Tameca Jones

McGonigel’s Mucky Duck presents Tameca Jones.

Coined the “Tina Turner of jazz” due to her long legs, fierce hair, and aggressive vocal stylings, Tameca Jones is a rare creature – an Austin, TX musician actually born and raised in the musical city.

Since embarking on her mission to put her unique and soulful spin on covers in 2008, she has taken the local scene by storm with her potpourri of jazz, blues, rock, and soul.

Tameca is an Austin native now living in New Braunfels. She’s a single mother raising twins and also one of the hardest working artists in Central Texas. She has been performing as a singer here since 2007, either as a solo artist or as a vocalist with such groups as Flyjack and Will Taylor & Strings Attached.

She has a long running residency at the Continental Gallery every Thursday night and plays at Z Tejas on a regular basis. Her shows at The Elephant Room draw sellout crowds with lines up the stairs and down the street. She’s headlined at Threadgills and opened for Smokey Robinson, David Sanborn, Robert Cray, and The Blind Boys of Alabama to name just a few. Her shows feature some jazz standards but also her own renditions of songs by such diverse artists as Nirvana, Soundgarden and Stevie Wonder.

Her cover of the classic “Caravan” includes parts of Beyoncé’s “Naughty Girl” and she absolutely owns “Mad World,” the theme from Donnie Darko. Comparisons to Tina Turner are inevitable, and not just due to the miles and miles of legs and her incredible Afro, this gal can really belt ‘em out. Tameca also has a wonderful and unique fashion sense, part of the fun of her shows is in seeing just what outfit she will show up in.

Plus she sometimes brings decorated cupcakes for the audience and does her mic checks singing the old “Reading Rainbow” song, so what’s not to love ?

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