The Freddy Jones Band is a roots rock

Roots rock

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 band from Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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. Despite the name, no member of the band is actually named Freddy Jones, and the band has never definitively revealed the name's source.

History

The Freddy Jones band was formed in the late 1980s by Wayne Healy and Marty Lloyd. They self-released their first album, which was later repackaged and released on Capricorn Records

Capricorn Records

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 in 1994 after scoring a local radio hit with "In a Daydream". They continued to build a fanbase both in the Midwest US and nationwide through tours of colleges. Several albums on Capricorn followed, and 1995's North Ave. Wake-Up Call and 1997's Lucid both attracted some radio airplay (with the songs "Waitress" and "Mystic Buzz") as well as cracking the upper echelons of the Billboard charts. In 1998, bassist Jim Bonaccorsi and guitar/vocalist Rob Bonaccorsi left the band and were replaced with bassist Mark Murphy. The band went on hiatus in 2001 but returned in 2005, doing shows in Chicago, Milwaukee and other Midwestern cities.

Discography

• The Freddy Jones Band (Poor Boys Records, 1992; re-released with bonus material, 1994)
• Waiting for the Night (Capricorn Records
  Capricorn Records
  Capricorn Records was an independent record label which was launched by Phil Walden, Alan Walden, and Frank Fenter in 1969 in Macon, Georgia.-First Incarnation:...
  
  , 1993)
• North Ave. Wake-Up Call (Capricorn, 1995) US Billboard 200
  Billboard 200
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   peak #186
• Lucid (PolyGram
  PolyGram
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  , 1997) US Billboard Heatseekers peak #19
• Mile High Live (Capricorn, 1999)
• High Spirits (Sony Special Products
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  , 2006; a compilation 1993-1995)
• Time Well Wasted (2009; live plus three new studio tracks)

Members

• Marty Lloyd - vocals, guitar
• Wayne Healy - vocals, guitar
• Jim Bonaccorsi - bass
• Rob Bonaccorsi - vocals, guitar
• Simon Horrocks - drums