Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones’ neighbour once complained about noise of Tom Jones records – but it was Tom Jones
nme.comStereophonics frontman Kelly Jones has recalled the time his neighbour complained about the volume of his ‘Tom Jones records’, only to discover it was actually Tom Jones singing.The singer-songwriter recalled the incident in a recent appearance on the BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show, hosted by Zoe Ball.Reflecting on his friendship with the legendary Welsh singer, he revealed that they have known each other for over 25 years, and he once got him into hot water with his upstairs neighbour.According to Jones, the ‘She’s A Lady’ vocalist had returned to his flat after a slot on the Jools Holland show, and the two of them, along with late Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable began singing around the house.“I’ve known him since ’97… I played a few gigs with him last weekend actually with Far From Saints down at Cardiff Castle,” he began.“He came back to my flat once after doing a Jools Holland show with Stuart.
We were having a drink in the house and it was going on a bit,” he continued. “[So], the guy above came down – and we were singing and stuff – and the guy knocked on the door and he said ‘Look, I’ve got a really early appointment in the morning.
Can you turn the Tom Jones records down a bit?’“Stuart comes to the door and he goes” ‘What’s the problem over here then, bud?’ And he goes ‘Look, I’ve got to get to sleep [and get up] in the morning.
Can you just turn down the Tom Jones records?’,” he added. “We said, ‘We’re not playing Tom Jones records… Tom Jones is in my kitchen singing!… ‘Look.
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