Name: Stevie Jones
Instrument: Vocals, acoustic, harmonica
With Wildfires since: 2010
Gear used: Takemine and Crafter electro acoustics, Swan harmonicas, Jo Yo American Sound and Boss Chorus pedals
Other current musical projects: Solo, The Waltzers
Previous bands: Voices Of Sin, Acres Wild, Treehouse, Stevie Jones and Mark Gill
Key musical influences: Bowie, Counting Crows, New Model Army, Waterboys, Ryan Adams, Fish, Mark Eitzel, The Clash, classic songwriters Neil, Dylan, Van, Nick Drake etc
First major gig attended: The Who NEC 1981
Favourite gig(s): Counting Crows NEC 1997, Bowie Reality Tour NEC 2003, Waterboys Leicester Uni 1986, Pearl Jam MK Bowl 2014, Brockwell Park Brixton NMA Joolz et al 1984
Favourite albums: Recovering The Satellites Counting Crows, Misplaced Childhood Marillion, Cold Roses Ryan Adams and The Cardinals, Space Oddity David Bowie, Vengeance New Model Army, Rush Moving Pictures
Single that shook my world: The Whole of The Moon The Waterboys
Favourite music video: Pallisades Park Counting Crows or Life’s What You Make It Talk Talk
Teenage crush(es): Debbie Harry, Liz Fraser
Midlife crush(es): Sophie Hunger, Sarah-Sofie Boussnina, The Soap Girls
Football team?: Kettering Town. Loved Liverpool under Paisley, Leicester City under Martin O’Neill.
Favourite food: Indian
I cook a mean: Roast
Favourite invention: c90s
Top films/series: Naked, The Doors The Bridge, Better Call Saul
Least favourite chore: Changing guitar strings
Book(s): Just Kids Patti Smith, William Blake Selected Poems
Comedy: Fast Show
Artist: Van Gogh
Composer: Beethoven
Favourite period of history: Medieval
Favourite place to chill: Woods or Norfolk coast
One day I would love to visit: California
Missing most over pandemic: Freedom to travel