Glenn Jones (born October 1, 1953) is an American guitarist, He is most recognized for his work in the

experimental rock Experimental rock, also called avant-rock, is a subgenre of rock music that pushes the boundaries of common composition and performance technique or which experiments with the basic elements of the genre. Artists aim to liberate and innovate, with ...

group

Cul de Sac A dead end, also known as a cul-de-sac (, from French for 'bag-bottom'), no through road or no exit road, is a street with only one inlet or outlet. The term "dead end" is understood in all varieties of English, but the official terminology ...

History

At the age of fourteen Jones picked up playing the acoustic guitar, which he purchased after hearing '' Axis: Bold as Love''. During the early seventies, Jones discovered

American primitive guitar American primitive guitar is a fingerstyle guitar music genre, developed by the American guitarist John Fahey in the late 1950s. While the term "American primitivism" has been used as a name for the genre, American primitive guitar is distinct ...

and became influenced by

Robbie Basho Robbie Basho (born Daniel R. Robinson, Jr., August 31, 1940 – February 28, 1986) was an American acoustic guitarist, pianist and singer. Biography Basho was born in Baltimore, and was orphaned as an infant. Adopted by the Robinson family, ...

and John Fahey. It wasn't until he was asked by

Robin Amos Robin Amos is an American keyboardist and founding member of the band Cul de Sac. His first band was The Girls, a punk band that Amos founded in the late seventies with George Condo, Mark Dagley and Daved Hild. He continued to explore that band ...

to join Shut-Up that he began playing an electric guitar. In 1989, he founded

with Amos in

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Discography

* ''This Is the Wind That Blows It Out: Solos for 6 & 12 String Guitar'' (Strange Attractors, 2004) * ''Against Which the Sea Continually Beats'' (Strange Attractors, 2007) * ''Barbecue Bob in Fishtown'' (Strange Attractors, 2009) * ''Even to Win is to Fail'' (split with 'Eastmont Syrup' by The Black Twig Pickers & Charlie Parr, Thrill Jockey, 2011) * '' The Wanting'' (Thrill Jockey, 2011) * ''My Garden State'' (Thrill Jockey, 2013) * ''Welcomed Wherever I Go'' (Thrill Jockey, 2014) * ''Fleeting'' (Thrill Jockey, 2016) * ''The Giant Who Ate Himself and Other New Works for 6 & 12 String Guitar'' (Thrill Jockey, 2018)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Glenn 1953 births American folk guitarists American male guitarists Cul de Sac (band) members Place of birth missing (living people) Fingerstyle guitarists Guitarists from Massachusetts People from Montgomery County, Maryland Living people 20th-century American guitarists 20th-century American male musicians