Truth and Salvage is currently on tour with The Black Crowes. They are making some solo stops including The Beachland Ballroom on November 3rd. The band consists of four songwriters / lead singers and consists of Bill "Smitty" Smith on drums and vocals, Joe Edel on bass, Adam Grace on the organ, Walker Young on piano and vocals, Tim Jones on rhythym guitar and vocals, and Scott Kinnebrew on lead guitar an vocals. I had the chance to talk with TIm Jones about the current tour, new album and the unique sound they are producing.

Candis: Hi Tim, How are you?
Tim: Great, How you doing?

Candis: Where are you at now in your tour?
Tim: We are in Dallas. It's kind of cool and looks like fall. We don't get a Iot of seasons in Los Angelos so it's nice. I love Cleveland too. I dated a girl for a while from Cleveland and our base player is from Cleveland.

Candis: What part of Ohio is your bass player from?
Tim: He lived in Cleveland during Middle School and High School and his family has a farm in Conneaut.

Candis: How's the tour going, you've been on the road for awhile now?
Tim:We left Los Angelos on August 15th so we've been gone two months now. Started with The Black Crowes on the 25th and we do some shows on our own when they take breaks.

Candis: Did you know The Black Crowes before this tour?
Tim: Yeah, Chris Robinson produced our record and we share the same manager. Our manager saw us liked us and thought that Chris would be really interested and got him to come see our show. After that Chris said I'd love to work with you guys and once we made the record he said I'd love if you guys could come out on tour. We're certainly pretty stoked about it.

Candis:When will your album be released?
Tim: It will be out in 2010 probably the spring of 2010. We have a four song EP out that Chris Robinson produced. Each one of us has a song on the 4 song EP. It's available on itunes.

Candis: Do you have any plans on celebrating the occasion when the record comes out?
Tim: We haven't gotten to that point yet. It was first going to be released in winter but now will be Spring. We just want to make sure we have a strong fan base so we're concentrating on that. We are the kind of band that plans on having a long career and a lot of longevity. Now a days you put out a record and there is just so much out there that you don't want to get lost in the shuffle.

Candis: You are all from different backgrounds but is this the biggest tour for all of you?
Tim: Yeah pretty much. This is the longest I've ever been out. We've all played big shows before and I've done club tours and lots of big shows. One of the biggest shows we are probably going to do is tonight. We're singing the national athem at the Mavericks game in Dallas. Probably will be 10,000 people there.

Candis: Do you get nervous at all?
Tim: No, I don't. I've been doing this professionaly for a long time. I just get excited. I will say at the Ryman Auditorium I did kind of get nervous. My grandparents and my dad and my cousins were there. There was something about the whole situation that touched me at some point and I thought man this is intense. I'm super confident in everyone's ability in the band so it doesn't make me to nervous.

Candis: Do you have a routine before going on stage?
Tim: We try not to talk about any band business. We made a rule that we don't talk about that stuff for about 30 minutes before a show.

Candis: You have a pretty unique sound, in your own words how would you describe your music?
Tim: Pure American rock and roll. The four part harmony is pretty unique. It's all centered around song. We have four singers and song writers so we have a lot of material to choose from. I like to hear what other people think. What does it sound like to you?
Candis: I was talking to a friend and we said rock and roll with a little bit of modern country.
Tim: The responses we have gotten are that we sound similar to Lynard Skynard, Doobie Brothers, Allman Brothers, Fish, and of course The Black Crowes. It's amazing to be compared to those names.

Candis: Do you have a set play list or do you change it up?
Tim: We change it. We always play the four songs on the EP. We want people to indetify with the music and be able to take it home. We have about 20 songs we switch out depending on how long we are going to play. When we play our own shows like we will be at the Beachland Ballroom usually it will be a little longer.

Tim: What do you like to listen to?
Candis: Everything.... Rogue Wave, Death Cab for Cutie etc.
Tim: Nice, that's my old drummer Pat Spurgeon that's in Rogue Wave. He played in Old Pike for about 2 years. People love them (Rogue Wave). Jack Johson signed them to his record label. It's cool when musicians have achieved success and reached a certain level and go out and find a band they really love and help them out. It's really pretty cool. I hope that I get to do the same thing at some point.

Candis: Personally, what is your favorite song to perform live?
Tim: It changes from night to night. I love singing and performing but sometimes with that responsiblity to carry it, takes some of the fun out of it. I like singing other people's song. That's what I love about being in this band. I like my songs and singing but I love singing harmony even more. I get to listen to the song and be involved in it. The song Rise Up that we've been playing has a simple chorus and people seem to grab onto it really fast. People who have never heard it before, at the end start pumping their fists and jamming in the air. It's just great.

Candis: I see the band is on Twitter, do you guys run your own Twitter account or do you have someone manage it for you?
Tim: We do it ourselves. Walker and Scotty are probably the main Tweeters. I've tweeted a few times.

Candis: Where do you see the band five years from now?
Tim: Probably in the Bahamas on a treasure hunting ship. That is one of my goals, I want to start a treasure hunting company but that's like 10 or 15 years from now. For real, in five years hopefully we will be where the The Black Crow's are now. I like to aim big so I'd like to shoot for where Maroon Five is and play big arenas. I think it's entirely possible but also don't want to be a naive idiot. I dream big but I really think we will be one of those bands who makes a living off of their die hard fans. I see us touring for the rest of our lives and loving it.

Candis: What has been the biggest challenge for the band?
Tim: I don't know. There are so many obstacles, keeping it together and focusing on not letting anythng deter us from what we want as a group. In a business aspect it's reaching an audience in a market that is over saturated. To hold people's attention span and to get peple to care not only about the song, music and what it sounds like but as us as people so that it's something they put into their heart.

Candis: How do you want fans to feel as they walk away after your show?
Tim: I want them to feel like they just road The Beast at Kings Island or the Demon Drop at Cedar Point. I want people to feel invigorated and come away with a smile. We play a lot of super rocking songs that are fun and people dance to and then alot of times we close with Pure Mountain Angel which is piano ballad about the solitairy person but there is hope and everything is going to be ok. We're all in this world together. I'd like for people to have fun and for it to be a party but also for it to be meaningful for them and walk away with a feeling of hope.

You can purchase the Truth & Salvage EP on itunes. Follow Truth & Salvage on Twitter @TruthandSalvage