Artist description A low-level infectious groove, peppered with surfguitar and country stylings, rock urgency, seductivesongcraft and latin flourishes. A long drive on adirt road.

Music Style Trailer Trance

Musical Influences X, Tom Waits, PJ Harvey, Surf

Similar Artists Tom Waits, Chris Isaak, Randy Newman, Talking Heads

Artist History Jones Trailer has been playing in San Franciscofor 3 years.

Group Members Bunko -- vocals, guitars.Mully -- lead guitarDavid Kamm -- drumsJulie Roth -- bass

Instruments guitar, vocal, bass, drums

Albums Eponymous

Press Reviews Jones Trailer plays soundtracks for ghost towns: taking a cue from modern lounge-folk gods Tom Waits and Chris Isaak, maestro Ben Ratliff creates sparse, spacious songs perfect for chasing tumbleweeds and getting a noseful of desert dust. "Ride the Comet" has Ratliff enuciating--but actually, the expressive guitars do more of the talking than he does. "Bucket of Love" has a bossa nova beat, "So Low" drones on like a bored train-hopping hobo and moves slow as molasses, and "Girl Next Door" veers a traditional country ballad into spaghetti western territory (complete with surprise cross-dressing finale). "40,000 Miles"--a folky western rocker featuring a shredded tire and a very upset woman -- could have been an Eagles throwaway. The standout song on the demo,"Ancient Chinese Secret" hints that Ratliff is more a guitar man than a lead singer* -- it's a string-action-packed instrumental that even your picky dad might say sounded like the string work of Crosby, Stills and Nash.

Location San Francisco, California - USA

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