Marti Jones
| Marti Jones | |
|---|---|
| Genres |
Alternative country Rock music Folk music Jangle pop |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
| Years active | 1980s-present |
| Labels |
A&M Records RCA Records Sugar Hill Records Dixon Archival Remnants |
| Associated acts |
Don Dixon The Smithereens Kelley Ryan |
Marti Jones is an American singer and visual artist known for her albums (solo and with husband Don Dixon) and her paintings. She sings, records, and performs as "Marti Jones" and exhibits visual art as "Marti Jones Dixon."
Marti Jones grew up in Uniontown, Ohio, United States near Akron, Ohio. She perforned with her sisters in a folk music group and graduated from Kent State University in 1979 with a degree in Studio Art. During her school years, she performed as a solo artist, part of a duo, and part of a trio.
Producer and songwriter Liam Sternberg gave Jones her first studio experience singing demos, and suggested she join Akron band Color Me Gone who needed a lead singer. The band recorded one EP for A&M Records in 1983.
Her first solo album, 1985's Unsophisticated Time (A&M Records), was produced by Don Dixon. Marti covered songs by The_dB's, The Bongos, Elvis Costello, and Dixon. The album featured Anne Richmond Boston (vocals) and Mitch Easter (guitar).
Jones and Dixon married in 1988, and Dixon produced and wrote songs for all of her subsequent albums.
She recorded two more albums for A&M Records -- Match Game (1986) and Used Guitars (1988) -- featuring a wide range of supporting musicians (including Marshall Crenshaw, Mitch Easter, The Uptown Horns, Paul Carrack, T-Bone Burnett, Darlene Love and others). These albums featured original material (written by Dixon, or Dixon and Jones together), and covers of songs by Janis Ian, Elvis Costello, John Hiatt, Jackie DeShannon, Richard Barone, and Graham Parker. Jones' sound encompassed jangle pop, ballads, and southern-style soul. Her voice and singing style reminded some observers of Dusty Springfield, who mined a similarly eclectic field of pop music; others compared her voice to that of Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, or Annie Lennox.
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