CHRIS JONES; Retired; Co-Author, ‘The Embers The Bobby Tomlinson Story;’ (Carolina Beach Music); Corporate Public Affairs; Journalism; U of Georgia

#realconversations #beachmusic #UofGeorgia #bobbytomlinson#journalism #corporateaffairs #author CONVERSATIONS WITH CALVIN WE THE SPECIESMeet CHRIS JONES; “I met Chris Jones a month ago on ourweekly author hour on Bold Authors Network with best-selling author Kae Wagner.This is a plug for Kae. Besides bolstering authors on journeys, which is how Imet Chris, Kae has been transformative in my author’s life, which is also aboutselling books. And I’ve done it all this past year. Kae is. Chris dropped me a chat, and a week later we Zoomed. Asoutherner and a northeastern guy bonded. Commonalities abounded. We’recontemporaries. Chris is worldly, beginning in those precious college days.Music and radio were a part of his early life. Mine too. I could listen toChris for hours. His stories and, most importantly, his journey to co-writing‘The Embers: The Bobby Tomlinson Story,’ in part documenting the Carolina beachmusic scene. He’s charming, passionate, and humorous. Worldly keeps coming up.Chris’ story of his evolution as an author makes for this very specialinterview. “  Calvinhttps://www.youtube.com/c/ConversationswithCalvinWetheSpecIEs508 Interviews/Videos  9000 SUBSCRIBERSGLOBAL Reach. Earth Life. Amazing People.  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE  CHRIS JONES; Retired;Co-Author, ‘The Embers: The Bobby Tomlinson Story;’ (Carolina Beach Music);Corporate Public Affairs; Journalism; U of GeorgiaYouTube:  https://youtu.be/UJuvHP-mzgwLINKS: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/w-chris-jones-a0983b297/Facebook- The Embers book: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61569316977232AMAZON BOOK:  https://bit.ly/43VyefM**BIO: Chris Jones (1950 - Present) was born in Alma, GA.After a 40-year corporate public affairs career detour, which involved workingwith regulatory and legislative leaders and politicians on behalf of thecorporation, Jones returned to his journalistic roots in 2022. A retiree livingnear Athens, GA, Jones contributed an Epilogue and helped a friend convert hisout-of-print book to an eBook. Bitten by the writing bug, he wrote an articlefor a regional magazine on the overlooked early days of the Athens music scene."White Fraternities and Black Music in the 60s" went viral and waslater reprinted in a UK music magazine. In 2024, the article received a topaward in the Feature Writing Division A category from the National AmericanMature Publishers Association (NAMPA).In November 2024, Jones co-authored his first book, TheEmbers: The Bobby Tomlinson Story, published by McBryde Publishing, whichchronicles the iconic band's six-decade journey through the eyes of foundingdrummer Bobby Tomlinson. His first job was as a radio deejay in high school,and he became a news and sports reporter before entering corporate publicaffairs. Jones and his wife, Toni, reside near Athens, GA.**WE ARE ALSO ON AUDIOAUDIO “Conversations with Calvin; WE the SpecIEs”ANCHOR https://lnkd.in/g4jcUPqSPOTIFY https://lnkd.in/ghuMFeCAPPLE PODCASTSBREAKER https://lnkd.in/g62StzJGOOGLE PODCASTS https://lnkd.in/gpd3XfMPOCKET CASTS https://pca.st/bmjmzaitRADIO PUBLIC https://lnkd.in/gxueFZw