For Immediate Release:
The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences Committee
has placed Felix Jones on the
Official Ballot for the 2008 Grammy Awards
in the following categories:
Category 1 - Record of the Year
Felix Jones - Love You Still
Award goes to Artist, Producer, Recording Engineer, and Mixer:
Felix Jones, Phil Sheaff, Joey Davis and J.J. Myers
Ballot Entry # 174
Category 2 - Album of the Year
Felix Jones - Felix Jones
Award goes to Artist, Producer, Recording Engineer,
Mixer, and Mastering Engineer: Felix Jones, Phil Sheaff, Joey Davis,
J.J. Myers, and Doug McBride
Ballot Entry # 157
Category 3 - Song of the Year
Felix Jones - Love You Still
Award goes to Songwriter: Joey Davis and Phil Sheaff
Ballot Entry # 357
Category 4 - Best New Artist
Felix Jones
Award goes to Artist: Felix Jones
Ballot Entry # 097
Category 7 - Best Pop Performance By A Duo or Group with Vocal
Felix Jones - Konichiwa
Award goes to Artist: Felix Jones
Ballot Entry # 036
Category 9 - Best Pop Instrumental Performance
Felix Jones - Ambition
Award goes to Artist: Felix Jones
Ballot Entry # 038
Category 11 - Best Pop Vocal Album
Felix Jones - Felix Jones
Award goes to Artist: Felix Jones
Ballot Entry # 067
It was Boston, 2000.
Down in the trenches of music; the subway. Joe and Phil were waiting for a train
on the way home from a gig at the local Surf outlet Quicksilver, where they had
a regular acoustic gig. Guitars at their feet, and a big crowd of about 50 now
present (due to the tardiness of a train), they took the opportunity to
introduce a few innocent bystanders to the sound of Felix Jones.
"We broke-out the acoustics and started playing; and I just closed my eyes
because it made it easier to feel the music for me, and Joey had his head buried
in his guitar as well, so both of us are totally in our own little worlds. No
trains came the whole time we played, so the acoustics were really inspiring.
After playing an ENTIRE 4 minute song, we stopped, looked up, and it was dead
silent. No one was talking. No one was moving. But EVERYONE was staring at us.
All of a sudden they burst into applause. As the applause was going, this one
girl came up to our closed guitar cases, opened them for us, and exclaimed 'you
need to leave these open, that was amazing'." -- Phil
Coming up in the chicago punk scene, FJ's guitarist Phil played shows with
some incredible talent. He had Tim McIlrath (now of Rise Against) and his band
Baxter play in his parent's basement for a few suburban-basement punk shows, and
Tim had Phil's band the Skalawags play in his basement as well. Kris Myers (now
drummer for Umphrey's McGee), played drums for the Skalawags.
The masterful slap-bass work you will hear on “Fired Up” when you click
"Audio" (above) was recorded by Phil, or as his partner in crime Joey
affectionately calls him, “The Albino Rhino”. He won “Best Guitarist, Boston” in
the “Guitarmageddon” guitar-championship hosted by Guitar Center for the
performance of his virtuosic slap-acoustic-guitar piece “Ambition”.
He once entered 4 songs under separate aliases into a songwriting competition
hosted by the legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, The
Rolling Stones, The Beatles,&etc.) at Berklee College of Music, and all 4 songs
were impressively awarded Honorable Mention; (only 6 Honorable Mentions were
awarded total.) He has written over 300 songs. He has been signed as a solo
artist, and often plays a left-handed guitar upside-down. Phil attended Berklee
College of Music on a guitar-performance scholarship, and is hilariously,
narcoleptic.
"Buddy Miles came over to my house when I was 13 and taught me how to tape my
cymbals, and play a few cool grooves." - Joey D.
Multi-instrumentalist songwriting-extraordinaire Joey D. has had the pleasure
of learning from legendary musicians and songwriters. He dedicated his life, and
sacrificed everything most consider essential in life to his art of songwriting.
He has recorded with the heavyweight Nashville-producer/engineer Russ Ragsdale
(Jane’s Addiction, Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson, Duran Duran, Meat Loaf, Leon
Russell, Edgar Winter, Bruce Hornsby, Billy Idol, Barbra Streisand, Muddy
Waters, Trisha Yearwood, Bob Dylan, Faith Hill, Tim McGraw, Laura Branigan,
Patty Loveless, Megadeth, The Isley Brothers, Yes, etc&), and been publicly
recognized by the world-famous songwriter Jason Blume (Britney Spears, the
Backstreet Boys, and Jesse McCartney, Collin Raye, the Oak Ridge Boys and John
Berry. Blume’s songs are included on albums that have sold more than 50 million
copies.) Joey D. has written over 300 songs and definitely has a gap between his
two front teeth.
Nick “Animal” Daviero has won multiple regional-championships in the “Guitar
Center Drum Off”, teaches drums, is a whopping 5 foot 6, and drinks protein
shakes from GNC at discount prices.
As a band, Felix Jones is taking the radiowaves by storm in North America and
if you delve further into this press kit, you will find out what they’ve
accomplished in Korea so far as well...
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