PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Carvin Keith Anthony Jones, the Phoenix-based guitarist known around the world as Carvin Jones and nicknamed the “King of Strings,” died early Sunday morning following a battle with prostate cancer. He was 60.
His family announced his passing on his website and Facebook page Monday morning.
Jones was born and raised in Lufkin, Texas, where he first fell in love with the blues listening to B.B. King records that his grandfather played at home. His grandmother bought him his first guitar when he was 7, and he never put it down…