Little Hat Jones
b. Dennis Jones. Jones was a taut voiced street singer from San Antonio, Texas, where he recorded 10 blues for ARC Records in 1929 and 1930, also accompanying Texas Alexander on one session. His trademark was a fast, rolling guitar introduction, followed by a marked rallentando as he or Alexander began singing. Only on Hurry Blues did he maintain the pace of his introduction throughout, making the record label mistitle (for Worried Blues) inadvertently appropriate. An eclectic guitarist, Jones blended fingerpicking, strumming and boogie basses into a style that, while recognisably within the Texas mainstream, was distinctively his own.