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The Basement Tapes

This is a collection of Jonesin' original tunes from the past and band members' music after dissolution of the band. Some are old scratch tracks, some are more fleshed out arrangements that were performed live by the band during the late 70's & early 80's. All compositions and performances are copyrighted & not to be duplicated and/or distributed without permission. Enjoy...

 

Jonesin:

MP3 files:

   Real Life - Original Music by Brent Warford, performed by the band Jonesin', Live at Shenanigan's Lounge in 1982.

Mean Green - Original Music by Davis Christensen, performed by the band Jonesin', Live at an event with the River City All Stars in 1982.

Dixie Chicken, from the first time together in 25 years, the reunion in 2007. Music by Little Feat

Fat man in the Bathtub, From the 2011 Reunion. Music by Little Feat.

Washer City Classic/Cool Automatic, Jonesin' Live from Pogo's in Omaha 1980, Original Music by Mark Nelson, John Christensen on vocals.

Love Ska, Jonesin' Live, Original Music by Mark Nelson

Walkin' On Air, from a 4 track tape used to present the song to the band to play live. Original Music by Brent Warford, Brent plays guitars, Bass, and background vocal, Dave Christensen Lead Vocal, Mark Nelson on keyboards, John Christensen on drums and production, with post production at Rainbow Studios, Omaha, NE.

Grabbin' at Straws, 4 track tape, written by John Christensen and Tom Jack after a lot of coffee one morning. Also on the track are Brent Warford on Guitar, and Dave Christensen on Sax.

Video Files:

From the 2011 reunion:

Willin', Dave and John Christensen, John Engstrom, Mark Nelson, music by Little Feat, video Stu Van Gorp


From the 1982 performance on Iowa Public Television.

Original Music
Real Life, Jonesin', Brent Warford
Mean Green, Jonesin', David Christensen
  
Walkin' in Air, Jonesin', Brent Warford
Soon The Moon, Jonesin', Mark Nelson

What's it Gonna Be, Jonesin', Les Dudek
Straight From the Heart, Jonesin', Little Feat
Fat Man in the Bathtub, Jonesin', Little Feat
Down on the Farm, Jonesin', Little Feat
Alotta Colada, Jonesin', Sea Level
I Know a Little, Jonesin', Lynrd Skynrd
Wine, Wine, Wine, Jonesin', Electric Flag (version)

New Link 12/2016 from Jeff Todd to the
master copy of the above performance.
Much better Quality, Thanks Todd!


Published on Dec 21, 2016
High Society debuted in 1980 on Hawkeye Cablevision in Des Moines, Iowa. Conceived by director Kevin Lambi and music promoter Jeff Todd, the show pioneered music programming at the dawn of the MTV age. The video technology was primitive and the production skills were raw, but the music was top notch as bands appeared for just the opportunity for exposure on TV. Over the course of two short years, many of the best local, regional and national acts, at the height of their popularity were recorded, featuring many musical styles. The crowning achievement for High Society, was a nomination for the Award for Cable Excellence (ACE) from the Nation Cable Television Association.

Like many idealistic endeavors, High Society could not sustain itself. The participants moved on and the tapes gathered dust. After nearly 35 years fighting changes in technology, busy schedules and personal inertia, Kevin and Jeff have finally pulled the tapes together and made the transfer to digital files in order to preserve the history of that musical era and to excite the fans of those bands that exist only in memory.
This unedited presentation of the original studio session is a testament to the passion that created High Society so many years ago.

 

 

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Real Audio files:

2 Fools - Original music by Brent Warford "Basement Tape" Musicians: Jonesin'
Soon the Moon - Original music by Mark T. Nelson Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin'
Miles Away - Original music by Mark T. Nelson & John Christensen Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin'
Lonesome Whistle - Original music by Jimmy Rogers Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin'
Rainy Highway Ridin' - Original music by Mark T. Nelson Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin'
My Monique - Original music by Brent Warford Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin'
Travelin' Jones - Original music by Brent Warford & John Engstrom Recorded live at the LifTicket. Musicians: Jonesin'
How Can You Go On? - Original music by Mark T. Nelson "Basement Tape" Musicians: Mark Nelson - Keys & Vocals, John Christensen - Drums
Good Things about Iowa - Original music by Mark T. Nelson "Basement Tape" Musicians: Jonesin'

Dave Christensen:

Spain on the Brain - Original music by David Christensen Recorded live at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitar, Mark Nelson - Piano, Ken Fallon - Bass, Buck Wierman - Drums, Tom Hartig - Saxophone
Syzygy - Original music by David Christensen & Ken Fallon Recorded at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitar, Ken Fallon - Bass, Kazumichi Tatebayashi - Drums, Tom Hartig - Flute, Joey Gulizia - percussion
Goomba - Original music by David Christensen *all instruments and sequencer programming - David Christensen
Davage - Original music by David Christensen Recorded at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitar, Ken Fallon - Bass, Greg Tschiclis - Drums, Tom Hartig - Flute, Lars Erikson - Piano
Moonbeams - Original music by David Christensen *all instruments and sequencer programming - David Christensen
Fu - Original music by David Christensen *all instruments and sequencer programming - David Christensen
7 p.m. - Original music by David Christensen Recorded at Sound Recorders. Musicians: David Christensen - Guitars, Ken Fallon - Bass, Bill Bolmeier* - Drums, Tom Hartig - Saxophone and flute. *sorry for the spelling, Bill?
More to come .......

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Pictures and files:


An MP3 CD that has a lot of obscure 4 track recordings of original music, and live recordings at performances is available. A PDF document of the contents is here. If you have old pictures of the band, we would love to see them, and put them here on the site. Please email us, and we can arrange for the file transfers. THANKS!
Music    Real Audio and MP3's and links to Historical Videos
Bio's of the band Members Time Line,
          Evolution of the band

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JC                                                                                                            

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