Half-Pint Jones

Hey Jonesers! The day is here! It’s officially celebration time in the world of Half-Pint Jones! After a long trip down the live show/recording studio hermit lifestyle, we ended up with our third album. It’s available for immediate download on iTunes, and should be available here within the next couple of days (hopefully sooner, we hit a snag… we’re not perfect). It’s also available at cdbaby in both physical and download forms.

Additionally, checkout Rhapsody, Spotify, Amazon, Netflix(just kidding), and all the major download sites over the coming days and weeks. Obviously, we’ll be selling at shows as well. Any other physical locations will be noted on here as added.

“Shows? But you guys don’t have any listed on here”! That’s soon to change as well. Anyone who has kept up has probably noticed we’ve made some changes, and they’ll keep coming over the next few weeks. We have more to add to this website.

One special addition, our merch store will finally feature an array of great new stuff to keep you satiated. New t-shirts, hats, beer koozies, pint glasses (awesome), and we even have some really cool iPhone 4/4S covers. In actuality, the merch store should be up in just a day or two… we hope.

So, anyway, stay patient with us as we launch a new era of momentum, and let’s just sit back and savor the new sounds of the new album. We hope you enjoy it!

Cheers from HPJ!

Dearest friends, fans, and Jonesers of all sizes,

We know we’ve kept you waiting, wondering what all the silence was really about. Rumors have been spread, posts have been made, and perhaps a beer has even been brewed. All in preparation of one particularly momentous occasion; we’re releasing our third album, aptly titled “Half Pint Jones.”

The official album release is Tuesday, May 15, but we’re celebrating the culmination of so many months of work with an incredible party at Golden Gnome on Saturday, May 12. As the next few weeks go on, we’ll be posting and blogging about the event in its entirety, but wanted to finally end the suspense and let you know a little bit of scoop.

This eponymous album is by far our best work. We love it, and we are so excited to share it with you. Some songs on the album you’ll recognize, and some we’ve worked hard to keep in our woodshed to share with you all at once. Recorded over time at our friend Jake Cinninger’s Boondock Studios, this is an album we couldn’t be more proud of.

A few notes to be aware of. We’ve been in the process of redesigning our website, so please be patient as that continues a bit more in the coming weeks. We have ordered a ton of wicked cool new merch, which will eventually be available on the website’s store page. Bear with us; we promise these changes will make your whole HPJ experience that much better.

We’ve also started migrating over from our Facebook profile page to a musician/band fan page. It was time, and we need your support to get as many of you over there as possible. Eventually we’ll only be sharing info on that page, but we’ll hold off for a bit so everyone can get acclimated to the new Timeline setup. (Who made THAT decision by the way?)

So mark May 15 in your calendar now as the day to buy the album, and May 12 as the day to celebrate the hell out of it with all of us. We’ve been quiet for a while now, but it’s about to get loud.

Hello Friends,

You know that expression, “the more things change the more they stay the same”? Well, it’s not always true, sometimes things change and they end up not being the same at all. Sometimes they change and stay kind of the same. What are we talking about here? Allow us to explain…

After 5 years of spending so much quality time together, and embarking on an unknown number of great adventures, our talented, and brotherly, saxophone player has left the building… so to speak.

As many of you may know, back in October, Chris’ oldest son Jonas had a very trying stay in the hospital (and rest assured a successful one) that involved a serious issue with his heart. Not unlike his father, Jonas has the determination and will to conquer, and we here in Half-Pint Jones couldn’t be more proud of the little guy.

During that period, Chris made the decision that his focus and priorities need to fall solely in the direction of his family. We know it was a difficult decision concerning the band, but an easy one concerning his family.

Chris has always had nothing but love and commitment to this home away from home that is HPJ, but we all fully support his decision, and wish him nothing but the best for the future. His piece to our 5-piece puzzle, and contribution to the sound of our band, will be missed.

As for the remaining 4 pieces… well, we look forward to what the future holds for us as well, and plan to keep on keepin’ on. We’ll have some more big announcements coming soon, and have no doubt it’ll be interesting.

Cheers to all!
-Half-Pint Jones

Everyone here at Half Pint Jones really appreciates our new friends here on Facebook. Many of you were suggested to us by your friends, many sent us requests, but there were so many recently that we just don’t have the time to send individual thank you’s. So to all of you, thank you! For those of you who don’t know us, we are an original band based in South Bend Indiana. Our members are from all over though, Chicago, Indiana, Michigan and New Orleans and we’ve all come together, using our unique individual backgrounds, to create this music. To our new friends, please take a listen. We hope you enjoy the music, we would love to see you at a show sometime.
We have music and CDs on www.halfpintjones.com, here on facebook, on itunes, and CD baby. HPJ is also getting very close to releasing a 5 song EP.

Thanks again,

Justin Ross
Guitarist/Vocalist
HPJ

Dear friends,
There’s a seriously unfortunate scenario unfolding for a few of New Orleans’ prized musicians. George Porter, Jr., Russell Batiste, and Brian Stoltz, are facing a massive lawsuit that they are having difficulty in affording. One of the most heartbreaking aspects is the potential for George to lose all of his Royalties & Publishing Rights, along with his home and personal assets.

Just a mild amount of research will give you an idea, should you not be aware already, of the massive influence George Porter, Jr. has had on the music scene, and history, of New Orleans. Not to mention, the world of music as a whole. His influence dates back to the early sixties, when The Meters began their molding of what is now the quintessential style of R&B and Funk music. Some of the very recordings he stands to lose are some of the most widely sampled in Hip-Hop (outside of James Brown), and the backbone, and foundation, of what we now consider Funk music. His body of work is vast, and should rightfully stay in his hands.

His influence on our band can’t be measured. As you know our Saxophone player is from New Orleans, and this music is a thread that weaves through his soul. He was weened on the sounds of New Orleans, and our band pays homage to this history by establishing our own representation of the New Orleans sound and culture. I, as well, also have family history rooted in New Orleans, and have always considered George Porter, Jr. to be one of my biggest influences, and hope to help in any way that I can. You can help, too, by following the provided link and acquainting yourself with the information it provides. Let’s try and help a music legend keep what is rightfully his.

-Jayson

We all do do’ re’ mi’ but you have to find the other notes yourself.
-Louis Armstrong

Thank you to Bell’s Brewery for having us play the first “official” show in your brand new room. It’s an incredible addition to a great venue. If anyone has the chance to play, or see, a show in this room, DO IT! You won’t be disappointed. We had a great time and look forward to melting faces there in the future. Thanks to Larry (The Big Cheese) for sitting in with us. Who knew that aside from making killer brews, he could lay down the grooves on the skins? Nice job! The beer, as always, was incredibly good and the people, and general vibe, at Bell’s is nothing short of completely warm and welcoming.

Laissez les bon temps rouler to all!

Cheers

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