Edgar Jones - Way It Is: 25 Years Of Solo Adventures

Three CDs. 2021 release. The first ever collection of solo works by Edgar Jones, leader of Liverpool cult heroes, The Stairs. On this retrospective, the versatile Jones mixes jazz, R&B, soul, blues, rock and ska into his musical gumbo. Features rarities by Jones' garage bands The Isrites and The Big Kids, previously only released physically on a CD limited to just 50 copies. Includes tracks from the Mercury Music Prize nominated albums Soothing Music For Stray Cats (2005) and The Masked Marauder (2008) as well as Gettin' A Little Help... From The Joneses (2007), The Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing (2011), Sense Of Harmony (2012), Morphic Fields (2013) and The Song Of Day And Night (2017). The booklet features their notes alongside rare photos and gig flyers. His heavy blues rock project The Edgar Jones Free Peace Thing (featured here) were hand-picked by Noel Gallagher to support Oasis on their 2009 European tour. Jones has played bass for Paul Weller, Johnny Marr, St. Etienne And The La's.