Fools and Fine Ladies features Jon with his Trio buddies, dobroist John Currie and bassist FJ Ventre, along with guests Chris Frank of the Red Clay Ramblers, Bill Newton, Taz Halloween, Mark Simonsen, Dave DiGiuseppe, and Rob Van Veld. The tracks were all cut live in the studio, March 5-10, 2001 at The Rubber Room in Chapel Hill, NC with Jerry Brown behind the board.


"Even longtime followers of Shain from his days with Flyin' Mice and Wake should be knocked out by the ambition of this great album of original tunes...Call it musical maturity, or an intangible intersection of solid tunes and solid musicianship: Fools and Fine Ladies marks a giant step for Jon Shain, from folky tunesmith to artist to be reckoned with."

--David Potorti, The Independent, Durham, NC (May. 2001)

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Jon released Brand New Lifetime in the fall of 1999. Mixing acoustic blues with alt. country and roots-rock, Jon's ambitious first solo album covers a lot of musical ground. This recording was done at River's Edge Studios in Haverhill, MA, Jon's childhood home. Ex- Flyin' Mouse Mark Simonsen guests, as do FJ Ventre and John Currie.


"Consisting of acoustic-based originals capped off with a rousing cover of Bob Dylan's 'Meet Me in the Morning", Brand New Lifetime displays the growth of Shain's songwriting skills. Songs such as the album opener "New Year's Eve" and the moving family tribute "Song for Joe", carry forth with a poignancy and emotional depth befitting the honesty of the best blues and folk storytellers."

--Nick Harris, ESP, Greensboro, NC (Sept. 1999)

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Jon's band WAKE (1996-1998) recorded their self-titled debut album in the summer of 1996 at TGS studios in Chapel Hill, NC with Steve Gronback producing and engineering. Other band members included former Flyin' Mice drummer Mark Simonsen and Kirsten O' Rourke Simonsen. Guests on the album include Stu Cole (of Squirrel Nut Zippers) and Howard Levy (of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones).


"(WAKE's album) contains fourteen original songs that deliver stark, honest country-rock with an alternative edge. Rich harmonies, intricate picking and heart-felt songs abound. The spirit of Gram Parsons (and Emmylou Harris) is evident, especially in the brilliant opener ['Weight of Time'], 'Buttons of Gold,' and the upbeat 'Bricks.' These guys bring forth a sense of freshness and originality within the country rock genre. ;

---- Mick Skidmore, Relix Magazine


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So Long This CD was recorded in 1995 by Flyin' Mice at TGS Studios in Chapel Hill and Duck-Kee Studio in Raleigh, NC. So Long was never officially released, as Flyin' Mice broke up shortly thereafter. Ten original tunes in the Americana vein.





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Brighter Day Originally released in 1994 on Dr. Lime Records, Brighter Day was the ambitious sophmore effort by Flyin' Mice, produced by Charles Jones and the band.


"Brighter Day, the much anticipated follow-up to the acclaimed So Hi Drive, offers an eclectic hour of cryptical ditties, dreamy ballads, polyrhythmic rock jams, and otherwise toe-tapping tunes...nowhere else are you going to find more fun packed into a mere sixty minutes. Brighter Day couldn't shine any brighter even if you gave them a bottle of window cleaner."

-- Phillip Haworth, ESP Magazine, Greensboro, NC


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So Hi Drive Released on Dr. Lime Records in 1991, this was the first CD by Flyin' Mice and it contains tunes still in Jon's live set today. Produced by Charles Jones in Chapel Hill, NC.


"The way I figure it they're tappin' the source if you're tappin' the feet...[Flyin' Mice] have a keep on truckin' style of win-you-over that incorporates vintage bluegrass stylings and back-porch, hooch-fueled folk-blues and never opts for cliches but instead reinvents the genres for a younger, modern audience...A warm musical experience from beginning to end."

-- Fred Mills, CMC Magazine, Charlotte, NC


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