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Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. "There I can really flex my creative muscles with design and lighting. That stage is where I thrive." Jones released his first album, Ladies and Gentlemen, Remember Jones, in 2016 and his second album, Tranquilizer!, which he recorded at The Bomb Shelter in Nashville, in 2017. He has also fronted a number of musical tribute shows dedicated to albums and songs recorded by Amy Winehouse, Joe Cocker, Kanye West, Queen, and Jeff Buckley. In 2020, the non-profit Monmouth Arts Council presented Jones with the well-deserved Artistic Achievement Award. dates, Jones will return to his theat- rical roots and star in select musical and play productions this summer at the Jersey Shore. Details about these events will be released soon. From April 29 through May 1, Jones will celebrate Meat Loaf's life and influence with a three-night show at the Axelrod Performing Arts Center by performing the late singer's 1977 blockbuster album Bat Out of Hell in its entirety with a twelve-piece band and special guests, along with other material. Two of the special guests will be E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg and Low Cut Connie frontman Adam Weiner. Weinberg played on three of the album's seven Legs 2 and 3 to be announced later this spring at www.rememberjones.com. 2022 2022 2-19: Charleston, WV 2-20: Richmond, VA 3-17: Killington, VT 3-18: Fairfield, CT 3-19: Norfolk, CT 3-28: Carrboro, NC 3-30: Charleston, SC 4-1: Jacksonville, FL 4-2: Atlantic, GA 4-6: Chicago, IL 4-7: Columbus, OH 4-8: Cleveland, OH 4-9: Buffalo, NY 4-10: Pittsburgh, PA 4-23: Ardmore, PA 4-29 - 5-1: "Bat Out of Hell" tribute, Axelrod Performing Arts Center, Deal, NJ songs (Paradise by the Dashboard Light, Bat Out of Hell, and You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth). "This will be the first time perform- ing this material," Jones said, but he need not worry as his cover of "For Crying Out Loud" from Bat Out of Hell garnered over four thousand views and countless comments of praise and awe in its first few days of being posted online. —Jill Ocone To purchase tickets and stay up-to-date about where to find the incomparable Remember Jones on a stage near you, visit his website at www.rememberjones.com. Jones accepting the Artistic Achievement Award presented by the Monmouth Arts Council in 2020. No stranger to transforming him- self both artistically and physically, Jones shed two hundred pounds in 2009 by cutting out both carbs and sugar from his diet and taking daily walks at the Brick Reservoir. "A lot of people saw that transformation happen on stage," he stated. "I start- ed writing about it in my music, and many people found my music through the story of my weight loss." He's kept off the weight and is keenly enthusiastic about sharing the new Remember Jones with audiences throughout the country this year. Jones hit the road on the first of three legs of his nationwide tour in February. "This tour is different because Remember Jones will perform in almost forty states, and there's more original music coming down the line," Jones said. In between tour Jeff Crespi

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