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If you’ve seen recent pictures of Eli Young Band, then you’ve probably noticed bass player Jon Jones is sporting a new look. He used to be the guy with the shaved head and the clean shaven face. Now he sports a full mustache and a big tan cowboy hat, and when we asked him about the new look, he said, “It was time. I feel like my wife kinda got tired of my face over the pandemic, being home that much. And she was just like, anything you could do to change that would be a positive.’”
Jon jokes that he grew the mustache to spite her, but then he says, “She didn’t hate it, so it stayed. And I’ve had this cowboy hat forever, and it’s always felt kinda goofy – didn’t quite fit the look. And then with a mustache I put it on, and was like, oh, that makes a difference.”
The cowboy hat was actually a present from Jon’s dad a couple of decades ago. “When we started the band he was like, ‘You’re in a country band. You need a nice cowboy hat.’ And 20 years later he was right. So, here we are, and I’ve been told I can’t get rid of it now, so I’m stuck with it.”
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Jon Jones – “It was time. I feel like my wife kinda got tired of my face over the pandemic, being home that much. And she was just like, anything you could do to change that would be a positive.’ Okay, just for saying that, you’re getting a mustache. And she didn’t hate it, so it stayed. And I’ve had this cowboy hat forever, and it’s always felt kinda goofy – didn’t quite fit the look. And then with a mustache I put it on, and was like, oh, that makes a difference.”
Mike Eli – “And it was a gift from your father.”
Jon – “This was a gift from my father. When we started the band he was like, ‘You’re in a country band. You need a nice cowboy hat.’ And 20 years later he was right. So, here we are, and I’ve been told I can’t get rid of it now, so I’m stuck with it.”