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Love Jones
12+ albums
lounge
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Love Jones is an American band, formed in Louisville, Kentucky in spring 1990 by Ben Daughtrey (drummer) and Barry Thomas (bassist), with Chris Hawpe (singer/guitarist), Stuart Johnson (drummer) and Jonathan Palmer (singer). According to "Entertainment Weekly", Love Jones was the leader of the "cocktail nation" groups of the early '90s. These groups, which included "Combustible Edison", "Squirrel Nut Zippers" and "[[Big Bad Voodoo Daddy}" were a reaction to the grunge/alternative wave that swept through America in 1992. Cocktail Nation members celebrated the aesthetics and music of the '50s and early '60s -- lounge jazz, crooning pop, and martinis. Love Jones played any sort of pop music that could fit that label -- pop, blues, R&B, bossa nova, doo wop. Love Jones started in Louisville, KY in 1990 along with bands like "Slint and "Palace Brothers", showing the diversity of the Louisville music scene. In 1992 Love Jones moved to Los Angeles and took up a Thursday night residency at "Largo" for a weekly show that featured guest performers like "Jon Brion" and Mark Flanagan, who eventually performed on Love Jones recordings. In 1992 Love Jones received a contract with Zoo Entertainment/BMG shortly after releasing a 45 single on Minty Fresh Records. Their first full length record, Here's to the Losers, was released internationally in late 1993; the second album, Powerful Pain Relief, was released in 1995. 1993's Here's to the Losers (co-produced by the band and Rod O'Brien) co
