Artist

Mick Jones

Portsmouth, United Kingdom · b. 1944

Mick Jones is a musician from Portsmouth, United Kingdom, active since 1944. They also recorded with Foreigner, Spooky Tooth and The Leslie West Band.

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Albums tracked

498

In collections

1944

Since

3 projects · 498 records in Gatefold collections

Biography

Born December 27, 1944 in Portsmouth (opens in a new tab). English guitarist, keyboardist, vocalist, composer, lyricist and music producer.
Before his success with Foreigner he was member of several bands like The Hustlers, Nero And The Gladiators, State Of Micky & Tommy (with Gladiators drummer Tommy Brown) and Spooky Tooth, and also worked as a session musician for Peter Frampton and George Harrison. In the 60s he worked as musician and arranger in France along with Tommy Brown as for Johnny Hallyday.
With Ian McDonald he formed Foreigner in 1976 and today he's the only original member that is still part of Foreigner.
Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2013.
He is the stepfather of DJ, remixer, producer and songwriter Mark Ronson.

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