Jim Jones (1,188 views)

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Jim Jones 
Vocal Range: A1 - E6
Years Active: 1985? – present
Associated Acts: Thee Hypnotics (1985 – 1999, 2018), Black Moses (2000 – 2004?), The Jim Jones Revue (2007 – 2014), Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind (2014 – present)

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{Discography}
Thee Hypnotics:
Live’r Than God (1989): E2 – C5 - F♯5
Come Down Heavy (1990): A2 - D5 - E5
Soul, Glitter & Sin (1991): E2 - C5 - D5 - E5
The Very Crystal Speed Machine (1994): D3 - B4 - F♯5

Black Moses:
Emperor Deb (2002): E2 - C5
Royal Stink (2004): D3 - C♯5 - F5

The Jim Jones Revue:
The Jim Jones Revue (2008): B2 - C♯5 - F5
Burning Your House Down (2010): D2 - G5
The Savage Heart (2012): E♭2 - D5 - G♯5

Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind:
§uper Natural (2017): C♯2 - E♭5 - B♭5
ColleçtiV (2019): A1 - B♭5 - E6

Significant High Notes:
E6 ("OUT ALIGN")
E♭6 ("OUT ALIGN")
B♭5 ("ATTACK OF THE KILLER BRAINZ", “Something’s Gonna Get Its Hands On You”)
G♯5 ("Catastrophe", "Dream", "Mind Field", "Righteous Wrong", "Walk It Out")
G5 ("Big Len", "Burning Your House Down", "Elemental", "I FOUND A LOVE", "Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey" (Live in Oslo, Feb 2009), "Preachin' & Ramblin'")
F♯5 ("ATTACK OF THE KILLER BRAINZ", "Boil Your Blood", "Can You See Me?", "Dishonest John", "Down In The Hole", "Foghorn", "It's Gotta Be About Me")
F5 (“All Night Long”, "High Horse", "I FOUND A LOVE", "Killin' Spree", "Nine Times", "Premeditated", "Princess & The Frog", "Royal Stink", "Walk It Out")
E5 ("Earth Blues", "Heavy Liquid", "Justice in Freedom", "OUT ALIGN", "Release The Feeling", "Resurrection Joe", “Revolution Stone”, "Rock Me Baby", "Soul Accelerator", "Soul Trader")
E♭5 ("Base Is Loaded", "Burning Your House Down", "Princess & The Frog", "SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON YOU")
D5 ("Alphashit", "Bleeding Heart", "Caroline Inside Out", "Catastrophe", "Cold Blooded Love", "Half Man Half Boy", "Release The Feeling", "Resurrection Joe")
C♯5 ("(Let It) Come Down Heavy", "All Messed Up", "Base Is Loaded", "Big Len", "Dream", "Earth Blues”, "Foghorn", "Garbage Man", "Get Down Get With It", "Good Golly Miss Molly", "Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey", "It's Gotta Be About Me", "Kissed By The Flames", "OUT ALIGN", "Shoot First", "Soul Trader", "The Meat Man", "Thru You", "Walk It Out")
C5 ("20*20", "Better Believe", "Blown Away", "Catastrophe", "Dishonest John", "Don't Let It Get You Down",  "Heavy Lounge, Pt. 1", "High Horse", "It's Gotta Be About Me", "Never Let You Go", "Premeditated", "Royal Stink", "SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON YOU", "Testimonial")
B4 ("(Let It) Come Down Heavy", "7 Times Around The Sun", "Alphashit", "ATTACK OF THE KILLER BRAINZ", "Big Len", "Bleeding Heart", "Caroline Inside Out", "Cement Mixer", "Choose My Own Way", "Coast 2 Coast", "Cold Blooded Love", "Down In The Hole", "Dream", "Earth Blues", "Foghorn", "Freak of Nature", "Get Down Get With It", "Half Man Half Boy", "Heavy Lounge, Pt. 1", "Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey", "Hot Grundies", "Kissed By The Flames", "Let’s Get Naked”, "Lose Control", "Mind Field", "Premeditated", "Release the Feeling", "Revolution Stone", "Rock n Roll Psychosis", "SEX ROBOT", "SHAZAM", "Shoot First", “Something’s Gonna Get Its Hands On You”, "Soul Accelerator", "Stevie", "Testimonial", "The Big Fix", "Thru You", "Tie It Up", "Till It's All Gone", "Walk It Out", "Where Da Money Go?", "Who's Got Mine", "Yr Gonna Get It")
B♭4 ("20*20", "Base Is Loaded", "Better Believe", "Big Hunk O'Love", "Big Len", "Burning Your House Down", "Can't Breathe (Turkey Neck)", "Catastrophe", "Cement Mixer", "Chain Gang", "Dishonest John", "Elemental", "Fish 2 Fry", "Freak of Nature", "Get Down Get With It", "Goodbye", "Good Golly Miss Molly", "High Horse", "Hold Up", "I FOUND A LOVE", "Killin' Spree", "Make It Hot", "METH CHURCH", Never Let You Go", "No Fool", "Princess & The Frog", "Righteous Wrong", "Rock n Roll Psychosis", "Royal Stink", "SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON YOU", "SHAZAM", "She Got Tha Moves", "Shoot First", "So Good", "Stop The People", "The Meat Man", "Thru You", "Where Da Money Go?", "Who's Got Mine")
A4 ("(Let It) Come Down Heavy", "7 Times Around The Sun", "All Messed Up", “All Night Long”, "Big Hunk O'Love", "Blown Away", "Can You See Me?", "Choose My Own Way", "Don't Let It Get You Down", "Floatin' In My Hoodoo Dream", "Fragile", "Half Man Half Boy", "Heavy Liquid", "Hot Grundies", "I FOUND A LOVE", "If The Good Lord Loves Ya", "In And Out Of Harm's Way", “Justice In Freedom”, "Keep Rollin' On", “Let’s Get Naked”, "Look What You've Done", "Point Blank 'Mystery'", "Release the Feeling", "Resurrection Joe", "Rock Me Baby", “Something’s Gonna Get Its Hands On You”, "Stevie", "The Big Fix", "Tie It Up")
G♯4 ("Aldecide", "Alphashit", "Another Daze", "Baj (Oh Yeah)", "Base Is Loaded", "Bleeding Heart", "Cement Mixer", "Coast 2 Coast", Collision Boogie", "DARK SECRETS", "Eagle Eye", "Earth Blues", "Eye On You", "Fragile", "Freak of Nature", "Heavy Lounge, Pt. 1", "Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey", "I FOUND A LOVE", "It's Gotta Be About Me", "Justice in Freedom", "Look What You've Done", "Lose Control", "Make It Hot", "METH CHURCH", "Mind Field", "No Fool", "Preachin' & Ramblin'", "Princess & The Frog", "Righteous Wrong", "Royal Stink", "SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON YOU", "SEX ROBOT", "SHAZAM", "So Good", "Soul Trader", "Strange Life", "Walk It Out", "What to Do", "Where Da Money Go?", "Won't Let Go")

Significant Low Notes:
E♭3 ("Alphashit", "Base Is Loaded", "Chain Gang", "Fish 2 Fry", "Foghorn", "Garbage Man", "Human Fly", "Lose Control", "Never Let You Go", "SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON YOU", “Something’s Gonna Get Its Hands On You”, "The Meat Man")
D3 ("Better Believe", "Earth Blues", "Goodbye", "If The Good Lord Loves Ya", “Revolution Stone", "Second Skin", "Under The River")
C♯3 ("Aldecide", "ATTACK OF THE KILLER BRAINZ", "Chain Gang", "Eagle Eye", "Dream", "Elemental", "Fish 2 Fry", "Human Fly", "Killin' Spree", "Princess & The Frog", "SEX ROBOT", "Till It's All Gone", "What to Do")
C3 ("1,000 Miles From The Sure", "Justice in Freedom", "Resurrection Joe", "Strange Life", "The Big Fix")
B2 ("Cement Mixer", “Revolution Stone”, “Something’s Gonna Get Its Hands On You”, "Soul Trader")
B♭2 ("Eagle Eye", "Elemental", "Hold Up", "Kissed By The Flames", "O GENIE", "SHAZAM")
A2 ("Black River Shuffle", "Cold Blooded Love", "Resurrection Joe", "Samedi's Cookbook", "Slow Mama", "The Big Fix")
G♯2 ("1,000 Miles From The Sure", "DARK SECRETS", "Eagle Eye", "In And Out Of Harm's Way", "It's Gotta Be About Me", "Kissed By The Flames", "Nine Times", "O GENIE", "SHAZAM", “Something’s Gonna Get Its Hands On You”, "Till It's All Gone")
G2 ("Cold Blooded Love", "Midnight Oceans & The Savage Heart", "Samedi's Cookbook")
F♯2 ("Eagle Eye", "Everyone But Me", "METH CHURCH")
F2 ("DARK SECRETS", "Midnight Oceans & The Savage Heart")
E2 ("Black River Shuffle", "Cold Blooded Love", "It's Gotta Be About Me", "Soul Trader", "Strange Life")
E♭2 ("DARK SECRETS", "1,000 Miles From The Sure", "Burning Your House Down", "Catastrophe", "Everyone But Me", "GOING THERE ANYWAY", "I FOUND A LOVE", "METH CHURCH", "Midnight Oceans & The Savage Heart", "SEX ROBOT")
D2 ("Righteous Wrong")
C♯2 ("DARK SECRETS", "Dream", "Everyone But Me")
C2 ("METH CHURCH")
B1 ("GOING THERE ANYWAY")
B♭1 ("METH CHURCH")
A1 ("GOING THERE ANYWAY")

• Blue denotes falsetto and whistle passages.
• Green denotes harshly distorted passages.
• Boldface denotes outstanding passages.
• Italics denote non-melodic and spoken passages.
• Underlines denote obscured and background passages.

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{Bolded Notes}
F♯5 "ATTACK OF THE KILLER BRAINZ", "Boil Your Blood"
F5 "Walk It Out"
E♭5 "SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON YOU"
D5 "Bleeding Heart"
C♯5 "Soul Trader"
C5 "It's Gotta Be About Me"
B4 "Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey", "Lose Control", "Mind Field", "Where Da Money Go"
B♭4 "Dishonest John", "Elemental", "Make It Hot", "Princess & The Frog", "Royal Stink", "Shoot First", "So Good"
G♯4 "Another Daze"

F♯4 "Burning Your House Down" (the best note Tom Waits never belted)

B2 "Revolution Stone"
A2 "Resurrection Joe", "The Big Fix"
G2 "Midnight Oceans & the Savage Heart"
F♯2 "METH CHURCH"
F2 "DARK SECRETS"
E2 "Soul Trader"
E♭2 "Going There Anyway"

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{Questionable Notes}
C♯6 ("Nine Times" [1][5])
C6 (“All Night Long” [1])
B5 ("Good Golly Miss Molly" [1], "Rock Me Baby" [1], "Testimonial" [1])
G♯5 ("Where Da Money Go?" [1])
G5 ("Princess & The Frog" [1])
F♯5 ("Hey Hey Hey Hey Hey" [1], "Make It Hot" [1], "What To Do" [3])
F5 ("Cement Mixer" [1], "Hot Grundies" [2], "Stop The People" [1])
C♯5 ("Aldecide" [3], "Base Is Loaded" [1], "Cut It Out" [3], "Never Let You Go" [3])
C5 ("Big Hunk O'Love" [5], "Can You See Me? [3])

E♭3 ("Mind Field" [1], "Can't Breathe (Turkey Neck)" [1])
C3 ("512" [3], "All Messed Up" [3], "SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART SET ON YOU" [5])
G♯2 ("Lose Control" [1])
F2 ("SATAN'S GOT HIS HEART ON YOU" [1])
E2 ("Alphashit" [1], "Thru You" [3], "Yr Friend" [5]
E♭2 ("ATTACK OF THE KILLER BRAINZ" [3])
C2 ("DARK SECRETS" [1])
B♭1 ("Base Is Loaded" [3])
[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.