| On January 15th 1995, five musicians, friends and family, got together to form what is now Southern Persuasion. Danny (bass/vocals) and Aaron Murphy (guitar/mandolin/vocals), Steve Dennis (acoustic guitar/vocals), Joe Jones (drums/vocals), and Louie Warren (guitar/synth/steel/harp/vocals) played a few familiar songs and the magic began. Danny had played with Aaron and Joe previously. Aaron had played with Louie and Steve previously. They spent the next few weeks arranging/learning enough material to perform at a party in Sperryville a month later. From there they went on to various contests, warm-ups for national acts, and arranging and performing the songs of their gifted drummer/songwriter, Joe Jones; including the jingle for the local store Bull Run Boots that aired on Thunder 107.7.
In July of 1997, Danny decided to leave the band to pursue other interests; family and musical. He was replaced by Paul Coladonato (bass/vocals). Paul brought a new energy and feel to the band. They continued to perform in contests, and warm-up for national acts, and further evolving Joe's fine tunes.
In May of 1999, Paul decided to leave the band to pursue other interests; family and musical. He was replaced by Dean Honeycutt. From April 2000 to the present we have been working to finish this project. Personnel changes, financial problems, equipment problems, and scheduling conflicts have all added to the time involved. Let us know if you think we should complete and market this album.
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Our CD in progress: "Find A Way"
Produced by: Jeff Covert, Louie Warren, & Aaron Murphy
All songs written by Joe Jones with the exception of "Ghost Dance" written by Aaron Murphy
All songs arranged by Southern Persuasion
Acoustic & electric guitars: Aaron Murphy
Electric guitars & harp: Louie Warren
Vocals: Steve Dennis
Drums: Joe Jones
Bass: Dean Honeycutt
Keyboards: Peter Bonta
Jeff ran off a progress CD for us to see how far we've come and decide where we need to go to finish this thing. It's just a rough mix off the master tapes, but the following clips give you an idea of what we have.
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