FROM GERMANY, AL JONES IS PURE BLUES SPIRIT. A LEADER BY AUTHORITY AND EXPERIENCE, HE LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BLUES IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRY AND IS CONSIDERED A KEY FIGURE IN THE GENRE'S GROWTH ACROSS THE CONTINENT. HE FOUNDED THE AL JONES BLUES BAND IN THE MID-1970S, AND THE FIRST ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1979. SINCE THEN, HIS POPULARITY HAS STEADILY GROWN OVER THE YEARS, MAKING HIM A RESPECTED BLUESMAN AT FESTIVALS AND CLUBS ALL ACROSS EUROPE. A TALENTED GUITARIST AND AN EMOTIONAL SINGER, JONES WRITES PART OF HIS REPERTOIRE, BUT HE ALSO CONSISTENTLY PERFORMS, BOTH ON HIS ALBUMS AND LIVE, BLUES CLASSICS, GIVING HIS AUDIENCE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER AND ENJOY THE WORK OF THE BLUESMEN WHO HAVE MOST INFLUENCED HIM. ON "STILL IN CHARGE", HE REVISITS TRUE GEMS BY ROBERT NIGHTHAWK, LITTLE MILTON, OTIS RUSH, ALBERT KING, ALBERT COLLINS, SONNY BOY WILLIAMSON, CHUCK WILLIS, B.B. KING, JAMES BROWN, AND T-BONE WALKER, CROWNING THE ALBUM WITH TWO ORIGINAL SONGS OF HIS OWN.
INDEED, AL JONES IS STILL AT THE HELM OF THE FINEST BLUES MADE IN EUROPE.