Calvin "Fuzz" Jones
| Calvin "Fuzz" Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born |
June 9, 1926 Greenwood, Mississippi, United States |
| Died | August 9, 2010 (aged 84) Southaven, Mississippi, United States |
| Genres | Electric blues |
| Occupation(s) | Bassist, singer |
| Instruments | Bass guitar |
| Years active | 1960s–2000s |
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones (June 9, 1926 – August 9, 2010) was an American electric blues bassist and singer. He worked with many blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, the Legendary Blues Band, Mississippi Heat, James Cotton, Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson, Little Walter, Elmore James, and Cassandra Wilson.
He contributed to the collaborative 1996 album Eye to Eye, which also featured Pinetop Perkins, Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, Ronnie Earl and Bruce Katz.
Jones was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and raised on a farm near Inverness, Mississippi. In his childhood he learned to play the violin and the acoustic bass, later switching to the electric bass guitar, which became his instrument of choice.
He joined the backing band of Muddy Waters in 1970 and played with the group until 1980. He played on the albums They Call Me Muddy Waters (1971),Muddy "Mississippi" Waters – Live (1979), and King Bee (1981). He became known for his "strong electric bass playing, rocking stage presence, deep blues singing, and the friendly laugh and smile he had for all".
In the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, Jones appeared as the bassist in the blues band on Maxwell Street, Chicago, outside the Soul Food Cafe. The same year, Jones and others from Muddy Waters's backing group formed the Legendary Blues Band, which recorded seven albums with Jones playing bass and occasionally providing vocals, until the group split up, in 1993.
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