Greg Jones has played drums semi-professionally since 1984 in numerous original bands throughout the tri-state area. Cutting his teeth in New York City and Long Island for eight years as the drummer for Trial By Fire, his unique style on the instrument was singled out in every review of the band’s 4 records and his compositions garnered the band’s most frequent radio play (with the song “Striving After Wind” being selected as the theme for a weekly cable TV discussion show). After  meeting his longtime heroes Steve Morse and Rod Morgenstein of the Dixie Dregs, Greg was inspired to form a progressive rock  band called Threshold to play his increasingly melodic and ambitious songs that caught the interest of Atlantic Records after a label representative witnessed a live performance at a NYC street fair in which jaded passers by that barely  paused for the other  8 bands on the bill became a completely stopped mass of wildly applauding  converts.  When various members’ work and family commitments caused this popular local act to split, Greg moved to the LeHigh Valley and met rising local guitar legend Karl Eisenhart. After toiling in a few cover bands together, they enlisted the services of the classically trained multi-instrumentalist Bill Fox and PINNACLE was born. Greg still considers himself a student of his instrument and says his best work is “still ahead, God willing”.