- Phalon Jones
Phalon Jones (b. 1949, d.
December 10 ,1967 ) was an American Soul andR&B musician .Jones was a
saxophonist forThe Bar-Kays musical group, which recorded with and also played backup forOtis Redding . Jones and three other members of The Bar-Keys died along with Redding in a plane crash inLake Monona while on their way to a performance inMadison, Wisconsin .Ben Cauley , one of Jones' bandmates in The Bar-Kays, was the sole survivor of the accident. Cauley reported that he had been asleep until just seconds before impact, and recalled that upon waking he observed Jones look out a window and say, "Oh, no!" Cauley said that he then unbuckled his seat belt, and that was his final recollection before finding himself in the frigid waters of the lake, grasping a seat cushion to keep himself afloat. ["Eyewitness Tells of Otis Redding's Violent Death", "Jet", December 28, 1967]The specific cause of the crash was never determined. Jones was buried in the New Park Cemetery in
Memphis, Tennessee .Noted hip-hop and R&B producer Phalon "Jazze Pha" Alexander is named after Jones.
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