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HOUSTON & JONES.... a high-octane Americana duo, are based out of the San Francisco Bay Area. Playing lead acoustic and electric guitars and singing background vocals is Glenn Houston. Lead vocalist and playing rhythm guitar is Travis Jones. In the year 2000, Glenn Houston and Travis Jones began performing as a duet, honing their chops and developing their repertoire as part of their plan to put together a new band. With the addition of bass and drums in 2001, that band was launched as Houston Jones.
In the past decade plus, the band has released six CDs and has garnered international attention with airplay on over 70 radio stations. Rave reviews include that of the San Francisco Chronicle'sDavid Wiegand, who termed the band "a confluence of sublime talent".
Glenn Houston...has received the “Best Guitarist” award from the Northern California Bluegrass Society, and is a past judge of the National Flatpick Guitar Championship Competition in Winfield, Kansas. Glenn has also won a Bay Area Music (Bammie) Award as a founding member of Hearts on Fire. Over the years, Glenn has shared billing with such luminaries as Emmylou Harris, Merle Haggard, the Tubes, the David Grisman Quintet, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Bela Fleck, Tim O’Brien, Hank Williams Jr., Steve Earle, John Hartford, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings.
He co-founded and played lead guitar for the critically acclaimed acoustic group the Waybacks; and he has performed with blues legends Mark Naftalin and Nick Gravenites in tribute to blues great Michael Bloomfield.
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Travis Jones: began singing gospel music at age four with his mother Lottie Mae Adams, a blues singer who recorded several discs on Paula Records. Travis became known not only for his vocal abilities but also for his telling of old testament bible stories at revivals and tent meetings all across the south. He started his first group at sixteen – a Paul Revere and the Raiders tribute band. Travis performed with the soul and funk band Smoke, which eventually became the back up band for the famous R&B group The Manhattans (“Let’s Just Kiss and Say Goodbye”).
Travis has shared the stage with Asleep at the Wheel, Waylon Jennings, Night Ranger, the Doobie Brothers, John Hartford and Levon Helm. He has recorded with various artists, as well as releasing two self titled albums – “Lost Highway, The Legendary Music of Hank Williams” and “Dance All Night” – along with six CD releases with Houston Jones.
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"Still Waters" (Travis Jones) performed by Houston & Jones
