jameseliotjones

2021:On September 6 2021 James Eliot Jones released “ Carnival of Fools” the 1 st of 5 singles from the EP “ Lost Sons of the Mojave “. To be released one a month through January 2022. This is the second release for the longtime Battleme Guitarist with his band the Needs. Which also includes Battleme guitarist and Drummer Randal Blaschke and Scott Noben, and Portland luthier Ryan Lynn on slide guitars and keys. In October 2014, James Elliot Jones was at a crossroads. Six months earlier, he’d moved to Portland, OR via Austin, TX to join the touring line-up of Portland-based rock band, Battleme, as they started a six month stretch across the US. He didn’t bring much; a few bags of clothes, several guitars and an amp. In a way, he was restarting. It was the kind of reset that brings about the most clarity; little thought, all hope. So when September rolled around, fresh off the last week of supporting Veruca Salt, James “JJ” Eliot Jones, did what any true songwriter does. He wrote.