Austin, TX

​​Here’s what we know about Southpaw Jones:

• He is a software engineer by day. Visit LinkedIn for all that.

• By night, he makes music for open-minded folks who dig singable melodies and one-of-a-kind lyrics.

• He performs solo if not with Matt the Electrician. The duo visited legendary Texas listening rooms in

• May 2024: Old Quarter Acoustic Cafe (Galveston), Anderson Fair (Houston), Radio Coffee and Beer (Austin).

• He responds well to prompted creativity, particularly when the prompter has a budget.

• He can write a decent song about anything.

• He is left-handed.

• He plays a right-handed guitar upside down…

• …without a high E string.

• He treads lightly on the thin ice of irreverent honesty.

• He has lived in Houston, Nashville, and Los Angeles.

• He currently lives in Austin.

• He has had the honor of opening for Dan Bern, Terri Hendrix, James McMurtry, Slaid Cleaves, Fred Eaglesmith, and Lisa Loeb.

• He has performed with 5 instruments in 17 states during the past 25 years.

• He has released 92 songs and written many more.

• Critics say he has “that most amazing ability to be hilarious and heartbreaking at the same time.”

• Author Spike Gillespie calls him “the left-handed Elvis Costello and the best songwriter in the land.”