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"This is an amazing blues band"
 - Dan Aykroyd (Elwood Blues), Hollywood Celebrity


"One of this country's top blues guitar stars"
 - Globe and Mail


"The future of blues is assured with vigorous young bluesmen like JW-Jones not afraid to stretch the boundaries of contemporary blues."
 - Jim Santella, WBFO-FM 88.7, Amherst, NY


"JW has played the Ottawa Bluesfest many times and never fails to electrify the crowd!"
 - Mark Monahan, Cisco Systems Bluesfest, Ottawa, ON


"JW Jones is one of the best guitar players I've heard in a long time. He and his band do great tunes with cool arrangements and I love listening to them. They play with taste and fire at the same time."
 - Charlie Musselwhite


"(Part of) a new wave of young talent moving onto Canada's blues stage."
 - Billboard Magazine


“If you’re looking for a blues CD that runs the gamut from low down blues to some swinging soul with a good time vibe then look no further than Bluelisted, the very cool new CD by JW-Jones. Double Whammy, Heavy Dosage and Out Of Service Blues are the early favorites for our blues hosts here at KMHD.”
 - Greg Gomez, KMHD 89.1, Gresham, OR


"JW always delivers 100% for our audiences - a real fan favorite in Fredericton!"
 - Brent Staeben, Harvest Jazz & Blues Festival, Fredericton, NB


"From the down beat of JW-Jones' debut CD "Defribrillatin'"in 2001 to the last note of his 5th CD, 2008's "Bluelisted", it's been a blast following the maturing career of a incredibly talent Blues guitar player and his band! If fans were clamoring for more guitar from JW, "Bluelisted" satisfies that need. Searing guitars solos from JW and friends Charlie Baty and Junior Watson. Add Richard Innes and Larry Taylor to the mix and watch out. Of course, JW still throws in some horns for spice. One wonders when JW-Jones will start getting accolades from the Blues Music Awards. Soon we hope!"
 - Roy Prescott, WMWV's Blues Summit, Conway, NH


"JW's exciting combination of youthful energy with his mastery of diverse Blues guitar styles had me rockin' down the highway"
 - Bob Margolin


"Highly regarded in blues circles"
 - Blues Revue Magazine


"JW-Jones in my opinion is one of the top contemporary blues artist on the scene today amazing guitarist and vocalist and a very creative song writer!
 - Dan 'The Bluesman' Lacasse, Blues Director WRBC 91.5, Lewiston, ME


“JW-Jones is one of the best we've seen in 14 years! The fans loved it!”
 - Jacques Dubé, Festival Jazz & Blues de Saguenay, Chicoutimi, QC


"It's getting a little repetitive, but Ottawa's JW-Jones has churned out another dazzling collection of West-Coast inspired tuneage."
 - Ottawa Citizen


"JW is one of the young guns in the blues guitar world who consistently delivers the goods on record and on stage - and of course I'm gonna dig anybody who writes a tune called 'Batyology'!"
 - Little Charlie Baty


"JW's vocals here are top-notch"
 - Ottawa Citizen


"Jones' style is a fluid amalgam of T-Bone Walker's big, bright chords, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson's slashing leads, and Gatemouth Brown's jazzy sting".
 - Blues Revue Magazine


"JW has the potential to be as good as anybody, he's already unbelievable and he's only going to get better... he's got a lot of musical maturity, and he's a natural with excellent phrasing.  It's great to see young people have the right idea about what blues music is"
 - Kim Wilson, Fabulous Thunderbirds / multi-Grammy nominee