[1][2] Born in Harlem, New York City, in 1940, Jones grew up in the Sugar Hill section,[3] and attended the High School of Performing Arts where she studied tap and ballet dance and trained in opera.
[6] Throughout her time with Diddley, Jones maintained the separate career she had begun independently as a songwriter, session musician, and bandleader.
[8] Jones played guitar on Les Cooper's 1962 instrumental "Wiggle Wobble" and percussion on the 1967 hit "San Franciscan Nights" by Eric Burdon and The Animals[5] and other recordings[3] and later backed James Brown and Sam & Dave.
[6] Jones was known for playing the Roland guitar synthesizer, an experimental instrument not typically heard in rhythm and blues music.
[6] Jones met Bo Diddley in 1956 backstage after playing with the Bop-Chords in the Apollo Theater in the neighborhood of Harlem.
My wife and partner of 47 years has been called up to that great rock & roll band in the heavens to be reunited with Bo Diddley, Jerome Green and Clifton James.