Pere Ubu guitarist Jim Jones died late Monday night. Details have not been released, but he’d been ill for years. Health problems lead him to leave the Cleveland post-punk band in 1996, and his condition had deteriorated, though friends say he’d looked good over the last year. “Jimmy was the one guy who always got along with everybody,” says John Thompson, the former Discodrome record-shop owner, who was also part of Ubu’s tour support. “Everybody in the music scene knew him and loved him.” (Click ‘More” to keep reading) …

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This article appears in Feb 13-19, 2008.

11 replies on “Pere Ubu guitarist Jim Jones dies”

  1. Jim Jones was one of the friendliest, talented guys around a kind word for everyone and no rockstar ego. he will be missed by all who knew him. Very sad news.

  2. Hey Jim…..see you for a beer at the big Otto Mosers in the sky (the original on 4th st.) One of the smoothest guys I ever met…

  3. Just before Christmas a couple of years back, I found a pack of CDs in my mailbox along with a nice note from Jim. On the CDs were 20th century orchestral music, some Beatles, even Shatner’s album. That was Jones, he loved all kinds of music and he always wanted to spread the joy. One of the best guys I’ve ever known.
    Ben Small
    Cleveland

  4. Man, Jim will be missed. I first saw him playing his strat thru a Fender Twin at the Pop Shop at an Easter Monkeys show, and marveled at how cool the sound and open tuning were.
    He was the nicest and most gentlemanly guy you’d ever want to meet.
    Doug
    NYC

  5. What a sad day. What a great guitar player and all around cool person. I hung out with Jim at Record Rendezvous downtown and Platter Puss on E. 185 th street. He let me play his white Stratocaster once. We would go down to the Flats to watch the Easter Monkeys perform in some real dives. Man those were the days. Rest easy Jim, you will live in our hearts forever. Rock On brother.

  6. Some years back, I ordered MONSTER from the Ubutique. Having read the notes on the site about how service would be SLOOOOOOOOOOW, I was not at all concerned when about six weeks had passed.
    The order arrived, along with a handwritten note from Mr. Jones apologizing for the delay AND a t-shirt. Since I wasn’t at all anxious, the note was sweet, as was the shirt (which is a generously sized shirt for what is on the label, so I can actually wear it, as long as I’m not needing large quantities of oxygen).
    Sad news… 🙁

  7. Once I thought I made myself: I was wrong. I thought I knew music. I was wrong. JIM JONES, God rest his soul, knew better. He told me what I didn’t know . He introduced me as a friend to people I barely had the right to know. He made me listen differently; where I hadn’t before. So much cooler and smarter than I’ll ever be. (or ever was) That was only a VERY small part of Jim Jones. What a Cat- I’ll miss him forever. John

  9. Laura says:
    I was kid when I first saw Jones play at the Pop shop and lived at the Plaza…man I used to think how cool he was and I would learn that it was true. He was a man of “Just Do it” before Nike…I mean some of the best of advice I ever got as a musician was to just do it and f**k whether you can actually play as you think you should and with that I keep with me always…he will be missed by so many even in the hallowed halls of the PLAZA you can still hear the laughter..

  10. Jimmy – was my neighbor. That was really cool. I’m not sure if most of the other neighbors really realized his impact on the music scene. He was a creature of the night, and when I would stumbl home from the Beachland to have one last smoke down by the lake, he usually would be hanging out with his dogs. I think I amused him. This past Chrismas Eve I hung out with him and a couple of neighbors. I informed the neighbors of the ‘legendary’ jim jones, and he of course was practically embarassed about it. What a great guy…

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