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3 unusual facts about Marti Jones


Marti Jones

Marti Jones is a singer and painter originally from Uniontown, Ohio.

Jones' albums featured both original material (mostly written by Dixon, or Dixon and Jones together), and covers of songs by singer/songwriters such as Janis Ian, Elvis Costello, John Hiatt, Jackie DeShannon, Richard Barone, and Graham Parker.

Two more albums for A&M followed in the 1980s, each of them featuring a wide range of supporting musicians (including Marshall Crenshaw, Mitch Easter, The Uptown Horns, Paul Carrack, T-Bone Burnett, Darlene Love and many others).



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Swan Dive

Bill DeMain is a Grammy-nominated writer (The Book Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection) and freelance journalist, whose songs have been recorded by Marshall Crenshaw, Jill Sobule, Amy Rigby, Marti Jones and others.