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ROBUST RECORDINGS

Producing real rock and roll with real drums, real guitars, real vintage amps, and great recording gear.

50 years experience playing and recording great rock and roll music.

PHIL JONES

Producer Engineer Drummer

GEAR LIST:

PRO TOOLS 12
PAIR YAMAHA NS-10 MONITORS
PAIR JBL 6328P MONITORS
UAD2 APOLLO 8P A/D CONVERTER
UAD2 APOLLO X16 A/D CONVERTER
BURL B2 BOMBER 2 CHANNEL A/D CONVERTER
(2) UA 6176 MIC PRE / COMPRESSORS
AMS NEVE 1073DPX (2) MIC PRES WITH EQ
(4) SAGE SE-PRE1 MIC PRES SAGE ELECTRONICS
(4) API 312 VINTAGE MIC PRES RACKED BY BRENT AVERILL
(2) API 512C MIC PRES
(2) AVEDIS MA5 MIC PRES
NEVE 1073DP MIC PRE
DAKING MIC PRE
(2) 70'S VINTAGE ADM 780 MIC PRES
SAGE ELECTRONICS ITIDAWTH 2 CHANNEL DIODE COMPRESSOR
(2) SSL 611 DYN COMPRESSOR/EXPANDER/GATES
(2) API 550B EQS
(2) HARRISON 32EQS
UNIVERSAL AUDIO SATELLITE
TONS OF UA2 PLUGINS
COMPLETE SLATE PLUGINS
COMPLETE KUSH PLUGINS
COMPLETE WAVES PLUGINS
KONTAKT 5 KEYBOARDS AND STRINGS
ARTURIA KEYOARDS
DANGEROUS MONITOR ST
DANGEROUS AUDIO 2-BUS LT
PEARLMAN TM-250 MICROPHONE  PEARLMAN MICROPHONES
(2) PEARLMAN TM-2 MICROPHONES
MESANOVIC MODEL 2 RIBBON MICROPHONE MESANOVIC MICROPHONES
SHURE SM7 MICROPHONE
(4) SHURE 57 MICROPHONES
SHURE ELECTRODYNE MICROPHONE
(3) SENNHEISER 421 MICROPHONES
SHURE SM81 MICROPHONE WITH 2 CAPSULES
TELEFUNKEN M82 MICROPHONE
EV RE20 MICROPHONE
EV N/D 868 MICROPHONE
(2) SOYUZ 013 FET MICROPHONES
SOYUZ BOMBLET MICROPHONE
AKG 451 WITH C1 CAPSULE

INSTRUMENTS:

1971 GRETSCH TONY WILLIAMS DRUM KIT
1969 LUDWIG "RINGO" KIT
1977 CAMCO NATURAL WOOD KIT LARGE SIZES
EARLY 70'S BLUE BADGE 5 PIECE KIT LARGE SIZES
1960'S JAPANESE SMALL SIZE KIT
15 SNARES
A WHOLE BUNCH OF CYMBALS
VINTAGE VALJE QUINTO, CONGA, TUMBA
VINTAGE GON-BOPS BONGOS
TONS OF HAND PERCUSSION
LAKLAND BASS GUITAR
1970 FENDER MUSICMASTER BASS
FENDER AMERICAN TELE
RJP AMERICAN CUSTOM WITH VINTAGE GIBSON HUMBUCKERS
1970'S LAWSUIT TAMA ACOUSTIC, LIKE A D28
KAY 1950'S ACOUSTIC
IBANEZ HIGH STRUNG ACOUSTIC
DEAN FRETLESS ACOUSTIC/ELECTRIC BASS
1962 BROWN FENDER DELUXE
2016 MAGNATONE TWILIGHTER
88 KEY MAUDIO WEIGHTED KEY KEYBOARD, TONS OF SOUNDS, SAMPLES
(2) HOHNER MELODICA

MUSICIANS THAT HAVE RECORDED HERE:

Blondie Chaplin (Rolling Stones, Brian Wilson)

Marc Ford (Black Crowes, Magpie Salute)

Jim Wilson (Daniel Lanois, Rollins Band, Motor Sister, Sparks)

Spooner Oldham Dewey Lindon Oldham (R & R Hall of Fame, Neil Young, Bob Dylan)

Ron Dziubla (Joe Bonamassa, Duane Eddy, Melissa Manchester)

Gia Ciambotti (Joe Walsh, Bruce Springsteen)

Lisa Frazier (Boz Scaggs)

Michael Woods (America)

Robert Davis (Ms. Lauryn Hill, Eddie Money, Bernard Fowler)

Fuzzbee Morse (Lou Reed, Peter Gabriel)

Terry Reid

Amanda Blue

Michael Mennell (Tom Jones, Boz Scaggs, John Fogerty)

Daniel Pearson

Fred Mandel (Queen, Alice Cooper)

Jonny Polonsky (Audioslave, Jonny Polonsky Music)

Shawn Davis (Beck, Marc Ford, Nikka Costa)

Phil moved to Los Angeles from Iowa in 1969 to play rock and roll. His first band was Oskar, and was fronted by Lee Oskar who later formed War with Eric Burdon. His second LA band, Crabby Appleton, had a nationwide hit in 1970 with the single "Go Back ", and recorded two critically acclaimed albums for Elektra in 1970 and 1971.

In 1979, Phil was hired by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers as a percussionist and toured with them from 1980 through 1984. He is credited on 16 of the 48 tracks on the new Tom Petty Live Anthology collection. During those years he also recorded with TP and the HB's in the studio, appearing on Hard Promises, Long After Dark, Live, and Wildflowers. Phil also played nearly all the drums and percussion on Tom's most successful studio album, his first solo effort entitled Full Moon Fever. He is the drummer and percussionist on Freefallin', I Won't Back Down, and Runnin' Down A Dream, which are Petty classics and his biggest hits.

For the last 15 years, Phil has been playing drums with the Waddy Wachtel Band, which includes Waddy Wachtel, Rick Rosas (Neil Young, Joe Walsh), Brett Tuggle (Fleetwood Mac), and Bernard Fowler & Blondie Chaplin of The Rolling Stones touring band. Other band members have included Keith Allison, Jamie Savko and Stacy Michelle (Kid Rock). The WWB played nearly every Monday for 12 years at The Joint in West Los Angeles, recently playing every month or two on a Friday or Saturday. Guests on stage with the band have included Keith Richards, Robert Plant, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, Adam Sandler, Bobby Womack, Donovan, Eric Burdon, Leo Sayer, George Thorogood, and many, many more.

Phil, in recent years, has also played with Joe Walsh's touring band, Johnny Rivers, Jack Tempchin, Bernard Fowler, Terry Reid, Pegi Young and The Survivors, Jason Sinay, Marc Ford, and Jim Wilson as well as working recording projects as drummer, percussionist, and producer.

NEW RELEASE JUST OUT, Now Playing, by JIm Wilson. Drums and production by Phil Jones, recorded at Robust Recordings. Also just completed a new project for JJ Diamond and working on new records for both Jim Wilson and JJ. Also ongoing projects with Fuzzbee Morse and Robert Davis (Animal Waves)