Raymond Ronald Jones (1939 ? ), better-known as Wizz Jones is an English acoustic guitarist, singer and songwriter. He has been performing since the late 1950s and recording from 1965 to the present. He has worked with many of the notable guitarists of the English folk music revival, such as John Renbourn and Bert Jansch. Early Days Raymond Ronald Jones was born 23 April 1939, in Croydon, Surrey. He became infatuated with the bohemian image of Woody Guthrie and Jack Kerouac and grew his hair long. His mother had started calling him Wizzy after the Beano comic strip character "Wizzy the Wuz" because at the age of nine Raymond was a budding magician. The nickname stuck throughout his school years and when he formed his first band "The Wranglers" in 1957 the name became permanent. Bert Jansch later said ?I think he?s the most underrated guitarist ever?. In the early 60?s he went busking in Paris, and there mixed in an artistic c

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