10. Young Girls Mind

9. Down By Moonlight Bay

 Written 1929 by Fats Waller, Harry Brooks (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics).

8. Ain't Misbehavin'

7. The Last Laugh's On Me

6. July

5. All I Need Is Real Love

4. Loverman

3. This Love Is Hurting Me

2. Momma Tried

1. Bad Day In The City

By T. Fredric Jones (Written in deference to his upcoming birthday on May 30, 2015)

New Song: "Find A New Man"

T. Fredric Jones
As a Folk/Country singer and songwriter originally inspired by Marty Robbins, Hoyt Axton, Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Dylan, Glen Yarbrough, Dave Van Ronk, Johnny Cash, and others, I have been told that my voice lies somewhere between Johnny Cash and George Jones. My songs are mostly about love, and my style is my own.

Biography

As a native Californian, I have been writing and performing since the late 1960s. My pursuits have not been limited solely to music, however. After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley in 1979 with a major in Intellectual History, I became involved in professional photography, the design and marketing of "Victorian Wallpaper Bordered Mirrors" (including sales to Neiman Marcus and Museum Collections catalogues), and the wholesale national distribution of exotic "Crimson Red" pears and apple pears harvested by Central California growers.

Nevertheless, during this period of varied enterprise, I have also managed to perform at the following California venues: in Newport Beach, the 1970 Sparrow Road Show and Reubens Lounge; in San Francisco, the Wine Cellar, the Owl and Monkey Caf, and the Bazaar Caf; in Berkeley, The 7th Seal, Cal's Bear's Lair, and the International House. On the East Coast, I have performed as T. Fredric Jones at the following venues: in Vermont, the Guilford Fair, the Marlboro Fair, and Brattleboro's Pliny Park Summer Concert Series; in Massachusetts, Burrito Rojo and the Rendezvous in Turners Falls, and Sam's in Northampton. In some of these engagements in both the East and the West, I have played alongside my daughters Francie and Lillian (both songwriters and solo performers in their own right) under the band name The Outlandish Landsharks. In spring 2013, I was also featured in rounds at the Hotel Indigo and the Commodore Grill in Nashville, TN. At this time, I also enjoyed an hour-long, impromptu, solo (gratis) engagement at the renowned Richard's Cafe in White's Creek, just north of Nashville.

On the literary front, I am also an essayist, a fiction writer, and a poet and have had my articles printed (as Thomas F. Jones) in the San Francisco Examiner, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Los Angeles Times. Further, I have written numerous short stories; one-act plays; two screenplays; and a full-length, four-act play titled Rabbits. Two of my poems were featured in the spring 2009 issue of Tangent Literary Arts Magazine, based out of Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 

Currently, my long short story "The Carousel" is being serialized by Hypnos Magazine (http://radiumtownpress.com/)in its Spring and Fall (21015) issues

Finally, I should also mention that I am Editor of an online poetry journal called "The American Aesthetic" (http://www.theamericanaesthetic.org/) Submissions are always welcome!


T Fredric Jones

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