MY NAME IS SMOOTHIE JONES; I WORK IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA. I AM A REGGAE BAND LEADER.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE BUSINESS FOR OVER THE PAST 18 YEARS, IN FACT, I AM ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE FIRST BOB MARLEY DAY FESTIVAL IN SO. CALIFORNIA, WHICH STARTED ONE YEAR AFTER BOB’S DEATH, AND STILL CONTINUES TO THIS DAY.
I WAS THE OFFICIAL MC FOR THE LONG BEACH BOB MARLEY DAY FESTIVAL PRODUCED BY GOLDEN VOICE ENT. IN THE EARLY 1990’S SMOOTHIE WORKED AT THE LANDMARK LOCATION IN LAGUNA BEACH CALIFORNIA THE ‘WHITEHOUSE’ RESTAURANT. HE WAS THE MONDAY NITE MANAGER OF THE REGGAE NITE HE PRODUCED SHOWS WITH ARTIST LIKE DADDY UROY, SHINEHEAD, FREDDIE MCGREGOR, TIPPA IRIE, MIKEY DREAD, PRINCE ITAL JOE, EEK A MOUSE, BABYLON WARRIORS AND PATO BANTON.
DURING THE LATE 80’S AND 90’S SMOOTHIE WORKED FOR THE HAPPENING MAGAZINE AS AN EDITOR FOR THE WORLD MUSIC SECTION OF THE MAG, AT THAT TIME SMOOTHIE MADE A LOT OF CONTACTS WITH NUMBEROUS INTERNATIONAL REGGAE ARTIST.
SMOOTHIE WAS THE ON AIR HOST OF THE FRIDAY NITE AM RADIO SHOW ‘THE HALF PAST MIDNITE REGGAE HOUSE PARTY SHOW”.THIS WAS AFTER HIS INTERNSHIP ON THE ‘SOUNDS OF JAMAICA’ SHOW KPFK 90.7FM (THE FIRST REGGAE RADIO SHOW IN LA RAN FOR TWENTY YEARS) EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH MS. WIREWAIST.
IN ADDITION TO BEING A WORKING VOCALIST AND GUITARIST IN REGGAE, I AM ALSO A JAZZ AND R&B MUSICAN. IF YOU GOOGLE MY NAME, I AM THE FIRST HIT ON THE WEB. IN THE WINTER I WORK AT LEAST FOUR NITES A WEEK, IN THE SUMMER I PERFORM SEVEN TO NINE, FOUR HOUR SHOWS A WEEK.
MY SHOW’S TAKE ME FROM SAN DIEGO TO SAN FRANSICO. I’VE HAD SEVERAL “HOUSE OF BLUES” ENGAGEMENTS, I WAS THE FIRST REGGAE ACT IN DISNEY’S CALIFRONIA ADVENTURE PARK FOR A YEAR AND I HAD OVER A YEAR AT CEASAR’S PALACE, IN LAS VEGAS. IN THE MID ‘90’
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I AM A SONGWRITER, AND PRODUCER, SINGER, GUITARIST AND PERFORMER.
I AM A JAZZ VOCALIST FOR THE BAND ‘SHAPE OF SOUND’, AND HAVE JUST RELEASED A CD THAT IS SELF ENTITLED. I ALSO HAVE TWO REGGAE CD’S DUE OUT BEFORE SUMMER 2007. ONE OF MY CD’S WILL BE A SMOOTHIE JONES SOLO PROJECT AND THE OTHER IS WITH THE COMMUNITY BAND OUT OF JAHWORKS RECORDS, CO PRODUCED BY ‘RAS GARY B’ AND MYSELF. |
