Skip Jones

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| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, United States

| origin = Wisconsin Northwoods and Upper Midwest United States

| occupation = Singer-songwriter

| instrument = Guitar, vocals

| genre = Folk music

| years_active = 1978–present

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Makin' Jam, Etc.
Cabin in the Wood Recordings

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| website = {{URL|skipjones.net}}

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Skip Jones (born in Los Angeles, California{{Cite web |title=Meet Skip Jones |author=Carol Wagner |work=The Shawano Leader |date=March 19, 2016 |access-date=January 4, 2019 |url=https://www.shawanoleader.com/articles/2016/03/19/volunteer-profile |quote=Jones was born in Los Angeles and raised in New York. He attended Marquette University in Milwaukee for a year and then served in the Navy for 14 years. When he returned, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and then worked for the Stockbridge-Munsee Tribe for two years. From there his career in folk music began. He traveled the upper Midwest and going to the East Coast to perform. He lives in the Stockbridge-Munsee community. ... As one of the founders and early director of the Shawano Folk Festival and a folk performer for the past 40 years, I have had the opportunity to work with some of the greats of American folk music... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412172230/https://www.shawanoleader.com/articles/2016/03/19/volunteer-profile |archive-date=2019-04-12 }}

and raised in Utica, New York) is an American folk musician, storyteller and educator from Wisconsin, who writes and performs songs about a wide array of topics.{{Cite web |title=Protesters jam Capitol Square, deriding budget bill |author=Bill Glauber and Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |date=February 26, 2011 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |url= http://archive.jsonline.com/news/statepolitics/116982223.html |quote=Near the stage where performers were warming up the crowd before the rally stood Skip Jones of Bowler. A large man with a long white beard, Jones is a folk singer, storyteller and educator who goes from school to school. Jones has 19 grandchildren, and he said one of them called him to say he needed to be in Madison. So he came. "I don't like the anger and the hatred," he said. "I think we need to be forward-thinking these days, and Walker's bill will devastate a generation. We have shortages in schools, and they are our future." }} He often promotes clean water, social harmony, and the old family values of shared music and time tested wisdom in his music, actions, and words.{{Cite web |title=SIMPLY FOLK INTERVIEWS {{!}} Skip Jones |last=Elkins |first=Stephanie |work=Wisconsin Public Radio |date=18 September 2011 |access-date=23 February 2020 |url= https://www.wpr.org/skip-jones |quote=Skip is one of the Wisconsin’s leading advocates for clean water, social harmony, and the old family values of shared music and time tested wisdom. }}

Record labels

Jones founded the record labels Makin' Jam, Etc., and Cabin in the Wood Recordings. Through these labels Jones was the producer and engineer for various artists and albums, for example Utah Phillips' The Old Guy{{cite web | title=Utah Phillips - The Old Guy / Misc. Blather | website=Discogs | url=https://www.discogs.com/Utah-Phillips-The-Old-Guy-Misc-Blather/release/9417853 | access-date=2020-02-23 |quote=Producer, Engineer – Skip Jones}} and Moscow Hold;{{cite web | title=Moscow Hold - Utah Phillips | website=AllMusic | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/moscow-hold-mw0000244826/credits | access-date=2020-02-23 |quote=Skip Jones Engineer}} and Larry Long's Troubadour.{{Cite web |title=Troubadour - Larry Long {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |author= |work=AllMusic |date= |access-date=23 February 2020 |url= https://www.allmusic.com/album/troubadour-mw0000179482/credits |language=English |quote=Skip Jones Engineer }}

Discography

All references from the FolkLib Index{{Cite web |title=FolkLib Index – Skip Jones Discography |last=Henkle |first=Doug |work=folklib.net |date=July 31, 2011 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |url= http://www.folklib.net/index/discog/j/jones2_skip.shtml }} except when noted.

Water is Life – For All My Relations (2016){{Cite web |title=Frank "Anakwad" Montano & Skip Jones in Concert |author=David HB Drake |work=archive.cudahynow.com |date=March 27, 2016 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |url= http://archive.cudahynow.com/userstoriessubmitted/373677481.html |quote=Skip's New CD "Water is Life – For All My Relations" will be available at the concert on the Earth Day is Every Day Tour. }}
Hear the Whistle Blow (2011)
Life Is Delicious (2007)
Sacred Sites Songs, compilation (2007){{cite AV media |title=Sacred Sites Songs |author1=Patrick Klaybor |author2=Larry Long |author2link=Larry Long (singer-songwriter) |author3=Wade Fernandez |author4=Ben Yahola |author5=Michael Bucher |author6=David HB Drake |author7=Clinton Miller | author8=Skip Jones |author8link=Skip Jones |date=2007 |access-date=4 March 2020 |url= https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/klayjar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305033707/https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/klayjar |archive-date=5 March 2020 |language=English |type=CD |quote=This CD is a modern folk hybrid including Native American, American folk and Blues influences. }}
You Are My Sunshine
Bring Back the Joy!, compilation (2004){{Cite web |title=Bring Back the Joy! featuring Tom Chapin, David HB Drake, George Grove, Skip Jones, Stuart Stotts & Dangerous Folk |author= |work=store.cdbaby.com |date= |access-date=23 February 2020 |url= https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/dhbdrake4}}
Grandpa's River (2002)
The Journey: Chapter 2: Don't Feed The Harmonica Player (2000)
The Journey (2000)
The Tellin' Takes Me Home
Skip Jones & The Children of Dubuque (1992)
Simply Folk Sampler 2 (1990)
Long Hard Time
Corners of My Mind (1985)