Kenney Jones

Kenney Jones is one of those drummers I admire precisely because he never grandstands. Holding down the beat for Small Faces, Faces and then The Who is no small feat, and his steady, unfussy timekeeping is exactly what made those bands swing. The 2012 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction felt overdue to me. What I find most charming, though, is the polo-playing side of him: a working-class Stepney kid who took to the horses with the same fearless energy he brought to the kit. That mix of grit and grace is pure rock and roll.

Name (English)

Kenney Jones

Name (Japanese)

ケニー・ジョーンズ

Reading

けにー・じょーんず

Born

September 16, 1948 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Origin

Stepney, United Kingdom

Occupation

drummer / polo player / musician / percussionist / rock musician

• Official sitehttps://kenneyjones.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenney%20Jones
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282397

Tags

• drummer
• polo player
• musician

Last updated

2026-06-18

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