Rufus Elmer Jones, Jr., best known as Rufus, Jr., is an Americana guitarist, singer, songwriter and producer from Memphis who studied in New England and best known for combining the Blues/Soul/Folk influences of B.B King/Al Green/James Taylor. After a career on Wall Street and after the death of his father, Rufus, Sr., Jones released his first self-produced 20-track album, Articles Blues (December 2020), a personal and historic narrative that captures the 2020 pandemic year in songs that were inspired by the words of journalists in their newspaper articles and blogs. Jones, like Prince implored, owns, wrote, produced and recorded all the instruments and vocals and distributed and shared the album globally on all major streaming services via LANDR.