The performance will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 with tickets priced from $37.50-$42.50, according to a BCT press release.
Jones is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, a Musicians Hall of Fame inductee and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient. He graduated from IU in 1967 with a bachelor’s in music education and received an honorary degree from the University in 2012.
He is also a recipient of the University’s Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
His newest album, “Sound the Alarm,” was released June 25 and features a combination of old and new R&B sounds, and nearly each one of the 12 tracks is a collaboration between Jones and another R&B artist, according to Jones’ website.
Artists on the album include Anthony Hamilton, Estelle and Jones’ 22-year-old son, Ted.
Jones said on his website the decision to bring his son aboard for a song titled “Father Son Blues” came after hearing his guitar playing at home and mistaking it for the work of Joe Bonamassa, another prominent blues player.
“I thought, ‘This is amazing — you can have something right in front of your own nose and you don’t see it!’” Jones said on his website.
Jones also said on his website this album gave him the opportunity to showcase other R&B talents and to reconnect with traditions which go back to his teen years.
“I have music inside me, and I’m looking forward to the future,” he said. “I’m very excited about making some things happen.”
The Vallures are a local, mostly female band which performs primarily 1960’s rock, Motown and soul, according to the BCT release.
The band lists several influences on its Facebook page, including the Ronettes, Shangri-las, the Supremes, James Brown, Otis Redding and more.
Tickets may be purchased online at ?buskirkchumley.org, by phone at 812-323-3020 or at the BCT Box Office and Downtown Visitors Center at 114 E. Kirkwood Ave.
For more information about Jones, visit his website at bookert.com.
For more information about the Vallures, visit the band’s website at ?thevallures.com.
Holly Hays
