Johnny Joey Jones takes us way back to the origins of tattooing and tracks how the ink spread throughout early America and gets ready for a new tattoo of his own.

Johnny Joey Jones explores the fresh ink of the 1800's through the 1900's and takes a deep dive into the tattoos of all Americans, from those with rough and tumble lives to the nation's highest society aristocrats.

Johnny Joey Jones sends us back to the early 1900's where the newly invented electric tattoo pens buzzed with fervor throughout the nation. Plus, he starts to show off his own fresh ink!

Johnny Joey Jones revisits post-World War 2 life in America and shows the explosion of the popularity of our colorful nation's tattoos.