PUBS/VENUES

If you’ve been contacted regarding Sam Jones playing at your pub/venue then this section is for you!

Since January 2024 Sam Jones has played in pubs/venues across England & Wales almost EVERY weekend. He performs a cross-section of originals, peppered with covers of classic 60s, 70s Punk & 90s alternative songs. His set often includes some surf guitar & film soundtrack instrumentals played to backing tracks.

These performances are usually split into 2 x 45 minutes with the opportunity to buy his latest limited edition CD album during the 15 minute interval. Sam will supply you with a poster & Facebook event once a booking has been made. The logo here can be downloaded in high resolution by clicking on it.

You may find the following links helpful including a ‘master’ set list in which individual sets are compiled. The accompanying Linktree pages act as a showreel for each specific style. 

BRAND NEW EXCLUSIVE YOUTUBE ALBUM ‘COVERED’ COMING SOON!

A full album of covers (for the first time ever!) 10 tracks recorded over several days. 5 performed acoustically, 5 performed electrically. 1 vocal & 1 guitar on each track & mixed in mono!

(Rough) track listing:

Acoustic

1. Dancing With Myself (single version) (Gen X / Billy Idol)

2. Personal Jesus (solo version) (Depeche Mode)

3. Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones)

4. These Boot’s Are Made For Walkin’ (Nancy Sinatra / The Boys Next Door)

5. Arnold Layne (Pink Floyd)

Electric

6. Something Else (Eddie Cochran / Sid Vicious)

7. 20th Century Boy (T. Rex)

8. Let’s Dance (Chris Montez / Ramones)

9. Tainted Love (Gloria Jones / Soft Cell)

10. You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) (Dead or Alive)

WANT TO KNOW MORE?

In this section you’ll find information about Sam’s other projects ‘Samuel Thomas Jones’ (a new moniker & direction in songwriting) & Angry Town (his Poland-based band) by clicking on the logos. If you want to read Sam’s full backstory then go to the biographies section split into half-decades & illustrated with captioned photos, artwork & videos.

Most of the concert posters on this site are ‘clickable’ for more information. The cover artwork in the releases section will allow you to listen directly!

Sam Jones is a British singer-songwriter, guitarist, recording artist & producer. Often working as a multi-instrumentalist, recording many tracks over several decades. A cross-section of which make up the majority of his live solo set. He is known for his slide guitar playing, use of Yamaha instruments/Vox amplifiers & crooner or shouty vocal style. He is often seen playing a customised RGX 121D which he has owned since the age of 15. He was born in Chester, England & grew up in North Wales where he currently resides. He spent 12 years living in London where he worked as a guitar teacher, pupils included Andy Bell of Erasure. In 2016 he moved to Poland where he holds residency status & spends a couple of months of the year, gaining some notoriety as a British curiosity in the region of Toruń. In 2020 he produced a music video shot in & around the UNESCO town for the acoustic ballad ‘Bulletproof‘ shortly before relocating to the UK in November 2019. He has embarked on four self-booked, self-financed & self-promoted solo European tours since April 2016 with multiple mini-tours of France, Belgium & Poland. He’s even toured the Isle of Man. His debut foreign show was in Poland at Cafe Mięsna in Poznań in 2007. He set up his own booking agency/record label Camouflage Booking/Camouflage Records & sells limited edition CDs & USB sticks online or after shows. A series of bootleg-style limited edition CD live albums have been produced each with additional demo/studio bonus tracks. An ongoing official album entitled ‘Retrospective’ is compiled from studio & live recordings. The album acts as an introduction to his songwriting with some notable contributors. On Bandcamp the album is presented as a trilogy with 2 supplementary editions ‘Retrospective: sketchbook‘ & ‘Retrospective: bonus tracks‘ comprising a total of 78 separate recordings. In early 2024 all 3 albums were expanded to coincide with an increase in live appearences. Comprehensive track by track details act as an online inlay card & are frequently updated on his official website. He’s worked with several established musicians such as Ged Lynn (The Stairs), Brian James (The Damned), PJ (Anti-Nowhere League). He has even appeared on a track alongside Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers in ‘Stranger Things‘. In 2006 Sam was sat opposite Charlie Harper (UK Subs) on a London Underground ‘Tube’ train, Sam introduced himself & kept in touch, later recording a cover of the Hank Williams classic ‘Move It On Over’ in 2007, with Charlie featuring on The Berlin Lights track ‘Hit The Floor’ in 2011. He also performed an acoustic set at Charlie Harper’s 65th birthday party in 2009. During 2017 & 2018 he fronted Polish Mod-Punk band Angry Town. The name of the band refers to Gniewkowo, where the original line-up met for the first time during a solo concert of Jones. Sam’s musical journey through several power-trios (most notably The Artists Rifles, The Berlin Lights & Sam Jones Band) laid the foundations for the band. He reused the name to release 2 lockdown-singles in 2020, both singles featured a politically motivated promotional video premiered on YouTube. Angry Town returned to the stage in 2022 as a 2-piece outfit supporting Sham 69 in Poland. An official album entitled ‘No Second Chance‘ was released on CD in March 2023 & remastered by Tim Turan for all digital platforms release in October of the same year. He’s already gained the respect of many well-known industry insiders such as journalist John Robb when Angry Town performed their cover of The Damned’s ‘New Rose’ supporting The Membranes in Poland. As the frontman of his various power-trio carnations or as a solo performer, he’s played support for several well-known acts including Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson), The Coral & Polish band Kobranocka. As well as his music his unique mod/alternative hybrid sense of style caught the eye of fashion label Relco London in 2017 who used him to model their clothes & he is featured on their website alongside the band Blue Nation. Sam has a new collaboration with DressCode Shirts & Mazeys/IKON Original. He has worked as a featured artiste in films such as Tim Burton’s ‘Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street‘ & the Ian Dury biopic ‘Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll‘. Sam has played in many of Europe’s key cities such as Liverpool, Berlin, Prague, Kraków, Dublin, Paris, Brussels as well as some pretty unusual locations like the former ghost town Bussana Vecchia in Italy. His experiences have resulted in a book of memoirs & travel advice entitled ‘A Musician’s Guide to Europe’. Since September 2023 he has adopted the moniker ‘Samuel Thomas Jones’ for a series of acoustic & slide guitar shows, demoing & showcasing new compositions ‘Doggerland’, ‘Spinning Jenny‘ & ‘Wishing Well’ published online with accompanying artwork. In January 2024 he used the name for an appearance at London’s iconic venue The Water Rats. He continues to play in pubs across the UK as his bread & butter, playing originals & covers as Sam Jones & reintroducing some ‘deep cuts’ from his back catalogue. He is in the process of recording demos for a Sam Jones covers album entitled ‘Covered’.