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Artist
Passenger Jones
6+ albums
rootsfolk rock
about
Two priests, a teacher, an architect, a web applications designer, and an oil land-man have collectively created the cello-driven roots rock band otherwise known as Jackson, Mississippi's own PASSENGER JONES. Eight years ago John Bondurant (cello, architect), Taylor Hildebrand (singer/songwriter, guitar, teacher), and Patrick Sanders (singer/songwriter, guitar, Episcopal priest) began the quest many musicians embark upon-to simply make good music. The three spent two summers pooling their influences which range from Pink Floyd, Radiohead, Classical, Hip Hop, Widespread Panic, and the pantheon of singer/songwriters in order to refine themselves as serious and insightful song craftsmen. After two years of basically living together, Patrick, Taylor, and John sent a demo to Chris Hudson, cousin of Blue Mountain's Cary Hudson, at Black Dog Records in Monticello, MS. Chris happily took the trio under his wing and guided them through recording their first EP, PEOPLE. PEOPLE was a rarity: a concept album with a concept that worked. The narrator, a listless writer named Passenger, observes the lives of those around him. Having little grasp on his own identity, Passenger steals the biographies he gleans and makes them his own through his words. "The character is aptly named," says music critic J. Lawrence Richardson. "Passenger has no drive of his own. He rides on the currents that other create." Even though PEOPLE was produced at Route 1 Recording Studio (Black Dog's studio), the E
