Buster B. Jones

Buster B. Jones
Buster B. Jones
	Buster B. Jones in Rietberg/Germany in 2005
Background information
Birth name	Bradley F. Jones
Also known as	Buster B. Jones
Born	August 24, 1959
Origin	Ames, Iowa
Died	February 2, 2009 (aged 49)
Genres	Country
Occupation(s)	Guitarist Songwriter
Instrument(s)	Guitar
Years active	1988–2009

Buster B. Jones (August 24, 1959 - February 2, 2009) was an American guitarist specializing in the fingerpicking style.

Biography

Born Bradley F. Jones in Ames, Iowa, he first became known after entering Guitar Player Magazine's International Reader's Soundpage Competition in 1988^[1] on a whim. He submitted an original composition, titled Back Porch Boogie, as well as a cover of Salty Dog Blues, recorded using a reel-to-reel recorder and then transferred to cassette using a boombox. Jones came in first place out of nearly 900 entries.^[2] He went on to win the National Fingerpicking Championship at Winfield, Kansas in 1990.

In 1995, Jones became a spokesman for Godin guitars,^[3] playing a custom instrument he named "Pearl" for the mother of pearl inlay of his name on the neck. He toured often, earning the nicknames "Le Machine Gun" and "Pistola" for his fast playing style. That same style earned the notice of Chet Atkins, who described Buster by saying; "Buster B. Jones is the best fingerpicker I've heard since Jerry Reed… He plays like he's double parked."^[3]

Jones was also well known for his mentoring of young players and he appeared in 11 instructional videos demonstrating and explaining fingerstyle guitar technique.

Discography

Albums

Solo

1991

Year	Album	Label
1998	Fingers in Flight	Flat Five Press & Recording Co.
Live at 'Five	Flat Five Press & Recording Co.
n/a	Ballads and Barn Burners	n/a
2002	Just Us	Pazgunyak Music
2005	A Decade of Buster B. Jones Flat Five Press & Recording Co.
2006	In Concert	n/a

Duet

Year	Album	Label
2001	Guts & Steel: Goovemasters vol. 5: Thom Bresh & Buster B. Jones	Solid Air Records

References

^ Wheeler, Tom (July 1988). "The Winner!" (PDF). Guitar Player. pp. 48–50. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ "Titles by: Buster B. Jones". Mel Bay. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Godin Guitars Mourns Loss of Buster B. Jones". Guitar Player. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

External links

Guitar tabs of Buster B. Jones

[soundpage-1] Wheeler, Tom (July 1988). "The Winner!" (PDF). Guitar Player. pp. 48–50. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[comp-2] "Titles by: Buster B. Jones". Mel Bay. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

[godin-3] "Godin Guitars Mourns Loss of Buster B. Jones". Guitar Player. 10 February 2009. Retrieved 19 March 2016.

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