Jonas Brothers fans annoy 71-year old Dallas blues musician, Joe Jonas
Joe Jonas has never experienced such unparalleled popularity. His phone rings off the hook, the myspace page for his band gets friend request from teen girls by the hundreds, and his shows attract ever-increasing numbers of young girls. A dream come true for any musician, right? Well, not so much.
This Joe Jonas is 71-year old bluesman from Dallas, TX, and quite frankly, he finds it all rather annoying.
Ever since the Jonas Brothers shot to boy-band superstardom, pubescent girls have been confusing the 71-year-old blues singer with the dreamy 18-year-old idol.
“It’s irritating, because I’m the real Joe Jonas,” he says. “I’ve been out here way before he was born.”
The problems started last year when young girls began leaving messages and photos of themselves on Mr. Jonas’ MySpace page. So many teen Jonasites visited the page that MySpace eventually had to shut it down. Things only got worse in June when Joe, Nick and Kevin Jonas bought a $2.8 million home in suburban Westlake: Suddenly, excited girls were leaving messages on Mr. Jonas’ home answering machine – a puzzling development, since his number is unlisted.
“People say, ‘You have to change your phone number.’ But I’m not changing it. I’ve had it for 30 years and if I change it, I’ll be the loser,” he says.
[From Guide Live]
Stick to your guns, Joe Jonas! Don’t let those young kids push you out of your rightful place as the “real” Joe Jonas. And when those cars full of pre-teen girls show up at the blues club and ask where The Jonas Brothers are, you keep telling them what you’ve been telling them.
“I am the Jonas brother. Not the Jonas Brothers.”
The elder Joe’s blame for the problems may be a little misplaced, however. When asked what he would say to the Joe Jonas he’s been mistaken for lately if he met him, he responded “I’ll tell him ‘You have caused me a lot of problems.'” Blame Disney.
Here’s a link to the original Joe Jonas’ myspace page. (Link has automatic music.)
And here’s a link news report about Joe Jonas, available on Breitbart. (Link has automatic video.)
Header image credit: photo of original Joe Jonas by Rick Moore, from Joe Jonas’ myspace. Other photos are of Joe Jonas in Paris on 10/10/08. Credit: Bauergriffinonline
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