BluegrassParlor

Jeff Jones is the current curator of the Bluegrass Parlor, a long running bluegrass institution focused on helping you learn pick it (bluegrass that is, not your nose).

Jeff was born and raised in Lutz, FL and still lives in Tampa. Thats right, he's a real live florida native. And you though they were just a mythical beast, never to be actually found in the real world.

After surving, with minimal long term damage, being bussed all around the Tampa's wonderful school system he eventually found his way to Gaither High School and spent most of his time at school either singing in Chorus or singing and dancing in Showcase, the schools most excellent show band. (For those of you who did not get to witness it and are having a hard time imagaining Jeff singing and dancing rest assured he can not quite comprehend that fact either.) After high school Jeff pursued a degree in Aerospace engineering until he came to his senses at the end of his Junior year and dropped out of college to take over a small independant music store, the Bluegrass Parlor.

Along the way Jeff has been a part of a number of bands including Silver Lining, Jeff Jones Bluegrass Band, Bluegrass Company, Code BLU, but mostly the Bluegrass Parlor Band.

Jeff has been teaching music lessons since 1995 and has taught hundreds of people to play the banjo, mandolin, guitar, dobro, fiddle, and bass.

Something that you may not have know about Jeff is that he is an experienced commercial sewer, errrr try seamstress, no still not quite right, ok how about sewing machine operator. Well a bit awkward but lets go with sewing machine operator. He worked throughout high school at his uncle's canvas business making tarps and other large and mostly flat textile products. In his current real job he started out sewing, small and not at all flat, Wingsuit Skydiving suits at Tonysuits in Zephyrhills.

Currently Jeff is doing all of the CAD work for Tonysuits, the worlds largest Skydiving Suit manufacturer, finishing up a degree in Environmental Science at USF, continuing to teach lessons and perform with a variety of Bluegrass acts (mostly the Bluegrass Parlor Band), and most importantly being a husband to his wife Terri and a father to his new son Everett.