I started playing guitar around 6 or 7 years of age. My parents bought me a guitar and lesson's around that time. I had a cool teacher named Ed Chervansky. He taught me how to play blues music. I didn't know what blue's music was but I liked playing it a lot more than practicing how to read.
I continued lessons for about a year. Played with a few garage bands and friends, always honing my skill's and working on what my teacher taught me. After high school I decided to get serious about music. I went to a small music school called Five Towns College and ended up with a degree in jazz performance and music education.
Since then I have been in and out of many types of bands. Blues, rock, funk, soul, folk, jazz, r&b, top 40, wedding, cover and jam bands. Some good, some not so good, always learning and searching for my "voice". Continuing in that spirit 'MY VFR' is my first solo adventure. I am getting closer.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Fairfield Coffee House,
Saturday’s Coffee House was very much a part of the professional musician’s stage that has become an expectation to return audience members, like Mary K. Smith “Each one gets better and better. People don’t know what they’re missing!” The evening, hosted by comedian, Barry Schaffer, was kicked off by Damon John Wade, whose fingers danced across his guitar so quickly and proficiently and whose voice was so compelling that it was impossible not to be completely drawn in by his performance. His songs run the gamut between a touching, longing love song for a woman after a 6-year dry spell to a witty, energetic and truly fun love song about his motorcycle. “Got her from the junk yard. It was love at first sight,” he sang, “Keep your hands off her, she’s my VFR.” Witty lyrics like those and in songs like, “Siamese Cat”, telling about being drawn to someone who is, “…like a paper cut. You sting and you suck,” brought the audience to laughter more than once.
by Meredith Rilley----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Finger dancing acoustic guitar mixed with catchy lyrics and colorful melodies. Powerful, strong, intoxicating, simple, elegant, disciplined. A fresh new blend of folk, blues and contemporary Americana.
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