About Kacey Jones
Audiences have been laughing with Kacey Jones for decades. She’s been
laughed at outside the Nashville city limits by the likes of People Magazine,
USA Today, GAC & CMT Television, and on National Public Radio as Garrison
Keillor's guest on "A Prairie Home Companion." With KACEY JONES there's a lot to
laugh about.
Her new CD, "Donald Trump’s Hair," is the hilarious follow-up to her previous
comedy album, "Nipples to the Wind." Scheduled for national release in May,
2009, "Donald Trump’s Hair" contains fifteen tracks, including thirteen new
songs written or co-written by Jones. The debut single, "I Wanna Be Up Front
Like Dolly" will be featured in the April 2009 edition of Country Weekly
Magazine. Her newest creation is ‘stacked’ with clever appeal, establishing the
vocal talent and comedy genius caught in the grooves.
In the hard work-a-day world of carving a national name as one of the brightest
musical humorists to break through in years, Kacey Jones is used to breaking the
mold. Singer, songwriter, musician, producer, publisher…all distinct
descriptions that fit a unique piece of this puzzle. When completely assembled,
the one that emerges is of a delightful, born and bred in the San Francisco Bay
Area, madcap redhead who sees the world at large with laser perception and a
funny tilt.
"I'm a singer-songwriter-musician first," says Jones, "I enjoy making people
laugh in the tradition of musical humorists such as Tom Lehrer, Mae West, Roger
Miller, Dan Hicks, Jerry Reed, and Sophie Tucker." I also enjoy a good
ballad…that's why I recorded my tribute to Mickey Newbury." (Kacey Jones Sings
Mickey Newbury - IGO Records, 2006). Jones’ interpretation of Newbury’s
beautiful, melancholy songs achieved critical worldwide acclaim. She even
enlisted Newbury’s close friend, Kris Kristofferson, to play a cameo role in her
music video, SanFrancisco Mabel Joy. "I love when people laugh so hard at my
funny songs that tears roll down their cheeks," says Kacey, "I also love to see
their eyes well up when I sing a ballad that reminds them of someone or
something they've loved or lost. Tears of laughter, tears of sorrow...they're
all good. They let us know we're alive."
If it all seems off the wall, it's totally sane in the world of Kacey Jones.
Hers was, after all, the brilliant mind that conceived one of Nashville's most
unique and revered cult acts, the all-girl group, "Ethel and The Shameless
Hussies," who broke above the waves in the late 80's to mainstream nominations
as "Comedy Act of the Year" on MCA Records. As lead singer and lead comedy
writer, Kacey put the Shameless Hussies on America's national radar.
In 1997 Kacey signed with Curb Records and recorded one of the few original
music-with-comedy-albums ever released by a female artist in Nashville. "Men Are
Some of My Favorite People," considered a classic by collectors, yielded two
music videos, "1-900-Bubba" and "I Hate Your Lousy, Rotten, Stinkin' Guts But,
I'm Not Bitter."
Further proving that her talents could produce more than just a few good laughs,
Kacey entered the studio with legendary cult artist, Kinky Friedman, only to
emerge as the producer of his critically acclaimed project, "Pearls in the
Snow." Featuring Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, Delbert
McClinton and others, the album reached the # 1 spot on the Americana radio
chart in 1999. In 2000 Kacey and Delbert McClinton recorded the duet, "You're
The Reason Our Kids are Ugly." The single and video stayed at the top of the
European country chart (#1) for nine weeks.
Movies were next to fall under her spell. Kacey contributed three original songs
to the soundtrack of the multi-award-winning cult film and TV series, "Sordid
Lives" starring Beau Bridges, Olivia Newton-John, Delta Burke, and Leslie
Jordan. Could Broadway be next? "Nipples To The Wind" has what it takes to get
to Broadway - I look forward to that!" says Kacey.
Kacey is the "Official Songstress of The Sweet Potato Queens" an organization
with 75,000 members worldwide, born out of six best-selling Sweet Potato Queen
books (Simon & Schuster). She’s also a favorite of the "Red Hats" and has been a
featured performer at their regional and state conferences. What’s next on her
agenda? Heads-up, Donald Trump, you’re at the top of Kacey’s list!