First Listen: Glenn Jones returns with some "Family Time"

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    (November 25, 2022) When the discussion turns to the great soul crooners who were mainstays on Quiet Storm radio in the 1980s and 90s, you won’t go too far down the list before reaching Glenn Jones. Jones began his career as a gospel singer before making the successful transition to R&B, releasing memorable singles and albums in the 1980s and 90s. That is when Jones experienced his greatest success on the charts with hits such as “Show Me” and “We’ve Only Just Begun (The Romance is Not Over),” but Jones has continued recording and performing.

    His latest, the stepper’s cut “Family Time,” finds Jones fusing his gospel and R&B roots on a song that finds the artist recalling and embracing the warm memories he made watching television shows like “The Jeffersons” and “Soul Train” with his family while also acknowledging that a new of young people are creating memories that they will look back fondly on one day.

    (November 25, 2022) When the discussion turns to the great soul crooners who were mainstays on Quiet Storm radio in the 1980s and 90s, you won’t go too far down the list before reaching Glenn Jones. Jones began his career as a gospel singer before making the successful transition to R&B, releasing memorable singles and albums in the 1980s and 90s. That is when Jones experienced his greatest success on the charts with hits such as “Show Me” and “We’ve Only Just Begun (The Romance is Not Over),” but Jones has continued recording and performing.

    His latest, the stepper’s cut “Family Time,” finds Jones fusing his gospel and R&B roots on a song that finds the artist recalling and embracing the warm memories he made watching television shows like “The Jeffersons” and “Soul Train” with his family while also acknowledging that a new of young people are creating memories that they will look back fondly on one day.

    Jones teams with gospel singer and 2009 winner of Sunday Best Y’Anna Crawley on a song that extols the timeless values of communicating across generations, maintaining, and cherishing relationships with all the people in our lives. Jones and Crawley deliver this message with a light touch that goes down easily with a steppers touch.

    Jones and Crawley are preaching while not being preachy. In fact, I can see everyone from the little kids to grandma stepping to this one. Check out Glenn Jones and Y’Anna Crawley on “Family Time” here.

    By Howard Dukes

    Glenn Jones - "Family Time"