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Friday, October 16, 2009 - 12:00 PM
 Paul Jones' new CD, Starting All Over Again, is his first solo album in decades. Backing Jones on the project are Eric Clapton who plays guitar on two tracks (“Choose or Cop Out” and “Starting All Over Again”) and Jake Andrews (Guitar Shorty, “Blue Xmas”) guitar; Tony Marsico (Plugz, Cruzados, Neil Young, Peter Case), bass; Alvino Bennett (LTD, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Ferry, Dave Mason), drums; Mike Thompson (Eagles, Don Henley), piano and Hammond B3 organ; Ernie Watts (Rolling Stones, Thelonious Monk, Steely Dan), saxophone; Darrell Leonard (Duane Allman, Freddie King, Smokey Robinson), trumpet; Tom Junior Morgan (Percy Sledge, Mick Taylor, Phil Seymour), saxophone; Mikael Rickfors (The Hollies), backing vocals, acoustic guitar.
The producer is Carla Olson, who has produced albums or tracks by Joe Louis Walker, Phil Upchurch, Otis Rush, The Ventures, Taj Mahal, Mare Winningham and a host of others, and who has recorded with Ry Cooder, Don Henley, Eric Johnson, John Fogerty, Mick Taylor and Gene Clark.
On the circuitous road from Manfred Mann in the ‘60s to the present, the multitalented Jones recorded three solo albums in the ‘60s and turned to acting — first in films and television, then on stage. His films include the underground classics Privilege and The Committee. Among his television credits are Z Cars, Space 1999 and The Sweeney. He also appeared in productions for London’s Royal National Theater and the Royal Shakespeare Company, and has worked with directors Sir Richard Eyre, Peter Gill and Toby Robertson. His gold albums include one for the original recording of Evita. He still records and performs in The Manfreds, a band that includes Jones and other Manfred Mann alumni and he hosts a blues radio show on BBC’s World Service.
The new album features “Lover To Cry,” penned by Jake Andrews, guitarist on most of the album; “If You Love Me (Like You Say)” by bluesman Little Johnnie Taylor; “Choose or Cop Out,” a Jones original featuring Clapton; the title track ”Starting All Over Again” by Stax soul star Johnnie Taylor, also featuring Clapton; “I’m Gone,” by the Swedish band The Creeps; “Philosopher’s Stone,” a Van Morrison song; “Need to Know,” written by British and Nigerian artist Ola Onabule; “Gratefully Blue,” an Eric Bibb composition; “When He Comes,” written by Jones with ex-Hollies member Mikael Rickfors; and an instrumental, “Alvino’s Entourage.” Also included is a bonus track, “Big Blue Diamonds,” a duet between Jones and Percy Sledge which originally appeared on Sledge’s 2004 Shining Through the Rain album.
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Tracklisting:
1. Lover To Cry (3:56)
2. If You Love Me (Like You Say) (3:34)
3. Choose Or Cop Out (4:03) feat. Eric Clapton
4. Sundown (4:22)
5. Starting All Over Again (4:39) feat. Eric Clapton
6. I'm Gone (3:44)
7. Philosopher's Stone (5:05)
8. Gratefully Blue (3:26)
9. Need To Know (5:11)
10. Still True (5:59)
11. When He Comes (4:37)
12. Alvino's Entourage (6:15)
13. Big Blue Diamonds (3:53) feat. Percy Sledge
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