Michael Jones

Known for ActingBorn 1952-01-28 (age 74)Welshpool, Wales, UK

Michael Jones (born 28 January 1952) is a Welsh singer, guitarist, and songwriter who lives in France. He has made several hit albums and toured as trio Fredericks Goldman Jones (formed by Michael Jones, French singer-songwriter Jean-Jacques Goldman and American singer Carole Fredericks) and collaborated on a number of songs with Goldman. Jones was born in Welshpool of a Welsh father, John Merick Jones (who landed in Normandy during World War II) and a French mother from Normandy, Simone Lalleman. As a young man, he studied drums and guitar. In 1966, he started his first group: Urban District Council Dib Bob Band. At 19, he went to France on vacation and never left. He played guitar and sang with a Norman group called Travert & Cie from 1971 to 1979 and with the group BUDDY C from 1979 to 1983. Later, he joined the group Taï Phong, where he met Jean-Jacques Goldman, whom he replaced on tour. In 1979, he performed with the group from Toulouse Week-end Millionnaire. When Taï Phong disbanded in 1980, Michael formed another group called Gulfstream. In 1983, he rejoined Jean-Jacques Goldman and Carole Fredericks. In 1985, he co-wrote the hit "Je te donne" with Goldman. In 1986, he wrote the single "Guitar Man," which he sang on tour with Goldman. In 1990, the Fredericks Goldman Jones trio was formed, which lasted five years. Their eponymous album was Fredericks Goldman Jones. Their most famous hit from this period was "À nos actes manqués". In 1998, he participated in Goldman's album En passant and in the tour that followed. In 2001, he participated in Goldman's album Chanson pour les pieds and in the tour that followed. In addition to his work with Goldman, he continued a solo career, releasing A consommer sans modération in 1997, and Prises et reprises in 2004. He formed a group called El Club with Erick Benzi, Gildas Arzel, and Christian Seguret, which released an album in 2007. In November 2008, Jones was invited by the English group Status Quo to join them as support act on their French tour. The album, Celtic Blues, appeared in 2009 and was followed by a tour in France and a live album Celtic Blues Live. In 2013, Jones presented his album 40 60 and stated that he is going to end his career as a musician due to health reasons. The title of this album is a reference to the 40 years span of his career and his age. Two new songs composed by Jean-Jacques Goldman are on this album and a new recording of the Jones-Goldman duet "Je te donne" in an acoustic version. It contains also a duet with Francis Cabrel. His daughter Sarah was born in 1995. He has lived for 20 years in the Lyon suburb of Saint-Laurent-de-Mure. Jones is a member of the Les Enfoirés charity, together since 1989. Source: Article "Michael Jones (Welsh-French musician)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.Read more

Movies & web series

Autour de la guitare, Olympia 2000

Les Nuls, l'émission

Pierre Garnier : phénoménal

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Les Enfoirés 2002 - Tous dans le même bateau

Les Enfoirés 2001 - L'odyssée des Enfoirés

Fredericks Goldman Jones - Du New Morning au Zénith

Les Enfoirés 2014 - Bon anniversaire Les Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Taratata

Les Enfoirés 2017 - Mission Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2020 - Le Pari(s) des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2016 - Au rendez-vous des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2008 - Les secrets des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2018 - Musique !

Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1999 - Dernière édition avant l'an 2000

Elle s'appelait Sirima

Les Enfoirés 2021 - Les Enfoirés à côté de vous

Les Enfoirés 2019 - Le Monde des Enfoirés

L'Énigme Jean-Jacques Goldman

Les Enfoirés 2010 - Les Enfoirés... la Crise de Nerfs

Les Enfoirés 2013 - La Boîte à Musique des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 2015 - Sur la route des Enfoirés

Champs-Elysées

Du new Morning au Zenith

Les Enfoirés 1994 - Les Enfoirés au Grand Rex

Les Enfoirés 1993 - Les Enfoirés chantent Starmania

Jean-Jacques Goldman : Un tour ensemble

N'oubliez pas les paroles - Primes événementiels

Les Enfoirés 1997 - Le Zénith des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1996 - La Soirée des Enfoirés

Les Enfoirés 1992 - La Soirée des Enfoirés à l'Opéra

Jean-Jacques Goldman - Tournée en passant 98

Star Academy

Sacrée soirée

Téléthon

Wolf

Un Inconnu nommé Bourdon

Stars 80 vs Stars 90, la grande battle

La Grande Fête de Carcassonne

La Grande Soirée du 31 de Paris

Les 40 ans du top 50, la soirée anniversaire

Les 20 chansons de Jean-Jacques Goldman préférées des Français

Collectif Métissé - Olympia 2016

La story des années 80

Solidarité inondations

Autour de la guitare