Life was a return to her previous method of blending original songs and covers. Having cut her characteristically long hair when she became a mother, the album title alludes to her life of singing back when her hair was long. The album's cover shows a self-painted portrait of Jones sitting in a barber's chair, her golden locks strewn on the floor. Dixon Archival Remnants Recordings 2002's My Tidy Doily Dream was a slower tempo album, featuring songwriting collaborations with Richard Barone and Kelley Ryan of astroPuppees. After that, Jones curtailed her singing career for a time, and focused on painting. In 2003, Jones recorded the song "Room With a View" for a tribute to Let's Active's Every Word. In 2006, she toured with singer-songwriter Amy Rigby as The Cynical Girls. In 2008, Jones and Dixon released the download-only album Lucky Stars: New Lullabies for Old Souls A departure from Jones' and Dixon's previous sound, this recording began as a request from a friend who was putting together an album of lullabies to sell in hospitals to new parents. The album featured six vocal songs and five instrumentals. In fall of 2009, Jones and Dixon toured, performing a series of live acoustic performances. In 2010, Jones and Dixon recorded Living Stereo, a proper duet album. In 2014, Jones released You're Not the Bossa Me, which incorporates bossa nova rhythms and sensibilities into her own musical themes. Discography Marti Jones 1985: Unsophisticated Time (A&M Records) 1986: Match Game (A&M Records) 1988: Used Guitars (A&M Records) 1990: Any Kind Of Lie (RCA Records) 1996: My Long-Haired Life (Sugar Hill Records) 1996: Live From Spirit Square (Sugar Hill Records) 2002: My Tidy Doily Dream (Dixon Archival Remnants Records) 2014: You're Not The Bossa Me (Dixon Archival Remnants Records) Marti Jones and Don Dixon 2008: Lucky Stars: New Lullabies for Old Souls (Dixon Archival Remnants Records) 2011: Living Stereo (Dixon Archival Remnants Records) Appears on 1984: Color Me Gone – Color Me Gone (A&M Records SP-12504) 1987: Don Dixon – Romeo at Juilliard (Enigma Records 3243-1) 1987: Marshall Crenshaw – Mary Jean & 9 Others (Warner Bros. Records 9 25583-1 1988: The Smithereens – Green Thoughts (Capitol Records C1-48375) 1988: Various Artists – Back to the Beach (Columbia Records 460118 1) 1989: Andrew Cash – Boomtown (Island Records 842 597) 1989: Don Dixon – EEE (Enigma Records 3356-1) 1989: Don Dixon – Chi-Town Budget Show