JJ Baron, Singer/Songwriter/Guitar/
Piano/Harmonica/Mandolin************************ Ball and Chain
/A Steel Jackhammer/Whiskey Jug/Tin Cup with Pebbles/Bars of a cuban jail/Hands clapping/Field Hollar
Influences
Blind lemon Jefferson, Tom Waits, Leadbelly, Woody Guthrie, Lucinda Williams, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Marlon Brando, Thomas Edison,
The Wright Bros, Robert Zimmerman, Slaid Cleaves, Elvis Costello, Lenny Bruce, Bob Marley, Gene Krupa, Chaplin, Jimmy Reed, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Townes Van Zandt, Robert Johnson, Charie Patton, Josh Ritter, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Wilco, Gregory Peck, Beatles, Steve Earle, Handsome Boy Modeling, Wu-Tang Clan, Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Fitzsimmons, blind Boy Fuller, Coldplay, The Smiths, Radiohead, Bill Monroe, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Santana, Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Wes Montgomery, Radiohead, Jimmy Lafave,
Rolling Stones, Broken Social Scene, Doc Boggs, New Lost City Ramblers, Doc Watson, Muddy Waters, Robert Hunter, Benny Goodman, U2, Cisco Houston, Blind Blake, Jimi Hendrix, Nick Drake and many many many more...
Quotes About The Man*********************************************
"One of the area's most promising songwriters".
-Jim Vickers Motif, June 16, 2004 **********
Slaid Cleaves Says******
"It's hard to believe someone so young could be so talented. JJ reminds me of myself 20 years ago. Except he has a lot more talent than I did. JJ's got the gift. He knows how to craft songs that give you the goose bumps, he plays a mean guitar, and he has a great attitude. In the next few years, the folk world will come to know JJ Baron, and I'll be saying, 'I told you so!' "
-Slaid Cleaves ***************************************************************
Peter Mulvey Says *
"JJ Baron's stuff has spit and grit and humor, things you would normally need to look pretty hard for, but here they are, all in one guy."
- Peter Mulvey****************************************************
RAVE REVIEWS**************
Support acts can be transcendent or trash. Some 12 years ago, I traveled down to New Haven to see John Hiatt perform. The opener that night was an unknown singer-songwriter who was of only mild interest to the crowd. She had a decent voice, some fine songs, and an alluring stage presence. I remember thinking, "pretty good opener, but it's hard to picture her making much of a splash in the music world." I was wrong. Unheralded Sheryl Crow made it. Big. Last week, I went to the Iron Horse in Northampton to catch Slaid Cleaves. The opening act was a young singer-songwriter from Providence, who has yet to release a record, named J.J. Baron. His vibrant Dylan-meets-Hank set earned a highly unusual opening act encore. Although I have been wrong about these things before, I predict this kid will make the same kind of splash I never expected from Ms. Crow.
- Dave Madeloni The Berkshire Eagle March 2005 ****************************************************************
Calling his music 'Alternative Country,' Providence's JJ Baron throws Jazz, R&B and Rock into his sound, while rooting his lyrics in Myth, Bible and Shakespeare. At 21 years old, it's tough to call a songwriter enigmatic. Let's face it, there's just not enough wear and tear on the soul at that age. But at 21, lyricist JJ Baron has plenty of unsettling contraries pulling him in opposing artistic directions. With one eye toward American music's roots and another focused on creating an original presentation, Baron meshes a sound both new and familiar with an acoustic six-string in hand. The result has been a string of solid "alternative country" songs. One of the area's most promising songwriters.
- Jim Vickers Motif, June 16, 2004
**************SHARED THE STAGE WITH****************************
JJ has shared the stage or worked in the studio with the following musicians:
Guy Clark, Slaid Cleaves, Dar Williams, Peter Mulvey, Catie Curtis, Todd Synder, Tim OBrien, Pauline Reese, Professer Louie and the Crowmatics, Jim Weider {the Band}Paul Geremia, Joyce Katzberg, Dan Blakeslee, Graham Weber, Ryan Fitzsimmons Max Creek Stu Kimball {Bob Dylans Band}
Buddy Cage {new riders of the purple sage} Jenna Nicholls, Sam Bisbee,
Ian Thomas Verlon Thompson Back Eddy Bluegrass Band
Atwater and Donnelly, Otis Read
After living in Providence and New York City JJ Baron now lives in Austin, Tx
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Hello, it's me, Ruby Jane. I am a 14 year old fiddler, songwriter. I have some songs posted that are fresh out of the studio. Let me know how you like them! be one of the first to hear, even before they are released!Thanks! and come on out to Gruene Hall tomorrow, y'all! Ruby Jane
Thanks for the add, I love your music btw!
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yo....good to hear from you. In about 7 months I am finally moving away from RI!! I am moving to LA...finally going back to school whats good in your hood? Whats good in yo
Hahaa though I do find the picture confusing myself, just get back at my dad for his inability to spell hahaha... but he's right! get to *WRITING* (that one's for my dad) we'd all love to hear it
JJ, to much pic, tmp. Pick up your pants, dude I seen enough of your ass in little Compton, LOL, don't be wasting your musical talent stripping.
I don't know what you have been doing but if your not wrighting in these times we are in then I am less optimistic than I want to be and its tour fault. LOL
Writing is where it is
Get to work
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