Overview[]
Coley Jones was a Guitar and Mandolin player from Dallas, TX. He led The Dallas String Band, and the Coley Jones String Band. He recorded 4 solo songs with Columbia in 1927-1929
Biography[]
Not much is known about the life of Coley Jones, but he was apparently a Blackface Minstrel in a few Medicine Shows before he started recording.
Albums Featured[]
- The Anthology Of American Folk Music
- Before The Blues, Vol. 3
- Let's Get Drunk Again
- Texas Blues (1927-1935)
- Coley Jones & The Dallas String Band (1927-1929)
- Texas & Louisiana Country (1927-1932)
Original Discography[]
- Army Mule In No Man's Land
- Traveling Man
- Drunkard's Special
- The Elder's He's My Man