Audiences have been laughing with Kacey Jones for decades. She’s been laughed at outside the Nashville city limits by the likes of People Magazine, USA Today, GAC & CMT Television, and on National Public Radio as Garrison Keillor's guest on "A Prairie Home Companion." With KACEY JONES there's a lot to laugh about.
Her new CD, “Donald Trump’s Hair,” is the hilarious follow-up to her previous comedy album, “Nipples to the Wind.” Scheduled for national release in May, 2009, “Donald Trump’s Hair” contains fifteen tracks, including thirteen new songs written or co-written by Jones. The debut single, “I Wanna Be Up Front Like Dolly” will be featured in the April 2009 edition of Country Weekly Magazine. Her newest creation is ‘stacked’ with clever appeal, establishing the vocal talent and comedy genius caught in the grooves.
In the hard work-a-day world of carving a national name as one of the brightest musical humorists to break through in years, Kacey Jones is used to breaking the mold. Singer, songwriter, musician, producer, publisher…all distinct descriptions that fit a unique piece of this puzzle. When completely assembled, the one that emerges is of a delightful, born and bred in the San Francisco Bay Area, madcap redhead who sees the world at large with laser perception and a funny tilt.
"I'm a singer-songwriter-musician first," says Jones, “I enjoy making people laugh in the tradition of musical humorists such as Tom Lehrer, Mae West, Roger Miller, Dan Hicks, Jerry Reed, and Sophie Tucker." I also enjoy a good ballad…that's why I recorded my tribute to Mickey Newbury.” (Kacey Jones Sings Mickey Newbury – IGO Records, 2006). Jones’ interpretation of Newbury’s beautiful, melancholy songs achieved critical worldwide acclaim. She even enlisted Newbury’s close friend, Kris Kristofferson, to play a cameo role in her music video, SanFrancisco Mabel Joy. “I love when people laugh so hard at my funny songs that tears roll down their cheeks,” says Kacey, “I also love to see their eyes well up when I sing a ballad that reminds them of someone or something they've loved or lost. Tears of laughter, tears of sorrow...they're all good. They let us know we're alive.”
If it all seems off the wall, it's totally sane in the world of Kacey Jones. Hers was, after all, the brilliant mind that conceived one of Nashville's most unique and revered cult acts, the all-girl group, "Ethel and The Shameless Hussies," who broke above the waves in the late 80's to mainstream nominations as "Comedy Act of the Year" on MCA Records. As lead singer and lead comedy writer, Kacey put the Shameless Hussies on America's national radar.
In 1997 Kacey signed with Curb Records and recorded one of the few original music-with-comedy-albums ever released by a female artist in Nashville. "Men Are Some of My Favorite People," considered a classic by collectors, yielded two music videos, "1-900-Bubba" and "I Hate Your Lousy, Rotten, Stinkin' Guts But, I'm Not Bitter."
Further proving that her talents could produce more than just a few good laughs, Kacey entered the studio with legendary cult artist, Kinky Friedman, only to emerge as the producer of his critically acclaimed project, "Pearls in the Snow." Featuring Willie Nelson, Dwight Yoakam, Tom Waits, Lyle Lovett, Delbert McClinton and others, the album reached the # 1 spot on the Americana radio chart in 1999. In 2000 Kacey and Delbert McClinton recorded the duet, "You're The Reason Our Kids are Ugly." The single and video stayed at the top of the European country chart (#1) for nine weeks.
Movies were next to fall under her spell. Kacey contributed three original songs to the soundtrack of the multi-award-winning cult film and TV series, "Sordid Lives" starring Beau Bridges, Olivia Newton-John, Delta Burke, and Leslie Jordan. Could Broadway be next? "Nipples To The Wind" has what it takes to get to Broadway…I look forward to that!” says Kacey.
Kacey is the “Official Songstress of The Sweet Potato Queens” an organization with 75,000 members worldwide, born out of six best-selling Sweet Potato Queen books (Simon & Schuster). She’s also a favorite of the “Red Hats” and has been a featured performer at their regional and state conferences. What’s next on her agenda? Heads-up, Donad Trump, you’re at the top of Kacey’s list!
