10 O'clock News What You Need to Know: Ayron Jones
- He's a guitarist and singer from Seatlle, WA
- He was formerly the lead for Ayron Jones and the Way who opened for Slipknot and Lamb of God
- He composes all the music, for each instrument and vocals, himself
- As a solo act, he's opened for Guns N' Roses, and toured alongside Theory of a Deadman
- "Take Me Away" is his first single from a major label
- He said the song was inspired both by his upbringing, and being a black man in America
- "'Take Me Away' was about how music was my escape, how I sometimes felt stuck in my own personal prison of isolation and solitude that I’d constructed for myself. I had such conflicted emotions - my home was a blessing, but also felt like a trap because of my own demons. Music was my release, and from the darkness I could create something beautiful, and not be defined by my history.”