Product Specialist & Brand Ambassador for Epiphone Guitar Company
Dr. Will Jones, Professor of Epiphone’s musical mission is to represent and inform the world of the features and advantages, the rich history and superior quality of all Epiphone products, as well as the fun and life-enriching experience of self-expression through music.

Music and Entertainment Background
Like Epiphone, performance is Will’s passion. Will has been singing along with records and the radio and banging on guitars, pianos and drums and household furniture since he was a very small child. He got his first good drumset and Les Paul Custom when he was an early teenager. Self-taught, he would play along with records from AC/DC, KISS, ZZ Top, Ted Nugent, George Thorogood and various favorites from the radio.

Will joined his first band at twelve, rehearsing in a hot attic and performing at school. After school he had a successful career as a radio personality, but missed playing live music.

He joined a rock-a-billy band as a drummer, and within a couple of years, he formed his own band, lead singer and rhythm guitar for Will Jones and the Western Fringe, an alternative country and rock original act. Will wrote all the songs.

Will got his first Epiphone as a prize on a game show. Impressed with the quality and value, he bought an Epiphone PR6 electric/acoustic guitar to play with his band. This love and experience with Epiphone products prompted him to open his instrument shop, which stocked primarily Epiphone and eventually Gibson.

After a few years of playing hundreds of gigs with his band, the Western Fringe, he got his own weekly TV show, “Will Jones and the Western Fringe Variety Hour” which is in its eighth year of broadcast. It features sketch comedy, starring Will and his original songs, Will has also received national airplay from his CD “Western Fringe” featuring the hit “Skanky”, which has even appeared on a movie sound track. Will’s holiday hit “Reindeer Doo” still plays on radio stations across the country every year around Christmas-time.

While at Epiphone Will has performed as an integral member of the Epidemics in Nashville, Los Angeles and Germany, lead singer and rhythm guitarist of the Dr. Epiphone band in Japan, China, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. He has performed guest lead vocals for rock legends Twisted Sister on multiple occasions and Teddy Zig Zag’s (of Guns & Roses) Screamin’Cocktail Hour in California. Will is currently forming a new rock project in Nashville and will be performing again worldwide in 2007 spreading goodwill and the message of Epiphone value and fun, including a multi-city tour of China with the Road Hammers in May.

Prior to Epiphone, Will co-owned a small music store which sold Epiphone and Gibson products, as well as managed the Ernest Tubb Record Shop store with the weekly live radio show, The Midnight Jamboree.

In addition to his current role as Professor of Epiology, Will has worked in various positions at Epiphone including Trade Channel Support Manager and Product Specialist.

Will also hosts a weekly music spotlight radio show on Internet radio called Eclectica with Will Jones, which features music and live interviews from interesting artists and songwriters from every genre of music. The show is heard worldwide every Friday night at 10pm CST at nashvilleradio.biz.

Will occasionally authors an advice column for musicians and singers called “Ask Dr. Epiphone” in Singer and Musician magazine, a national bi-monthly publication.

You can also spot Will on-camera in a few regional TV commercials and major music videos as he also does various voice-over/talent jobs for radio and TV as an occasional hobby. Will also performs emcee duties at many various events every year.

Personal Background
Will is single and has lived in the Nashville, Tennessee area most of his life. His birthday is April 25th, and he has no siblings. He credits his mother for his love of music. His many interests outside of music and broadcasting include art, science, history, martial arts, physical fitness and riding his Harley Davidson in hazardous Nashville traffic.