Brian Ashley Jones is a versatile singer, guitarist and songwriter who draws from a variety of traditional music to create his own brand of Americana. Described as "free range folk grass dipped in Southern blues", Jones' music is heavily influenced by the bluegrass, blues, country, rock and jazz that he heard as a child in the upstate area of South Carolina and in the early days of his music career in central Georgia. Now based in Nashville, Tennessee, Jones maintains an active performance schedule, averaging 200 live shows a year in the U.S.A. and Europe. Jones focuses on his own creative projects these days after years of working as a sideman playing guitar, bass and mandolin for other artists including Eric Heatherly, Sara Hickman, Caroline Aiken, Jon Vezner, Donna Hopkins, Celeste, Krenz, Corinne West, Ralph Roddenbery, David Gans, Michael Tolcher, Bomshel, and Deep Blue Sun. Jones’ new acoustic trio featuring dobro/pedal steel artist Mark Van Allen and bassist Tisha Simeral has recorded eleven original songs for a Fall 2007 release. The title track, "Pull 'em Up", has been selected for use in the widely acclaimed PBS series Road Trip Nation. 2007 also finds Jones about to release his third CD of original material featuring Hammond B3 artist Ike Stubblefield, drummer Steve Ebe and harmonica player Ian Walker.