Jeffrey Robin Jones (born September 20, 1953) is an American-Canadian bassist who was a member of

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and is a member of

Red Rider Red Rider, later known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider, is a Canadians, Canadian Rock music, rock band popular in the 1980s. While they achieved significant success in Canada, the band never had a song in the top 40 in the United States, although "L ...

Career

Jones performed with

Alex Lifeson Aleksandar Živojinović, (born 27 August 1953), known professionally as Alex Lifeson (), is a Canadian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the progressive rock band Rush. In 1968, Lifeson co-founded the band that wo ...

and

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in the first incarnation of

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, serving as the primary singer and bassist in the summer of 1968. He was replaced by

Geddy Lee Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined the band in September 1968, at the re ...

in September 1968 before their second performance, after wanting to go to a party. He first gained fame as a member of the gospel rock band

, which had a million-selling 1971 single "

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". The group disbanded in 1975. Jones later joined

(he performed bass on the song "

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") and still performs with leader

Tom Cochrane Thomas William Cochrane ( ; born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian musician best known as the frontman for the rock band Red Rider and for his work as a solo singer-songwriter. Cochrane has won eight Juno Awards. He is a member of the Canadian Music ...

. He also works on videos showing

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basses. In the late 1970s, Jones played bass and sang in Stingaree, a Toronto-based band featuring Brian MacLeod and

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on guitars and vocals, Doug (Skip) Layton on drums, and Larry Hamel (replaced by Don Harriss) on vocals and piano. The band had a large following in

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. Brian MacLeod was spotted by promoter Martin Onrot while Stingaree was playing in Toronto and left the band to join

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. The remaining members of Stingaree played for another six months before disbanding in 1978. Jones also played bass on the 1981 hit "Dream Away" by LaBarge. Jones is a regular member of Toronto band The Carpet Frogs, who also serve as The

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band. He also continues to tour with Tom Cochrane. In June 2018, Jeff Jones, along with the group Roar, released the single "Naked in the Church" on Roar Records. Chris Crerar completed the mastering on this project while it was produced by Kevin Dietz at the Metalworks Studios in Toronto.

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