The Basement Tapes

This is a collection of Jonesin' original tunes from the past and band members' music after dissolution of the band. Some are old scratch tracks, some are more fleshed out arrangements that were performed live by the band during the late 70's & early 80's. All compositions and performances are copyrighted & not to be duplicated and/or distributed without permission. Enjoy...

Jonesin: MP3 files:    Real Life - Original Music by Brent Warford, performed by the band Jonesin', Live at Shenanigan's Lounge in 1982. Mean Green - Original Music by Davis Christensen, performed by the band Jonesin', Live at an event with the River City All Stars in 1982. Dixie Chicken, from the first time together in 25 years, the reunion in 2007. Music by Little Feat Fat man in the Bathtub, From the 2011 Reunion. Music by Little Feat. Washer City Classic/Cool Automatic, Jonesin' Live from Pogo's in Omaha 1980, Original Music by Mark Nelson, John Christensen on vocals. Love Ska, Jonesin' Live, Original Music by Mark Nelson Walkin' On Air, from a 4 track tape used to present the song to the band to play live. Original Music by Brent Warford, Brent plays guitars, Bass, and background vocal, Dave Christensen Lead Vocal, Mark Nelson on keyboards, John Christensen on drums and production, with post production at Rainbow Studios, Omaha, NE. Grabbin' at Straws, 4 track tape, written by John Christensen and Tom Jack after a lot of coffee one morning. Also on the track are Brent Warford on Guitar, and Dave Christensen on Sax.

Video Files: From the 2011 reunion: Willin', Dave and John Christensen, John Engstrom, Mark Nelson, music by Little Feat, video Stu Van Gorp From the 1982 performance on Iowa Public Television. Original Music Real Life, Jonesin', Brent Warford Mean Green, Jonesin', David Christensen   Walkin' in Air, Jonesin', Brent Warford Soon The Moon, Jonesin', Mark Nelson What's it Gonna Be, Jonesin', Les Dudek Straight From the Heart, Jonesin', Little Feat Fat Man in the Bathtub, Jonesin', Little Feat Down on the Farm, Jonesin', Little Feat Alotta Colada, Jonesin', Sea Level I Know a Little, Jonesin', Lynrd Skynrd Wine, Wine, Wine, Jonesin', Electric Flag (version) New Link 12/2016 from Jeff Todd to the master copy of the above performance. Much better Quality, Thanks Todd! Published on Dec 21, 2016 High Society debuted in 1980 on Hawkeye Cablevision in Des Moines, Iowa. Conceived by director Kevin Lambi and music promoter Jeff Todd, the show pioneered music programming at the dawn of the MTV age. The video technology was primitive and the production skills were raw, but the music was top notch as bands appeared for just the opportunity for exposure on TV. Over the course of two short years, many of the best local, regional and national acts, at the height of their popularity were recorded, featuring many musical styles. The crowning achievement for High Society, was a nomination for the Award for Cable Excellence (ACE) from the Nation Cable Television Association. Like many idealistic endeavors, High Society could not sustain itself. The participants moved on and the tapes gathered dust. After nearly 35 years fighting changes in technology, busy schedules and personal inertia, Kevin and Jeff have finally pulled the tapes together and made the transfer to digital files in order to preserve the history of that musical era and to excite the fans of those bands that exist only in memory. This unedited presentation of the original studio session is a testament to the passion that created High Society so many years ago.

Real Audio files: 2 Fools - Original music by Brent Warford "Basement Tape" Musicians: Jonesin' Soon the Moon - Original music by Mark T. Nelson Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin' Miles Away - Original music by Mark T. Nelson & John Christensen Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin' Lonesome Whistle - Original music by Jimmy Rogers Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin' Rainy Highway Ridin' - Original music by Mark T. Nelson Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin' My Monique - Original music by Brent Warford Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin' Travelin' Jones - Original music by Brent Warford & John Engstrom Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin' How Can You Go On? - Original music by Mark T. Nelson "Basement Tape" Musicians: Mark Nelson - Keys & Vocals, John Christensen - Drums Good Things about Iowa - Original music by Mark T. Nelson "Basement Tape" Musicians: Jonesin'

Dave Christensen: Spain on the Brain - Original music by David Christensen Recorded live at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitar, Mark Nelson - Piano, Ken Fallon - Bass, Buck Wierman - Drums, Tom Hartig - Saxophone Syzygy - Original music by David Christensen & Ken Fallon Recorded at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitar, Ken Fallon - Bass, Kazumichi Tatebayashi - Drums, Tom Hartig - Flute, Joey Gulizia - percussion Goomba - Original music by David Christensen *all instruments and sequencer programming - David Christensen Davage - Original music by David Christensen Recorded at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitar, Ken Fallon - Bass, Greg Tschiclis - Drums, Tom Hartig - Flute, Lars Erikson - Piano Moonbeams - Original music by David Christensen *all instruments and sequencer programming - David Christensen Fu - Original music by David Christensen *all instruments and sequencer programming - David Christensen 7 p.m. - Original music by David Christensen Recorded at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitars, Ken Fallon - Bass, Bill Bolmeier* - Drums, Tom Hartig - Saxophone and flute. *sorry for the spelling, Bill?

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