This is Rock & Roll. GENERAL JONES band leader Matthew "Shark" Shartsis teaches at The Paul Green School of Rock - at the two Bay Area Locations - San Francisco and San Mateo. This music school is an amazing place for young people to learn how to play music and become well rounded, appreciative musicians. As a private instructor and show director, Shark has been blown away by the dedication and talent of the young musicians that attend. Click the picture above to learn more about a school near you.

I (Shark Shartsis) recently went on a trip to Botswana in Southern Africa. More Specifically, The Okavango Delta. On one leg of my journey, I met a group of researchers that opened my eyes and mind to an amazing project: ELEPHANTS FOR AFRICA. Headed out of The University of Bristol in The United Kingdom, is dedicated to preserving one of nature's most magnificent creatures. The folks involved in this project are highly dedicated, passoinate people (believe me, I saw them working from sunrise to sunset in the field). Their research focuses on releasing captive elephants back into the wild, as well as learning about behavioral and social tendencies of this incredibly complex animal. Click the image above or below to learn more about this charity.

Founded in 1988, the California Oak Foundation (COF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization committed to preserving the state's oak forest ecosystem and its rural landscapes. COF advocates for curbing urban sprawl and creating livable cities. Click the image below to learn more.

Weblink Coming Soon. This project is a series of short films, to be released in the near future, dedicated to teaching everyday folks how to live their lives more sustainably. The films will focus on many aspects of everyday life, showing the "dos and don'ts" of important issues - including but not limited to - recycling, water conservation, composting, and decisions we make in a consumer's world to help preserve our planet...

This Bay Area organization prides itself on saving animals who were here long before we were, yet feel the reprecussions of the urban lifestyle. Click the image below to learn more and help out...

Dave "Flo" Flores is a Bay Area Musician with an unmistakably original style. Having played music for most of his life, Flo draws inspiration from all musical genres and has a unique musical outlook on the world. He frequently plays with GENERAL JONES as a guest performer, and is in the process of compiling a whole new series of recordings to compliment his older stylings from "Davee Vades...& The Pale Horse Died." Click the picture below to view Dave's MySpace Music Site.

This is LEGITIMATE BY FRIDAY, our dear friends from San Diego, CA. A few of the members from this group comprised the group Eighteen Wheeler (the first name under which General Jones' Tunes were played). The have played 2 shows up here in The Bay with us, including our CD release party in December of '07. Check out their MySpace Site by clicking on the picture:

This is Matthew "Shark" Shartsis' solo acoustic project - The Great White Shark. Click the image to visit the MySpace site.