Sharon Jones
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Past
NOV
18
2016
Newark, NJ
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
I Was There
OCT
16
2016
Portsmouth, NH
The Press Room
I Was There
SEP
16
2016
Santa Cruz, CA
The Catalyst-CA
I Was There
SEP
11
2016
Jackson Hole, WY
Pink Garter Theatre
I Was There
SEP
10
2016
Missoula, MT
The Wilma
I Was There
AUG
17
2016
Hasselt, Belgium
Kiewit
I Was There
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Kai
March 21st 2014
I was not familiar with Sharon Jones and my friend asked me to go with her, the concert was one of the best and so unexpected. she has more energy in her pinky then I have in my entire body. she is interactive, personable, fun and engaging. the dap kings killed it, such great energy, moves and skills. definitely check this concert out.
San Francisco, CA@Fillmore-CA
Max
December 24th 2013
As expected, another killer show from Sharon and The Dap Kings!
Pittsburgh, PA@Byham Theater
About Sharon Jones
Sharon Jones is an American soul/funk singer and lead singer of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, who are widely considered to be at the forefront of a revivalist movement that aims to recapture the feeling of soul and funk music as it was at its height in the late 1960s to mid 1970s. Despite trying to forge a career as a professional singer since an early age, it has only been in her middle age that Jones has experienced breakthrough success.
Born Sheron Lafaye Jones, on May 4, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, she moved to New York at an early age and lives there now, recording for independent Brooklyn based recording label Daptone Records. As a child, she and her brothers would often imitate the singing and dancing of James Brown, who was also from Augusta Georgia. A regular gospel singer in church, Jones often entered talent shows backed by local funk bands in the early 1970s. Session work then continued with backing singing, often credited to Lafaye Jones, but in the absence of any recording contract as a solo singer, she spent many years working as a corrections officer at Rikers Island and as an armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank, until receiving a mid-life career break in 1996 after she appeared on a session backing soul and deep funk legend Lee Fields.
Born Sheron Lafaye Jones, on May 4, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, she moved to New York at an early age and lives there now, recording for independent Brooklyn based recording label Daptone Records. As a child, she and her brothers would often imitate the singing and dancing of James Brown, who was also from Augusta Georgia. A regular gospel singer in church, Jones often entered talent shows backed by local funk bands in the early 1970s. Session work then continued with backing singing, often credited to Lafaye Jones, but in the absence of any recording contract as a solo singer, she spent many years working as a corrections officer at Rikers Island and as an armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank, until receiving a mid-life career break in 1996 after she appeared on a session backing soul and deep funk legend Lee Fields.
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Genres:
Funk, R&b, Soul, R&b/soul, Rnb-soul
Similar Artists On Tour
concerts and tour dates
Past
NOV
18
2016
Newark, NJ
New Jersey Performing Arts Center
I Was There
OCT
16
2016
Portsmouth, NH
The Press Room
I Was There
SEP
16
2016
Santa Cruz, CA
The Catalyst-CA
I Was There
SEP
11
2016
Jackson Hole, WY
Pink Garter Theatre
I Was There
SEP
10
2016
Missoula, MT
The Wilma
I Was There
AUG
17
2016
Hasselt, Belgium
Kiewit
I Was There
Show More Dates
Fan Reviews
Kai
March 21st 2014
I was not familiar with Sharon Jones and my friend asked me to go with her, the concert was one of the best and so unexpected. she has more energy in her pinky then I have in my entire body. she is interactive, personable, fun and engaging. the dap kings killed it, such great energy, moves and skills. definitely check this concert out.
San Francisco, CA@Fillmore-CA
Max
December 24th 2013
As expected, another killer show from Sharon and The Dap Kings!
Pittsburgh, PA@Byham Theater
About Sharon Jones
Sharon Jones is an American soul/funk singer and lead singer of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, who are widely considered to be at the forefront of a revivalist movement that aims to recapture the feeling of soul and funk music as it was at its height in the late 1960s to mid 1970s. Despite trying to forge a career as a professional singer since an early age, it has only been in her middle age that Jones has experienced breakthrough success.
Born Sheron Lafaye Jones, on May 4, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, she moved to New York at an early age and lives there now, recording for independent Brooklyn based recording label Daptone Records. As a child, she and her brothers would often imitate the singing and dancing of James Brown, who was also from Augusta Georgia. A regular gospel singer in church, Jones often entered talent shows backed by local funk bands in the early 1970s. Session work then continued with backing singing, often credited to Lafaye Jones, but in the absence of any recording contract as a solo singer, she spent many years working as a corrections officer at Rikers Island and as an armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank, until receiving a mid-life career break in 1996 after she appeared on a session backing soul and deep funk legend Lee Fields.
Born Sheron Lafaye Jones, on May 4, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, she moved to New York at an early age and lives there now, recording for independent Brooklyn based recording label Daptone Records. As a child, she and her brothers would often imitate the singing and dancing of James Brown, who was also from Augusta Georgia. A regular gospel singer in church, Jones often entered talent shows backed by local funk bands in the early 1970s. Session work then continued with backing singing, often credited to Lafaye Jones, but in the absence of any recording contract as a solo singer, she spent many years working as a corrections officer at Rikers Island and as an armored car guard for Wells Fargo Bank, until receiving a mid-life career break in 1996 after she appeared on a session backing soul and deep funk legend Lee Fields.
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Genres:
Funk, R&b, Soul, R&b/soul, Rnb-soul
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