JONIS (Lithuania)
Four brothers of village musician Trijonis' family in 1984 came to live to Siauliai and with several like-minded started playing their own Lithuanian country music. Three years later they released their first album and their songs quickly became popular. The group then has started giving many concerts; there is probably no town or village in Lithuania left without their visit. 18 audio and 2 video albums were released during these years, the group participated in various folk and country music festivals in Lithuania and abroad, visited USA, Germany, Finland with solo concerts. In the autumn of 1994 the musicians established the first and yet the only in Lithuania music club „Juone pastuoge“, where live music may be heard every evening. 6 musicians currently play in the group. They perform songs and instrumentals of their own, arranged folk songs and those of foreign authors in a bluegrass style. Let us make acquainted:
PRANCISKUS TRIJONIS - 12-string guitar, kazu, vocal; ROMUALDAS TRIJONIS - still guitar, mandolin, vocal; EDMUNDAS GRUBLIAUSKIS - accordion, harmonica, harp, vocal; LIUTAURAS MILISAUSKAS – fiddle, vocal; ARVYDAS ZIAUBERIS - contrabass; ALGIRDAS SIUIPYS – drums, percussion, vocal.
