Over the years, several of AJ's contemporaries have recorded their own versions of his songs. We thouroughly applaud this practice, and would like to encourage more of it. In that spirit we are providing this forum for showcasing the varied interpretations of songs from the Jones catalog. We currently do not have all of the songs available for download but we hope you will check out the ones we do have and come back later for more.

Kelsie Love
- Live For Today MP3/ He's in Love MP3
Kelsie was an Olympia, Washington high school student when she recorded these two songs at Carl Dexter's studio of doom. She and Andras wrote "Live For Today" together. It features former Previous John Nason (on bass and guitar) and Chad Ausitinson (on drums) , as well as contributions from Veda Hille (piano), Carl Dexter (guitar) and Andras Jones (guitar and vocals). "He's in Love" originally appeared on The Previous CD, "UnPop...".

The Noses
- That Thing You Do MP3
This is one of several songs that AJ wrote in the summer of 1994 for the film "That Thing You Do" none of which were chosen for inclusion in the film. On AJ's version of this song, Jon Merithew and Kelly Van Camp from the Noses played guitar and drums respectively and sang some damned fine backing vocals. On this June '96 live version from the Super Saturday festivities at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington Kelly sings the lead and plays drums, with Jon on guitar and backing vocals, and Tim Brown on bass. Feel the power of...
THE NOSES!!!

Deb Pasternak
- Message For The Moon MP3
Deb used to be a backing vocalist in The Previous when the band was living in Los Angeles. She has since returned to her hometown of Boston, Mass and developed a strong following based upon her several solo releases and consistent north eastern touring. She performed on the Mr. Jones and The Previous recording, "Porch Music" which featured this song. She must have got some ideas of her own about how the song should have been done. She has included this version on her latest release, "eleven".

Here's a review from the Boston's Metronome Magazine:

"This is truly one of the best releases of Pasternak's career...Prime cuts include the Ani DiFranco influenced "One Regret", "Reading The Signs", the sultry "Bitter", and "Message For The Moon", all of which should illuminate Pasternak's visibility on the local and national scene"

Di Patterson
- Drug War
Until recently Di was based out of Davis, California but now makes her home in the Santa Cruz mountains. She is well known in central Cali for her music, as well as her activism. She is currently very active in the support of the Dineh Elders at Big Mountain. Her former band, The Diane Patterson Sextet released one CD "Live at The Palms" and Di is currently hard at work finishing her next release. She learned "Drug War" from Andras at one of the many shows they have played together over the years and has since played it at hemp rallies, earth fests, and concerts all over the country.

Darlene
- Ain't I A Woman MP3
Darlene is something of a mythic figure. Travelling the U.S.and U.K. on a motor cycle with her guitar slung over her back for the last decade, she is known form New Orleans to Dublin as "one soulful chick". She has released two self-produced CD's and has toured and performed with many artists including Michelle Shocked, John lee Hooker and The Previous. Andras thinks that Darlene's version of this song, which he co-wrote with Sojournor Truth approximately a century after Truth passed away, puts his own to shame and gets a lot closer to the true spirit of the song. An interesting piece of trivia about Darlene is that she appears in the opening credits of the unreleased film "Hurricane Festival" with Andras Jones. This song can also be found on her new CD, "Motel Darlene".

Julie Christensen
- Ain't I A Woman MP3
Julie has a long history with Andras and The Previous. She sang on The Hundredth Monkey CD, and did a couple of stints as a Previous back-up singer in the early nineties. She has worked with an illustrious cast of characters over the years, from Leonard Cohen to Excene Cervenka, by way Todd Rundgren and Van Dyke Parks. This version of AJ's song was produced by David King for an aborted children's historical music project for which the song was originally written.

Dan Kauffman - No Fighting
Dan Kauffman is a very talented musician who has been playing with Andras for the last couple of years in Olympia, Washington. He learned this song for a gig with AJ and John Nason, and when the song got dropped from the set, Dan went off and recorded his own version. Here is his demo. The song originally appeared on "The Hard Feelings".

If you, or someone you know, has recorded a Mr. Jones song. Please send it to us here and we will feature it on this page.

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