Michael Jones

Michael Jones born 28 January 1952 is a Welsh singer guitarist and songwriter who lives in France He has made several hit albums and toured as trio Fredericks Goldman Jones formed by Michael Jones French singersongwriter JeanJacques Goldman and American singer Carole Fredericks and collaborated on a number of songs with Goldman Jones was born in Welshpool of a Welsh father John Merick Jones who landed in Normandy during World War II and a French mother from Normandy Simone Lalleman As a young man he studied drums and guitar In 1966 he started his first group Urban District Council Dib Bob Band At 19 he went to France on vacation and never left He played guitar and sang with a Norman group called Travert Cie from 1971 to 1979 and with the group BUDDY C from 1979 to 1983 Later he joined the group Taï Phong where he met JeanJacques Goldman whom he replaced on tour In 1979 he performed with the group from Toulouse Weekend Millionnaire When Taï Phong disbanded in 1980 Michael formed another group called Gulfstream In 1983 he rejoined JeanJacques Goldman and Carole Fredericks In 1985 he cowrote the hit Je te donne with Goldman In 1986 he wrote the single Guitar Man which he sang on tour with Goldman In 1990 the Fredericks Goldman Jones trio was formed which lasted five years Their eponymous album was Fredericks Goldman Jones Their most famous hit from this period was À nos actes manqués In 1998 he participated in Goldmans album En passant and in the tour that followed In 2001 he participated in Goldmans album Chanson pour les pieds and in the tour that followed In addition to his work with Goldman he continued a solo career releasing A consommer sans modération in 1997 and Prises et reprises in 2004 He formed a group called El Club with Erick Benzi Gildas Arzel and Christian Seguret which released an album in 2007 In November 2008 Jones was invited by the English group Status Quo to join them as support act on their French tour The album Celtic Blues appeared in 2009 and was followed by a tour in France and a live album Celtic Blues Live In 2013 Jones presented his album 40 60 and stated that he is going to end his career as a musician due to health reasons The title of this album is a reference to the 40 years span of his career and his age Two new songs composed by JeanJacques Goldman are on this album and a new recording of the JonesGoldman duet Je te donne in an acoustic version It contains also a duet with Francis Cabrel His daughter Sarah was born in 1995 He has lived for 20 years in the Lyon suburb of SaintLaurentdeMure Jones is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity together since 1989 Source Article Michael Jones WelshFrench musician from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30