Pop singer
Marti Jones first emerged as the frontwoman of the group
Color Me Gone before issuing her solo debut
Unsophisticated Time -- produced by future husband
Don Dixon -- in 1985. Though the recepient of widespread critical acclaim,
Jones found little commercial success with LPs like 1986's
Match Game (recorded with guests
Mitch Easter,
T-Bone Burnett, and
Darlene Love) and 1988's
Used Guitars (featuring contributions from
Marshall Crenshaw and
Janis Ian), and she was dropped by her label A&M. After signing to RCA for 1990's
Any Kind of Lie,
Jones disappeared from sight before signing to Sugar Hill and returning in 1996 with a pair of new releases, Live From Spirit Square and
My Long-Haired Life. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide