James Jones is a local musician who plays several instruments but is a bass player at heart. He majored in vocals and bass guitar at the University of Arkansas. In 2014, he moved to the St. Louis area with his family to take a job as a worship leader at SunRise Church in O’Fallon where he still leads worship today.

Early on in James’s music career, he sang and played bass in the band Starkz, which signed a contract with Atlantic Records. The band was together, touring and creating music for 7 years.

In recent years, James has started a worship collaborative called, The Rescued. The Rescued is the result of James gathering St. Louis area worship leaders and musicians to work together to write and record original worship music. They have several original songs that are on independent Christian radio. Their songs can be heard on Spotify.

James has been playing live acoustic sets at local venues in the St. Louis and St. Charles county areas. His genre’ focuses heavily on 90s and 2000s hits.