He grandfather had died and was buried on Rufus, Jr.’s birthday. Two weeks after Rufus arrived in New York City, he returned to Memphis. knew that his grandfather understood what Rufus, Jr. At that moment, at the end of Summer 1991, Rufus, Jr. relied, “Yes, sir.” “Then play the guitar like B.B. His grandfather, laying in his bed due to complications from cancer, said to Rufus, Jr, “Is that what you really want to do?” Rufus, Jr. had been moonlighting as a guitarist in RCA Records Joyce Cobb’s band over on Beale Street. then said, “I want to go to New York and do music. There must be a better way, a better place, a better situation.” Rufus, Jr., as he was called, told his grandfather who had started the business in 1938 that the family should sell the business because they could not compete against highly financed chain stores. At that moment, he said to himself, “This is not right for me. Next, he lifted his left hand that had been cut in the palm and moved his fingers to see if he could again play the guitar. First, he took a deep breath to see if he was still alive. After regaining consciousness in the back of the ambulance still in the grocery store’s parking lot, he did two things. Seven months earlier, Rufus laid in an ambulance after a knife stab wound landed one inch from his heart as a result of confronting a man with a knife who had threatened a clerk at a cash register inside of his family’s business, Jones Big Star, located at the corner of College and McLemore across the street from the old Stax Recording Studios, also known as Soulsvilles U.S.A. Jones arrived in New York City a day after Thanksgiving on Friday, Novemon an Amtrak train with two guitars, an amp, and $2,000 given to him by his father from his hometown Memphis, Tennessee. Jones, like Prince implored, owns, wrote, produced and recorded all the instruments and vocals and distributed and shared the album globally on all major streaming services via LANDR. After a career on Wall Street and after the death of his father, Rufus, Sr., Jones released his first self-produced 20-track album, Articles Blues (December 2020), a personal and historic narrative that captures the 2020 pandemic year in songs that were inspired by the words of journalists in their newspaper articles and blogs. Rufus Elmer Jones, Jr., best known as Rufus, Jr., is an Americana guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer from Memphis who studied in New England and best known for combining the Blues/Soul/Folk influences of B.B King/Al Green/James Taylor. Billed as Dr.RUFUS JONES IS AN american GUITARIST, SINGER/SONGWRITER, PRODUCER, AND BAND LEADEr. Woody Herman, Woody Herman live at Newport Recorded Sunday 3 July 1966.Lionel Hampton, Lionel Hampton (Amiga, 1976).Lionel Hampton, Lionel Hampton Big Band (Clef, 1955).Al Grey, Shades of Grey (Tangerine, 1965).The New Sounds of Maynard Ferguson (Cameo, 1963)."Straightaway" Jazz Themes (Roulette, 1961).Two's Company with Chris Connor (Roulette, 1961).Double Exposure with Chris Connor (Atlantic, 1961).
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