Rickie Lee Jones
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Biography
[Edit]Once touted as the natural successor to Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones proved no less idiosyncratic or mercurial; like Mitchell, Jones experienced significant commercial success at the outset of her career, but a restless creative spirit — combined with a stubborn refusal to fit comfortably into any one musical niche — sealed her ultimate destiny as that of a highly regarded cult heroine.
Jones was born on November 8, 1954, in Chicago, but the volatile relationship between her mother and father resulted in an upbringing that led her everywhere from Phoenix, Arizona, to Olympia, Washington, where an expulsion ended her school career. As a teen, Jones left home and began drifting up and down the West Coast before settling in Los Angeles in the mid-'70s. There she worked a series of waitressing jobs while occasionally performing in area clubs, where she sang and honed her unique, Beat-influenced spoken word monologues. She also began a relationship with fellow boho Tom Waits.
Her first measure of success was as a songwriter; after her friend Ivan Ulz sang Jones' composition "Easy Money" over the phone to Lowell George, the ex-Little Feat frontman included it on his album Thanks I'll Eat It Here. Then in 1978 Jones' four-song demo came to the attention of Warner Bros. executive Lenny Waronker, who enlisted Russ Titleman to co-produce her self-titled 1979 debut LP. Spurred by the success of the jazz-flavored hit single "Chuck E's in Love," Rickie Lee Jones became a smash both commercially and critically, earning praise for Jones' elastic vocals, vivid wordplay, and unique fusion of folk, jazz, and R&B.
With 1981's follow-up, Pirates, she gave early notice that her music would not sit still; employing longer and more complex song structures, her lyrics tackled themes of evolution, change, and death. Two years later, she returned with Girl at Her Volcano, an EP collection of live jazz standards and studio outtakes; with 1984's The Magazine, she made another left turn, teaming with composer James Newton Howard for her slickest, most synth-driven outing to date.
After taking a few years off from recording, she resurfaced with 1989's sterling Flying Cowboys, produced by Steely Dan's Walter Becker and recorded with the aid of the wonderful Scottish trio the Blue Nile. Don Was took over the production reins for 1991's Pop Pop, on which Jones covered ballads ranging in origin from Tin Pan Alley to the Haight-Ashbury while backed by jazz players including Charlie Haden and Joe Henderson. After 1993's Traffic from Paradise, she embarked on an acoustic tour; Naked Songs, a document of those unplugged shows, followed in 1995. Ghostyhead was released in 1997 and the standards record It's Like This appeared three years later.
She returned to original material in 2003 with The Evening of My Best Day, an album that expressed her anger with contemporary American politics. During the summer of 2005, Rhino released the three-CD anthology Duchess of Coolsville. Two years later, The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard, a stunning collection of songs based on friend Lee Cantelon's 1997 book The Words, came out. Balm in Gilead followed in 2009. In 2012, Jones returned with the Ben Harper-produced covers album, Devil You Know.
Title: It's Like This
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Live at Red Rocks
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Girl At Her Volcano
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Chuck E's In Love / On Saturday Afternoons In 1963 [Digital 45] - Single
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock
Title: The Evening of My Best Day
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Rock, Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Traffic from Paradise
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: The Sermon On Exposition Boulevard
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: The Duchess of Coolsville
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Naked Songs Live and Acoustic
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: Pop Pop
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Jazz, Crossover Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Salle Peyel Paris Fra - November 27, 2011 (CD2)
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Jazz, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Duchess Of Coolsville: An Anthology (CD2)
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Rhino Hi-Five: Rickie Lee Jones
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Folk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Psychedelic
Title: The Other Side of Desire
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Blues, Rock, Alternative, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Title: Duchess Of Coolsville: An Anthology (CD3)
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Salle Peyel Paris Fra - November 27, 2011 (CD1)
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Jazz, Folk Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Duchess Of Coolsville: An Anthology (CD1)
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Jazz, Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Pirates
Artist: Rickie Lee Jones
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop, Songwriter/Lyricist, Contemporary Folk
Collections
Title: Yacht Rock 100 (CD2)
Title: 100 Greatest Duets Of All Time (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Dance Rock, Pop Rock
Title: 100 Greatest Duets Of All Time (2021) (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rock, Country, Pop, Classical, Easy Listening
Title: 70s Singer-Songwriter Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Soul, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Punk, World Music, Country, Classical, Folk
Title: Essential Love Songs 2021
Title: 70s: X5 Music Group 2021
Genre: Rock, New Wave, Rock & Roll, Punk, World Music, Disco, Synth Pop, Folk
Title: Jazz Rock Essentials (CD1)
Title: ’80s Singer / Songwriter Essentials (CD1)
Genre: Rock, New Wave, World Music, Pop, Synth Pop, Alternative, Indie, Folk
Title: Best Of Rock: 1979 (CD2)
Title: Best Of Rock: 1979 (CD2)
Title: Mastermix Classic Cuts 067 - Country
Genre: Pop
Title: Deep Dive: 70s Pop 2022 (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Featuring albums
Title: Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro
Artist: Billy Childs
Genre: Jazz, Contemporary Jazz, Crossover Jazz
Title: Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro [+digital booklet]
Artist: Billy Childs
Genre: Jazz
Title: In a Sentimental Mood
Artist: Dr. John
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Alternative
Title: The Bells of Dublin
Artist: The Chieftains
Genre: World Music, Traditional Pop Music, Songwriter/Lyricist, Celtic
Title: People I Know (Music from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Terence Blanchard
Genre: Jazz, Vocal Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Outlaws and Angels (Live At Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles 2004)
Artist: Willie Nelson
Genre: Rock, Country, Outlaw Country
Title: Sleepless In Seattle: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Pop
Title: God Don't Never Change: The Songs of Blind Willie Johnson
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Blues
Title: A Flowerdance Collection
Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Post Punk, World Music, Pop, Alternative
Title: Best of the Night Tripper
Artist: Dr. John
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Rock, Rock & Roll, Funk, Psychedelic