Work Builds Castles Out of Sand
About this episode
J Warren Jones shares his journey from the gambling trade to running a café and pursuing a music career.
Recorded on 31/10/2025 J Warren Jones was born in Leeds in the early 70s and lived in Wakefield for most of his life. Travelling extensively in his late teens and early twenties and working in the gambling trade for 20 years before starting Mrs Atha’s café in Leeds in 2012. A fresh start doing something to make people happy rather than the morally corrupt world of gambling. He ran the popular café for 12 years, serving the city centre and surviving a global pandemic, before finally closing it's doors earlier this year. Warren in his own words is, "now attempting to be a professional musician" and by the sounds of his single debut solo single Daylight Robbery he's certainly got the chops! It's worth listening to the episode just to hear it. You can find J Warren Jones at: https://www.instagram.com/jwarrenjones/ https://www.facebook.com/warrenjonesmusic/ YEP article about the story of the single: https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/people/leeds-mrs-atha-new-song-5369235 And you can buy the singe at https://open.spotify.com/track/7iGpkmpot30QHyYxBTcqaS?si=7fe159720c6943e2 https://music.apple.com/gb/album/daylight-robbery/1843158215?i=1843158217 The Lianne mentioned in the…
People in this episode
Guest: J Warren Jones
Topics covered
- music
- café business
- gambling trade
- personal transformation
- pandemic survival
Keywords
- J Warren Jones
- Mrs Atha’s café
- Daylight Robbery
- music career
- gambling
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Mrs Atha’s café, Butterflumped
Books & works: Daylight Robbery
Places: Leeds, Wakefield
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