Billy Jones (Outlaws guitarist)

William Harry Jones (November 20, 1949 – February 7, 1995) was an American guitarist and singer best known as a founding member of the Outlaws.

He was offered a scholarship to Juilliard School of Music but turned it down, electing to attend the University of South Florida.

He taught and tutored math for a while and contemplated teaching full time, but music was Jones's calling.

He was initially brought on as a keyboardist but soon switched to lead guitar, helping crystallize the trademark Outlaws sound.

After touring the Outlaws hit album Ghost Riders,[1] he was asked to leave the band due to substance abuse.