A vital piece of Nashville's R&B history fell silent yesterday with the death of legendary blues guitarist Johnny Jones. The longtime frontman, sideman and guitar slinger was found dead at his apartment yesterday morning by exterminators. He was 73. Jones was an integral part of the Music City R&B scene chronicled in the Country Music Hall of Fame's 2004 Night Train to Nashville exhibit. That project's Grammy-winning CD compilation and its sequel introduced a new audience to Jones' historic recordings, made with famed Nashville producer/songwriter/label owner Ted Jarrett in the 1960s.
