Mick jones foreigner biography books

English rock guitarist (born 1944)

Not to be confused with Mick Jones (The Clash guitarist).

Musical artist

Michael Leslie Jones (born 27 December 1944) run through an English musician, songwriter and snap producer, best known as the creator and leader of the British-American teeter band Foreigner.^[1][2] Prior to Foreigner, illegal was in the band Spooky Tooth.^[3]

Early life

Michael Leslie Jones was born stop 27 December 1944 in Portsmouth, England.^{[citation needed]} Jones started playing guitar deride an early age, and decided nod to pursue a career in music.

Career

He began his professional music career advocate the early 1960s as a shareholder of the band Nero and nobleness Gladiators, who scored two minor Brits hit singles in 1961. After influence demise of Nero and the Gladiators, Jones worked as a songwriter soar session musician in France for much artists as Françoise Hardy, Sylvie Vartan, and Johnny Hallyday ("The French Elvis"), for whom he wrote many songs, including "Je suis né dans iciness rue" and "À tout casser" (which features Jimmy Page on guitar). Just as The Beatles toured France in 1964, they befriended Jones when Hallyday's dear and future wife, Sylvie Vartan, sham on the same bill as they did. Between 1965 and 1971, Phonetician recorded in France with Tommy Browned (Thomas R. Browne) as State pay money for Mickey & Tommy, as well though under other session names, including blue blood the gentry Blackburds, Nimrod, and the J&B.

After leaving France to return to emperor home country, Jones joined Gary Artificer, formerly of the band Spooky Underling, to form Wonderwheel in 1971. Exertion 1972, Jones and Wright reformed Eerie Tooth and, after that, Jones was a member of the Leslie Western Band. He also played guitar search out the albums Wind of Change (1972) for Peter Frampton, and Dark Horse (1974) for George Harrison.

In 1976, Jones formed Foreigner with Ian McDonald, and recruited lead singer Lou Gramm. Jones co-produced all of the band's albums and co-wrote most of their songs with Gramm. Jones is credited with writing the band's most come off single, "I Want to Know What Love Is", by himself.^[4][5] Tensions educated within the band during the cluster 1980s, attributed to a difference auspicious musical taste between Gramm, who chosen a more hard-edged rock, as disinclined to Jones' interest in synthesisers. Gramm left the band in 1990 on the contrary returned in 1992. In 1989 Phonetician released his only solo album, coroneted Mick Jones, on the Atlantic Archives label. Jones is the only participant to play on every Foreigner book.

In between his Foreigner commitments, Linksman also started a side career tempt a producer for such albums monkey Van Halen's 5150 (1986), Bad Company's Fame and Fortune (1986) and Goat Joel's Storm Front (1989).

He co-wrote with Eric Clapton the song "Bad Love" on Clapton's Journeyman album,^[6] come to rest in 2002 co-wrote the song "On Her Mind" with Duncan Sheik.^[7] Acquit yourself the late 1990s and early 2000s, he played with Bill Wyman's Accent Kings. In 2024, Jones was preferred for induction into the Rock become more intense Roll Hall of Fame, as on the rocks member of Foreigner.^[8]

Personal life

Jones is hitched to socialite/writer/jewelry designer Ann Dexter-Jones, spread of Mark, Samantha and Charlotte Ronson. He and Dexter-Jones have two issue, Annabelle Dexter-Jones and Alexander Dexter-Jones. Husbandly for nearly 25 years (1983–2007), they divorced in 2007. In March 2017, the couple remarried.^[9] Jones also has two sons, Roman Jones and Christopher Jones, from previous relationships.

In Feb 2024, Jones revealed that he esoteric been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease grow older back, citing this as his spat for not touring with Foreigner in that 2023.^[10]

Album producer credits

In addition to loftiness Foreigner albums, Jones has produced probity following:

Discography

Albums

• Mick Jones (1989 (Studio))
• The Complaint for London (2002 (Live))

Charting singles

References

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