Rentiesville Blues Community Builder

Ken “Tank” Jones grew up in Cicero, Illinois listening to Chicago Blues, and he had the opportunity to meet and play with some of the legendary musicians in the suburbs around Chicago.

He moved to Oklahoma while still a young man and made a name for himself (“Tank”) playing football. After getting hurt on the field, he focused on the bass guitar.

He met the legendary Carl Dean Radle and some of the other musicians from the Church Studio, and was forever changed. He was able to play on stage with a number of people including Buddy Guy, Big Mama Thornton, among others.

He played in the Blue Combo with Pacemaker Newham and later in the Jook Joint Revival with Pat Moss. He was often seen at Blues festivals performing with Harry and Debbie Blackwell, Barry Harris and many more.

He was an accident investigator and lived in Prue Oklahoma for the last two thirds of his life.