John Jones (record producer)

John Jones
John Jones, Los Angeles (2009)
Background information
Birth name	John Jones
Born	(1957-12-12) 12 December 1957 (age 59)
Origin	London, England, UK
Genres	Rock, new wave
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer
Instruments	guitars, vocals, piano
Years active	1975–present

John Jones (born 12 December 1957) is a record producer, musician, songwriter, audio engineer, and programmer, best known for his work on Duran Duran's Wedding Album, and with Celine Dion, Dee Long, Dan Hill, Fleetwood Mac, Steve Ferrone, Alan Frew, Dee Long, and Sir George Martin.

John Jones is of Welsh descent and was born in London. He has lived in Wales, Jamaica, Canada, and Los Angeles. Growing up in Toronto, Jones wrote many songs and performed; bass, guitar, keyboards, and vocals, with local bands, playing beside Ken Basman, John Johnson, Dave Worth, Gary Boigon, Cameron Hawkins, Dave Piltch, Claude Desjardin and others. In 1975 John got the chance to record in Toronto Sound Studio, the home of Rush producer Terry Brown with producer/engineer Steve Vaughan. That led to a stint as a songwriter for music publisher ATV Music, headed by Val Azzoli, and led to recording many song demos at Brentcliffe, Masters Workshop, The Carriage House, and Shabby Road studios. Later he joined the CBS Canada pop group Bond, as keyboard/guitarist/vocalist, and later toured with other Canadian bands; "FUNN", "Canada", and Gary O's; "Kid Rainbow". It was at Toronto Sound that John met future partner Dee Long of Klaatu. In 1979 the duo started a 15-year musical and business partnership.