I STARTED STUDYING CLASSICAL PIANO AT AGE 9 AND CONTINUED UNTIL GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL. I THEN ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS FOR TWO YEARS BEFORE DROPPING OUT TO GO ON THE ROAD W/ VARIOUS COVER BANDS FOR THE NEXT 20+ YEARS. SICK OF PLAYING COVERS, I HAVE SPENT THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS HIBERNATING AND WRITING MY OWN MATERIAL WHICH I PROUDLY HAVE LABELED "HICK-ROCK".

THE FIRS CONCERT I EVER ATTENDED WAS AT THE COTTON BOWL IN DALLAS, TEXAS IN 1971. THE HEADLINER WAS THREE DOG NIGHT. OPENING UP WAS, B.W. STEVENSON AND ROD STEWART. MY FRIEND, LEN HICKEY, TOOK ME, AND OF COURSE, ROD STEWART SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE HEADLINER. THE ORDER ON THE LINEUP SHOULD HAVE BEEN: THREE DOG NIGHT, BW STEVENSON, ROD STEWART. I SPENT MOST THE CONCERT DOWN ON THE FIELD RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE STAGE AND PROBABLY SMOKED ON A 100 DIFFERENT JOINTS HANDED TO ME BY 100 DIFFERENT STONERS. OF COURSE THE MUSIC WAS ALL GOOD. HOW WOULD I HAVE KNOWN THE DIFFERENCE?

I PREFER YAMAHA KEYBOARDS. AT THE MOMENT I SPEND MOST OF MY TIME PLAYING A YAMAHA MM8 KEYBOARD.

I am hopeful to meet some new musicians in order to share fans from facebook, twitter, myspace, souncloud etc. I have been a starving artist most my life. On June 20th 2012 I finally signed a record contract w/ a mainstream label. we are in midst of production right now and the targeted release date is sometime in January 2013 on the TMG (Tate Music Group) record label. Be looking for my band, WILL TOMMY JONES' self-titled debut album, "WILL TOMMY JONES", in Hastings, Target, Best Buy, etc in the upcoming months. There will be commercials running on VH1, truTV etc nationwide and airing on 400 radio stations nationwide advertising the release of the album when it becomes available.

AS A CHILD, I SAW A MOVIE BASED ON HANK WILLIAMS SR.'S LIFE AT THE AGE OF ABOUT 8 YEARS OLD. NOT ONLY DID I LIKE HIS MUSIC, BUT DUG THE FACT THAT HE WAS A "BAD BOY" AND LIVED A LIFE OF CHAOS AND EXCITEMENT. THEN, BACH, MOZART AND BEETHOVEN CAME INTO MY LIFE.AND AFTER TEN YEARS OF CLASSICAL STUDY I WENT INTO COLLEGE AND LANDED JOBS PLAYING "PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY MUSIC". SO, AT THAT POINT, JERRY JEFF WALKER, RUSTY WEIR, AND STEVE FROMHOLZ HAD QUITE AN INFLUENCE ON ME. THE PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY THING KIND OF FADED AWAY AND I HAD A ROOMMATE WHO WORKED FOR A LOCAL RECORD STORE IN DENTON, TEXAS AND HE TURNED ME ON TO THE LIKES OF LOU REED AND NILS LOFGREN AND A FEW OTHERS. LOU REED HAD A MAJOR IMPACT ON MY MUSIC. HOWEVER, I WAS A PRODUCT OF MY ENVIRONMENT AND THANKFULLY BECAME FRIENDS W/ MARK ANDERSON (DRUMMER) AND HE TURNED ME ON TO THE MUSIC OF CAT STEVENS. THIS WAS WHEN I FOUND THAT THE WORLD IS GREATLY AFFECTED SOCIALLY BY MUSICIANS. I FELL IN LOVE W/ CAT'S MUSIC. I LEARNED FROM HIM HOW MUSICIANS CAN HELP INFLUENCE THE ENTIRE WORLD.

FROM THE TIME I WAS 10 YEARS OLD I PLAYED CLASSICAL, GOSPEL, SHOW TUNES AND POP. FROM THE AGE OF 18, I HAVE BEEN IN PROGRESSIVE COUNTRY, COUNTRY, COUNTRY ROCK, BLUES, JAZZ, AND NOW "HICK-ROCK" BANDS. I HAVE OPENED FOR THE FOLLOWING: CHRIS HILLMAN OF THE BIRDS, EMMY LOU HARRIS, NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND, RUSTY WEIR, B.W. STEVENSON, RAY WYLIE HUBBARD, STEVEN FROMHOLZ, TRAVIS TRITT, FIDDLIN' FRENCHIE BURKE, SARAH HICKMAN, B.J. THOMAS AND MANY MORE COUNTRY STARS WHOSE NAMES HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND DUE TO SUBSTANCES THAT I CHOOSE NOT TO LIST. I AM NOT A BIG COUNTRY MUSIC FAN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. THIS WOULD BE A MAJOR PART OF THE REASON THAT MY DRUG USE ESCALATED DURING MY YEARS ON THE ROAD WHILE PLAYING TOP 40 COUNTRY MUSIC W/ COVER BANDS. MY MUSICAL BACKGROUND HAS BEEN SO VARIED. PROOF OF THAT LIES IN THE FACT THAT I PLAYED KEYBOARDS FOR "BOXCAR WILLIE" FOR 3 YEARS. 'NUFF SAID.

MY GRANDFATHER (MY MOTHER'S FATHER) WHO DIED ONE YEAR BEFORE I WAS BORN WHO WAS A MUSICIAN THAT TAUGHT ALL BRASS INSTRUMENTS, NEVER HAVING A MUSIC LESSON AND HE STARTED THE FIRST BOY SCOUT BAND IN THE WORLD IN 1911. (IN TULSA OKLAHOMA). HIS BAND PLAYED FOR WOODROW WILSON'S INAUGURATION WHEN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.A. HIS NAME WAS W.T. JONES AND THAT IS WHERE I CAME UP W/ THE BAND NAME "WILL TOMMY JONES". THE OTHER PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO JAM WITH WOULD BE MY GRANDMOTHER(MY FATHER'S MOTHER) WHO I GOT TO HEAR PLAY THE PIANO A HALF OF DOZEN TIMES AS A CHILD. SHE WAS IN A NURSING HOME AND I HEARD HER PLAY AT THE NURSING HOME AND REMEMBER HER PLAYING THE EXACT STYLE OF PIANO THAT I PLAY TODAY. SHE PLAYED BY EAR. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PLAY FOR HER IN THE NURSING HOME ONE TIME AS A CHILD RIGHT AFTER I STARTED STUDYING PIANO. HER NAME WAS BESSIE.

THE LARGEST CROWD I HAVE PLAYED IN FRONT OF WAS 20,000 PEOPLE AT THE "SUNDAY SHOWDOWN" IN LEWISVILLE, TEXAS AT THE DALLAS INTERNATIONAL MOTOR SPEEDWAY. THE SMALLEST CROWD I HAVE PLAYED IN FRONT OF WAS 1 PERSON AT A "KNIFE AND GUN" CLUB (IF YOU GET MY DRIFT) IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS ON NORTH MAIN. THE NAME OF THE BAR ESCAPES ME. HOWEVER, THE ONE CUSTOMER THAT WAS PRESENT WAS RICHIE ALBRIGHT WHO WAS WAYLON JENNINGS' DRUMMER FOR 20 SOME ODD YEARS. WAYLON NAMED HIS SON AFTER HIM. I REMEMBER GOING TO THE PARKING LOT TO SMOKE SOME WEED ON BREAK AND HAVING TO LAY DOWN IN THE PARKING LOT DUE TO TWO GANGS CHASING EACH OTHER THROUGH THE PARKING LOT WITH GUN FIRE BEING EXCHANGED AND BULLETS WHIZZING BY MY HEAD.

WILL TOMMY JONES. IT IS MY DEBUT ALBUM WHICH IS NOT QUITE FINISHED BUT I AM VERY PROUD OF IT BECAUSE I HAVE SPENT MY ENTIRE LIFETIME WORKING UP TO THE POINT OF RECORDING MY OWN ORIGINAL MUSIC.