My Long-Haired Life was a return to her previous method of blending original songs and covers. Live at Spirit Square was an August 29, 1990, live recording at the Spirit Square Center for the Arts, documenting the Any Kind of Lie tour. In 1996, Sugar Hill Records released a pair of Jones albums only a few months apart. Sugar Hill Recordings Īfter losing her label, Jones, 35, decided to settle down and have a child (Shane Marie Dixon). She relied more on original material and adapted an adult-contemporary sound. In 1990, Jones moved to RCA Records to record Any Kind Of Lie. Her voice and singing style reminded some observers of Dusty Springfield, who mined a similarly eclectic field of pop music others compared her voice to that of Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, or Annie Lennox. Jones' sound encompassed jangle pop, ballads, and southern-style soul.
These albums featured original material (written by Dixon, or Dixon and Jones together), and covers of songs by Janis Ian, Elvis Costello, John Hiatt, Jackie DeShannon, Richard Barone, and Graham Parker. She recorded two more albums for A&M Records – Match Game (1986) and Used Guitars (1988) – featuring a wide range of supporting musicians (including Marshall Crenshaw, Mitch Easter, The Uptown Horns, Paul Carrack, T Bone Burnett, Darlene Love and others). Jones and Dixon married in 1988, and Dixon produced and wrote songs for all of her subsequent albums. The album featured Anne Richmond Boston (vocals) and Mitch Easter (guitar). Jones covered songs by The dB's, The Bongos, Elvis Costello, and Dixon. Her first solo album, 1985's Unsophisticated Time ( A&M Records), was produced by Don Dixon. The band recorded one EP for A&M Records in 1983. Producer and songwriter Liam Sternberg gave Jones her first studio experience singing demos, and suggested she join Akron band Color Me Gone who needed a lead singer. While in school, she performed in solo, duo, and trio contexts. She performed with her sisters in a folk music group and graduated from Kent State University in 1979 with a degree in studio art. Marti Jones grew up in Uniontown, Ohio, United States near Akron, Ohio. She sings, records, and performs as "Marti Jones" and exhibits visual art as "Marti Jones Dixon." Marti Jones is an American singer and visual artist known for her albums (solo and with husband Don Dixon) and her paintings.
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