The Jenny Jones Show ran for twelve years. From September 16th, 1991 to to final show on September 12th, 2003.
On July 10, 2000, the Waystation appeared as part of a Billboard Magazine (read article below) campaign in conjunction with the Jenny Jones Show. The Waystation lineup at this time was David McDowell, guitar; Nicholas Fryer, guitar; Bob Lovecchio, bass; and Alexander Rea, percussion.
This video is transferred from a damaged VHS tape. Best attempts were made to restore the footage.
Learn more about the Waystation at www.waystationweb.com
NEW YORK &CHICAGO--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000
Billboard Talent Net and The Jenny Jones Show Join Forces to Showcase Unsigned Musical Acts
Business Wire, Feb 4, 2000
Billboard Talent Net (http://www.billboardtalentnet.com), the first professionally-oriented Internet showcase for new and developing artists in every genre, and "The Jenny Jones Show" a premiere force in bringing music to daytime television, have joined forces to offer unsigned musical artists the opportunity to receive national television exposure.
Premiering February 15, "Jenny Jones" will highlight top acts from the Billboard Talent Net Top 10 and Radio BTN Top 50 rankings once a month. In addition to the opportunity for these unsigned acts to be seen by Jenny's millions of viewers, performance clips and background information on the bands will be posted on the &uotJenny Jones&uot Web site (www.jennyjones.com), which has received upwards of 6.5 million page views a month.
The Billboard Talent Net Top 10 and Radio BTN Top 50 are the first online new talent hit lists to provide an accurate reflection of what an international online audience considers to be the most popular and talented unsigned artists around today. Results are published every Friday on the BTN Web site and appear bi-weekly in the "Artists &Music" section of Billboard Magazine and other regional trade publications, such as Musikwoche in Germany. Votes are cast by BTN's registered international online audience.
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"The Jenny Jones Show's" commitment to bringing viewers musical performances from both established talent as well as the up-and-coming stars of tomorrow combined with BTN's capabilities of finding cutting-edge music by unsigned and developing artists have created an important showcase for record companies, talent executives, fans and artists alike.
"Jenny Jones" a River Tower production in association with Telepictures Productions, is distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.
Billboard Talent Net (http://www.billboardtalentnet.com) is the first professionally oriented Internet showcase for new and developing artists in every genre. Launched in May, 1998, the site provides music industry professionals and fans alike the opportunity to navigate an enhanced, 24-hour, interactive link to the world of new and emerging artists and their music - well before they become household names. First to provide a meaningful set of rankings to profile top unsigned artists, the Top 10 and Radio BTN Top 50 forecast the next successful generation in music. Billboard Talent Net is owned by Talent Net, Inc., a licensee of the Billboard Music Group, and has offices in New York, Germany and Malaysia.
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Waystation Biography:
Much has changed since The Waystation released their self-titled debut album in 1999; Alexander moved to New York and Dave to San Francisco. Bob quit his day job and linked up with Grammy-nominated Latin bandleader Angel Melendez. Co-founder Nick Fryer left the group, recorded some solo tracks, and entered the blogosphere.
But, in the midst of all these happenings, The Waystation finally nailed down a new EP, which is called downcounting. With this EP, longtime fans will hear more cues from modern rock radio, but still recognize the narrative lyrics, compelling melodies and deft instrumentation that are the hallmarks of The Waystation.
Born from dorm-room beginnings and barn-door jams, The Waystation honed their chops playing countless 10pm-2am bar gigs in their college town of Oxford, Ohio. After experimenting with a series of homemade demos and live recordings, the band released Throw Your Hands to the Sky, a five-song EP, in 1997. Subsequently spreading their wings, the band played their first shows outside Oxford and moved to Chicago after graduation in May 1998.
In Chicago, The Waystation cast off the electric guitars and jam-band sensibilities of their college days to release an all-acoustic, self-titled LP in July 1999. Following the release of the album, the band played more than a hundred shows from 1999 to 2001 as a four-piece featuring Nick and Dave's bold harmonies, Alexander's unique hand percussion, and Bob's jazz-inspired bass playing.
Highlights of the 1999-2001 period included appearances in Billboard Magazine, and on national TV, as well as four unforgettable shows at the House of Blues in Chicago. Already familiar with grassroots promotion, The Waystation was quick to realize the potential of the Internet for reaching new fans. Generating letters and emails from fans on four continents, tracks from the album were downloaded more than 100,000 times.
After Nick amicably left the group in August 2001, the band finished out their summer schedule, and then took a break from performing and recording. In 2003, the band began rehearsing in Alexander's attic and soon took the stage for a series of shows in Chicago, which inspired them to finish tracks shelved after Nick's departure. Three years later, the result is the EP, downcounting. A long-time coming, to be sure, but, as Dave sings in the new song, 'Something About You' -- "I hope this song it finds you well, and I hope it finds you soon. I hope you recognize my voice, and know that I remember you."
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