Jeter around to the same home-sweet-home he described in "My Country Girl," this time with a different agenda, rousting a neighborhood "Jody".

I said it at the outset and I'll say it again. This album is original. From the heart. And fun to listen to. This is Jeter Jones’ RUBBER SOUL (Beatles), his OFF THE WALL (Michael Jackson), or closer to home, his MISSISSIPPI MOTOWN (LaMorris Williams). TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED is one of those rare albums that's all of a piece: a perfect portrait of a rising star at the moment when it all comes together. My estimation of Jeter Jones’ talent-—his “gift”-—just shot through the ceiling.

My only picky issue with this CD is I can't credit the wonderful musicians that actually make up the Perfect Blend, who to Jones' credit he bills equally in the album title. But I'll get that worked out with Jeter and add a postscript.

--Daddy B. Nice

Sample/Buy Jeter Jones' TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED CD at CD Baby.

Postscript:

P.S. "My band members (are) Julius Walton, Brandon Campbell, Ricco Atkins, & Davante Youngblood. (Thanks) for all their hard work playing real music for the project." --Jeter Jones

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February 1, 2017:

NEW ALBUM ALERT!

Sample/Buy Jeter Jones' TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED album at CD Baby.

Track List:

1. She's Ratchet

2. Dat Country Boy Lovin'

3. Haters Gone Hate

4. Something About the Rain

5. Trailride Certified

6. Watch My Boots

7. Them Country Girls

8. Single Footin'

9. Ghetto Woman

10. Thank U

11. My Country Girl

12. Cat Killa

13. Come out the Bushes

14. Take One for the Team

Daddy B. Nice notes: "Them Country Girls," a duet with Crystal Thomas, charted on Daddy B. Nice's "Breaking" Southern Soul Singles in 2016, and was included in the BEAT FLIPPA VOL. 2 album.

Daddy B. Nice's Top 10 "BREAKING" Southern Soul Singles Preview For. . .

-------OCTOBER 2016---------

6. "Them Country Girls"------Jeter Jones w/ Crystal Thomas

Jeter Jones is another vocalist with a unique and pleasing timbre, and Crystal Thomas delivers one of her most original vocals yet. Beat Flippa on the production.

Listen to Jeter Jones & Crystal Thomas singing "Them Country Girls" on YouTube.


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6.

Ranking The Singles:

Daddy B. Nice ranks the singles for the first time. See right-hand column of this page. Click links to buy records.

Why such a high ranking for a chart debut, readers may ask? It's long overdue--is my answer. It's funny. I criticized Jeter Jones (all of that history is contained further down the page) for his use of "fronting" deejays on tracks (being shallow and so forth) one year, and Jeter comes back the next year with the deejays (well, different deejays) once again, and this time it's spectacular. That's the story of "Single Footin'".

Listen to Jeter Jones & DJ Big Tony singing "Single Footin'" on YouTube.

I listened to it all year without knowing what it was really all about--just a vague notion of coupling horses, a "stallion" and a "mare," which if you're not a country boy is a spectacle in itself--but I finally looked up single footin' and it is a type of horse--a single footin' horse common in the southern states. (And Jeter's from Louisiana.) All I know is that "Single Footin'" never failed to deliver its six-minute gust of energy nor failed to sound fresh.

"Single Footin'" breaks all the rules, and I would never hold it up as something for aspiring artists to imitate. I would tell them to emulate Jeter's "My Country Girl". "Single Footin'" certainly breaks all my usual rules, like no melody, no verses, no hook--and it's repetitious. And yet, it DOES have a hook. It's just so damned fast and percussive. It's the Sex Pistols of Southern Soul.

You may have to love to dance (which I do) to truly love "Single Footin'". It makes me want to bounce up and down. It's a "pants-on-fire" song. It would be great to see a line dance, because it would be the most exciting line dance of all time.

DJ Big Tony is one-of-a-kind. The shouting-out of the "clubs" takes the song to another level--as does the other-worldly button accordion work of Lil' Jabb. The rhythm track is superb, as "wall-of-sound"-burly as the little naked piano run is finesse.

That's the microcosm. The macrocosm is that Jeter Jones has become one of the integral players and driving forces of the music in the southern rim of southern soul-dom. He's so influential he's inspiring newly-arrived musicians such as Deacon Dukes to record "homages" to his songs, knock-offs Jeter himself is participating in.

Listen to Deacon Dukes, Jeter Jones, Pokey Bear & more singing "Watch My Boots Pt 2" on YouTube.

For more insights into the influence of Jeter Jones, read about his contributions to Pokey's BEAR SEASON CD and Beat Flippa's TRAILRIDE MUSIC VOL. 1, reviewed by Daddy B. Nice in December 2017. Here's an excerpt:



If TRAILRIDE MUSIC plays as a fitting memorial to Big Cynthia, it serves equally as a showcase for Jeter Jones, the uber-talented Louisiana artist who came out of nowhere to graft zydeco to southern soul in ways never before imagined. Jones' music is very much the heart and soul of the sampler--its thematic center--as represented by one of the most popular tunes from his Trailride Certified album, "She's Ratchet," as well as being the inspiration for one of the sampler's catchiest dance jams, "Watch My Boots, Pt. 2," a cloning of Jones' "Watch My Boots".

The new "Watch My Boots, Pt. 2," is the brainchild of yet another Ross Music Group discovery, Deacon Dukes. (Dukes also contributes the compelling "Prove My Love".) "Watch My Boots Pt. 2" features a lazy susan of singers: Jeter Jones, Pokey Bear, Miss Portia, Big Lee and Dukes. And it might be said that what Ross Music Group does better than any current label, including Memphis' redoubtable Ecko Records, is to absorb and roll out exciting new artists with astounding regularity.

But the biggest Jeter Jones gift to TRAILRIDE MUSIC is the anthology's keynote track. The "Z-B-T" in "ZBT Anthem" stands for "zydeco, blues and trail ride," and the "blues" stands for "southern soul". Most all the new RMG stars, with the exception of Cold Drank and a few others, participate in singing the verses: Pokey, Tyree, Jeter, Portia, Crystal, even rappers Blu3 Black & Gangsta.

Read more about Jeter Jones in Daddy B. Nice's BEAR SEASON and TRAILRIDE CERTIFIED CD reviews, contained in the
Pokey Bear Artist Guide. Or...go to New CD Reviews.


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January 28, 2018:

Daddy B. Nice Announces THE WINNERS of the 2017 (11th Annual) SOUTHERN SOUL MUSIC AWARDS.

Best Club (Fast) Song

Top Contenders:

“Single Footin’” ---- Jeter Jones & DJ Big Tony
“What’s That Dance” ----- Rhomey
“Mojo Woman” ---- Joe “Blues” Butler
“Whine It Up” ---- Stan Butler
"Trailride Certified" ---- Jeter Jones and Crystal Thomas
“Bobalagaboom” ---- Wendell B., Royal
“Dirty” ----- Adrian Bagher
“Work The Floor” ---- R.J. Scott
“Watch My Boots Pt. 2” ----- Deacon Dukes, Jeter Jones, Big Lee, Pokey Bear
“Cut A Rug” ----- Nikita
"ZBT (Zydeco, Blues & Trailride) Anthem" ----- Pokey Bear, Jeter Jones, Crystal Thomas, Miss Portia, Blu 3 Black, Gangsta

Best Club (Fast) Song: "Single Footin’" by Jeter Jones & DJ Big Tony

Listen to Jeter Jones & DJ Big Tony singing "”Single Footin’" on YouTube.

See Jeter Jones’ other nominations in Best of 2017.

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January 28, 2018:

Daddy B. Nice Announces THE WINNERS of the 2017 (11th Annual) SOUTHERN SOUL MUSIC AWARDS.

Best Club (Fast) Song

Top Contenders:

“Single Footin’” ---- Jeter Jones & DJ Big Tony
“What’s That Dance” ----- Rhomey
“Mojo Woman” ---- Joe “Blues” Butler
“Whine It Up” ---- Stan Butler
"Trailride Certified" ---- Jeter Jones and Crystal Thomas
“Bobalagaboom” ---- Wendell B., Royal
“Dirty” ----- Adrian Bagher
“Work The Floor” ---- R.J. Scott
“Watch My Boots Pt. 2” ----- Deacon Dukes, Jeter Jones, Big Lee, Pokey Bear
“Cut A Rug” ----- Nikita
"ZBT (Zydeco, Blues & Trailride) Anthem" ----- Pokey Bear, Jeter Jones, Crystal Thomas, Miss Portia, Blu 3 Black, Gangsta

Best Club (Fast) Song: "Single Footin’" by Jeter Jones & DJ Big Tony

Listen to Jeter Jones & DJ Big Tony singing "”Single Footin’" on YouTube.

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9. Thank You Letter From Jeter Jones


Daddy B.

First let me say thanks, I have grown and respect your opinion. Thanks for giving us a platform. We don’t get that in this line of music. We working and have had a great year over here. The sound behind my 4 star, and P2k’s 5 star, Lady Q’s, lumberjack and her CD, and Magic one’s High heals and jeans and more is our best kept secret here in the 318...

It's Ronald “Slack” Jefferson,

...he is the heart beat behind our distinctive Southern Soul Sound. It is an honor to have him and be blessed by his talents. The whole team here is so excited. For its about growth, I would not be the artist that I am if I have not read your articles and and evolved from your advice. My greatest moment was being Number 1 on ya Top 25 for 2017. Highlight of a great career. Salute to all the artists out here on the road doing their best for the good peoples. I “The King of Trailride Blues” can’t wait to see u good peoples.

Him

See Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Jeter Jones.

Listen to Jeter Jones singing "Black Horse" on YouTube.

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10. Daddy B. Nice Reviews "Jones Boys: Two Kings

August 10, 2020:

The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings. Four Stars **** Distinguished effort. Should please old fans and gain new.

To state the obvious for the majority of fans reading this review: The Jones Boys are not related. Sir Charles Jones ("The King of Southern Soul") is from Montgomery, Alabama. Rejected by Malaco Records, the renowned, old-school label of southern soul's past greats like Johnny Taylor, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Little Milton, Charles (aided by Jackson, Mississippi's Senator Jones, no relation) more or less kicked off the contemporary southern soul era with the publication of his first two albums.

Jeter Jones ("The Kang of Trailride Blues") is from the Shreveport, Louisiana area. Appearing on the scene a dozen years after Sir Charles with a couple of unschooled albums utilizing over-used rhythm tracks, Jeter has morphed into one of the most creative, innovative and prolific artists of the last decade, and arguably the most dominant southern-soul writer/performer/artist-enabler of the last three years.

The jacket of the new CD features both Jones boys, Charles and Jeter, with World Wrestling Entertainment-style "belts" slung over their shoulders signifying their "royalty" and achievements.

I was mistrustful of this album at first. I knew a number of the tracks were not only "reruns" of past singles but duplicates (or near-duplicates) of songs simultaneously released by Jeter Jones on his new solo album Mufassa. (See Daddy B. Nice's five-star review elsewhere on this page.) So my initial reaction was: What's the point? But as I actually started listening to 2 Kings, my skepticism turned to appreciation and, gradually, pleasure and delight.

The set kicks off with a cover of the eighties' classic, Cameo's "Candy". In my review of "Mufassa" I compare it unfavorably to "Mind Playing Tricks On Me," the Jeter Jones' cover of the old hiphop standard included in "Mufassa". In the latter Jeter re-imagines the Geto Boys' rap as an almost bluegrassy (although not "acoustic," as I mistakenly described in my review) southern soul vehicle, while in "Candy" The Jones Boyz simply present a glorified, cover-band treatment of the original, epitomized at the moment Jeter sings (Cameo-style), "You give me a heart attack," at which point your head snaps back like you're traveling through a time machine.

Listen to Jeter and Sir Charles singing "Candy" on YouTube.

A funny thing happened, though, as I listened to the album as a whole. The tunes held up so well that I actually enjoyed "Candy" a little more each time I heard it. Jeter's winsome, unforgettable tenor. The novelty of hearing Sir Charles singing background. Even the snappy, throw-back rap by Storm.

"Candy" segues into a batch of songs far more varied and realized (including anger and hurt, but more about that later) than anything on Charles' own simultaneously-released album, Intimacy.

See Daddy B. Nice's "New Album Alert: Intimacy."

True, some of the tracks are versions of tunes also heard on "Mufassa". Trail Ride Version 2.0 duplicates "Old Back Road" from "Mufassa". Prior to that, the Jones Boyz (although not yet known by that name) put out a single and "official video". The title was "Trail Ride," incidentally the very collaboration that first signaled Charles' and Jeter's mutual simpatico.

The Slack-produced "Soul Brothers Moonshine" was first published in P2K's 2018 debut album, "Welcome To The Boom Boom Room," featuring Sir Charles Jones. Sir Charles even sang the first verse (typically the host artist does). "Soul Brothers Moonshine" was also released on "Mufassa," with Jeter taking P2K's place.

"Moonshine," as it's called in this iteration, has become so ubiquitous on YouTube and internet radio that it almost rivals "Friday" as Sir Charles' current signature tune. Now, with this third official publication, "Soul Brothers Moonshine" becomes a top-shelf, southern soul standard and one to be permanently associated with Sir Charles Jones. (R&B Pooh, another Jeter Jones discovery, contributes a verse.)

However, it's the new tunes---at first so easy to overlook---that really "seal the deal". Dedicated to zydeco star Brian Jack, the effervescent "Zydeco With Me" percolates on the froth of its cajun button-accordion accompaniment, with Charles engaging the uptempo vocal with enthusiasm.

"Like Voodoo," with a soothing refrain---"This southern soul / Will take control of you"--- marks a dazzling collaborative effort. Both Jones boys (aided by guest artist King South) give superb vocals, spiced with lyrics marking each singer's coming-of-age moments, and once again, Sir Charles is turned-on.

Not that Jeter Jones is in any way unequal to the task. The set's finale, "Can't Do It No More" is a solemn ballad sung from Jeter's heart, and the evocative ballad "Can I Get Some" is a stellar solo outing, meshing perfectly with the quality of the set as a whole. Jeter more than holds his own as a vocalist of the first order and an "equal" of Sir Charles. And, to look at the reverse side, Sir Charles seems to be in his true element around Jeter. He's seldom appeared as relaxed and in tune with his unique mojo.

There are only ten tunes on The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings---nine if you don't count the thirty-second intro---and little filler. To be picky, there's not much of interest in recycling Parliament-Funkadelic in "Party, which simply reminds me of coke-crystal-meth zombies clubbing to George Clinton at hours when working people are just getting up to go to work. (Mr. Smoke, Daddy B. Nice's "Best Debut Artist" of 2019, guests a verse on this one.)

But I have saved the best, including the aforementioned anger and hurt, for the last. It is sheer ecstasy to report I was knocked over like a Mack truck by the spectacular ballad, "I Don't Understand".

Listen to Sir Charles Jones singing "I Don't Understand" on YouTube.

Here Sir Charles gives us his all. Emotions---very real, very frightening emotions---pulse like strobes in Charles' vocal, and Charles' amazing vocal enhancements take the aural beauty to a celestial level. The production is off the charts in the way only a super-producer like Sir Charles can manage. All of the trademark techniques are there---only totally, brilliantly fresh.

This, for me, is the true Sir Charles Jones. The emotional tone is perfect. Why? Because love---I'm talking about real love--shines through the hurt propelling the tune's vehement power. And all the while the instrumental wealth just keeps raining down like coin poured from giant kettles. This is a song comparable to "Is Anybody Lonely?" and "The Letter". It's the kind of song we've waited years to hear from the King.

The Jones Boyz should make this a series.

--Daddy B. Nice

Listen to all the tracks from The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings album on YouTube.

Buy The Jones Boyz: 2 Kings album at Apple.

Buy the Jones Boyz: 2 Kings album at Amazon.

Read Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Sir Charles Jones.

Read Daddy B. Nice's Artist Guide to Jeter Jones.

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Honorary "B" Side

"Single Footin'"


1-5 Star Recommended Tracks
#63 - Single Footin' by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 
Single Footin'
CD: Trailride Certified
Label: Jones Ent.
Sample or Buy
Trailride Certified
 
#63 - Cold Pepsi And A Hot Man by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 
Cold Pepsi And A Hot Man
CD: Da GQ Country Boy
Label: Jones Boyz Ent.
Sample or Buy
Da GQ Country Boy
 
#63 - My Country Girl by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 
My Country Girl
CD: Trailride Certified
Label: Jones Ent.
Sample or Buy
Trailride Certified
 
#63 - Trailride Certified by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 
Trailride Certified
CD: Trailride Certified
Label: Jones Ent.
Sample or Buy
Trailride Certified
 
#63 - Zydeco With Me feat. Lil' Jabb by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 5 Stars 
Zydeco With Me feat. Lil' Jabb
CD: Da GQ Country Boy
Label: Jones Boyz Ent.
Sample or Buy
Da GQ Country Boy
 
#63 - Body's Beat Up by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 
Body's Beat Up
CD: Sweet Jones Live@ Leroy's Chicken Shack
Label: Billionaire
 
#63 - Cold Bed Blues feat. J'Wonn by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 
Cold Bed Blues feat. J'Wonn
CD: Da GQ Country Boy
Label: Jones Boyz Ent.
Sample or Buy
Da GQ Country Boy
 
#63 - Da Boot Scoot by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 
Da Boot Scoot
CD: Sweet Jones Live@ Leroy's Chicken Shack
Label: Billionaire
 
#63 - Haters Gone Hate by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 
Haters Gone Hate
CD: Trailride Certified
Label: Jones Ent.
Sample or Buy
Trailride Certified
 
#63 - Lovin' Me On Borrowed Time by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 
Lovin' Me On Borrowed Time
CD: Da GQ Country Boy
Label: Jones Boyz Ent.
Sample or Buy
Da GQ Country Boy
 
#63 - She's Ratchet by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 
She's Ratchet
CD: Trailride Certified
Label: Jones Ent.
Sample or Buy
Trailride Certified
 
#63 - Watch My Boots by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 4 Stars 
Watch My Boots
CD: Trailride Certified
Label: Jones Ent.
 
#63 - Cowboy Up by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
3 Stars 3 Stars 3 Stars 
Cowboy Up
CD: Sweet Jones Live@ Leroy's Chicken Shack
Label: Billionaire
 
#63 - Lookin' For Lovin' feat. Crystal by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
3 Stars 3 Stars 3 Stars 
Lookin' For Lovin' feat. Crystal
CD: Da GQ Country Boy
Label: Jones Boyz Ent.
Sample or Buy
Da GQ Country Boy
 
#63 - Roommate by Jeter Jones  (Now #9 on the New Generaton Chart!)
3 Stars 3 Stars 3 Stars 
Roommate
CD: Da GQ Country Boy
Label: Jones Boyz Ent.
Sample or Buy
Da GQ Country Boy
 


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