About Paul "Wine" Jones
Lived 1946 – 2005 (aged 59). Paul "Wine" Jones was an American singer.
Paul "Wine" Jones (July 1, 1946 – October 9, 2005) was an American contemporary blues guitarist and singer.
Music writer Paul Du Noyer noted that Jones, R. L. Burnside, Big Jack Johnson, Roosevelt "Booba" Barnes and James "Super Chikan" Johnson were "present-day exponents of an edgier, electrified version of the raw, uncut Delta blues sound".
Biography Jones was born in Flora, Mississippi, and learned to play guitar by the age of four. Jones played music mainly as a pastime. He worked with local musicians while working on farms up to 1971, when he became a welder in Belzoni, Mississippi.
Discography Mule (1995) - Fat Possum Pucker Up Buttercup (1999) - Fat Possum Stop Arguing Over Me (2006) - Fat Possum
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Who was Paul "Wine" Jones?
American contemporary blues guitarist and singer (1946–2005)
When was Paul "Wine" Jones born?
Paul "Wine" Jones was born on 1 July 1946 in Flora.
When did Paul "Wine" Jones die?
Paul "Wine" Jones died on 9 October 2005 in Jackson.
What was Paul "Wine" Jones's occupation?
Paul "Wine" Jones was a singer.
What nationality was Paul "Wine" Jones?
Paul "Wine" Jones was American.
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