“It sat in my closet until Guitar Hero III came out. I slapped the stickers for the controller onto the fretboard, and everything connected from there”: Stray Kids guitarist Garrett Jones on his journey from suburban Detroit to K-pop session pro

Garrett Jones.

He’s made a name in the K-pop world – but Les Paul-slinger Garrett Jones started somewhere very different. “I grew up in metro Detroit, but no real music happens in the suburbs, so Detroit raised me,” says the 32-year-old.

That’s why his soulful-meets-sinful licks are loaded with plenty of vintage R&B vibes while his modern and versatile approach works for K-poppers Stray Kids.. “I wanted to create my own story,” Jones says of how he applied himself. “Traveling the world as a guitarist felt like a liberating concept.”