Where to start!!?? Wes Montgomery, Hendrix, Johnny Winter, Al Di Meola, Jimmy Page, Ulrich Roth, Frank Zappa, David Meniketti, Eddie Van Halen, Peter Green, John Lennon, George Harrison, Keith Richards, Frank Marino, Dominic Troiano, Tommy Bolin, Paul Gilbert, Freddy King, Yngvie Malmstream, Steve Vai, Carlos Santana, Jake E. Lee, Alex Lifeson, Scott Gorham, Brian Robertson, Allan Holdsworth, Adrian Belew, Punky Meadows, Ace Freehley, Peter Frampton, Pat Travers, Danny Gatton, Joe Perry, Brad Whitford, Randy Rhoads, Pete Townshend, Lee Ritenour, Steve Howe, Ronnie Montrose, Michael Bruce, Glen Buxton, Joe Walsh, Neil Young, Mike Bloomfield, Jeff Baxter, Brian Setzer, Steve Miller, Duane Allman, Dickey Betts, Robby Krieger, Angus Young, J.J. Cale, Scotty Moore, Brian May, Jeff Beck, Ray Gomez, Buddy Guy, Clarence Brown, Martin Barre, Rick Nielsen, Bob Welch, James Burton, Elvis on Bass, Eric Bell, George Benson, Stephen Stills, David Gilmour, Robin Trower, Tony Iommi, Jan Ackermann, Larry Carlton, Pat Metheny, Davey Johnstone, Terry Kath, Gary Richrath, Mark Reele, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Mick Taylor, Glen Tipton, K.K. Downing, Mick Ronson, Rory Gallagher, Steve Morse, B.B. King. This is just a partial list of guitarist I've listened to and liked, I could go on and on with drummers, vocals, keys, bass, non-musicians etc. but I'll leave it as is for now.
Sounds Like
Try hard not to sound like. Or all the guys listed above combined?
Two new songs (Cliffracer & Zigswag)
available here as a preview from my new instrumental disc due summer '09. On drums is Jimmy Erhardt, bass- Jack Kammien, guitar/keys- me. Peace/out. -Joe-
A short bio on me I was born 2/16/67. I started guitar at the age of 10 with lessons and the Mel Bay method which I flew
through, by age 12 I was performing live. My group would play whatever was on the radio - mostly Zeppelin,
Hendrix, Sabbath etc. & we'd attempt fusiony stuff like Jeff Beck, Jaco Pastorius & Tommy Bolin.
There was a lot of Blues stuff we'd groove on also - Luther Allison who one of our bandmates played with in
the 70's and Albert King stuff also. Soon I'd discover one of my biggest overall influences when I heard the first
couple Van Halen album's. Bands like Yesterday & Today, Scorpions, U.F.O & Accept and prog stuff like Yes, Tull, Zappa, Rush I'd consider influences as well.
Various bands followed through my teen years and I'd practice as much as I could as a
plethora of great players came to my attention. For the next several years I gave
guitar lesson's and gigged around. In these years the various bands I played with secured opening slots
with major label bands such as Saxon, The Outlaws, Head East and others. I released a 4 song demo in
1988 that received some positive reviews and I continued with different projects releasing demo's regulary.
In 1993 I hooked up with Roy Edwards and gigged frequently with him doing Blues based material. This lead
to the 1998 release "Box O' Blues". The internet still relatively young at the time I uploaded some songs
to mp3.com and eventually had a song that reached no. 1 in mp3.com's Electric Blues category. At the time
of mp3.com's demise we accumulated over 30,000 downloads to our credit.
I am currently doing an all instrumental project which falls somewhere in the fusion/rock/shred genres.
Press review on "Box O' Blues"
Open the Box 'O Blues (Root 845881) assembled by Gajan, Edwards and Kammien and you'll find a set like a redlining hotrod. Rock-solid rhythms lay the foundation for guitarist Joe Gajan, whose incisive aproach incorporates unexpected big bends, quick flurries and top tone. Edwards' vocals are unusually sure, all the songs are strong, nonformulaic originals (don't miss the surfy "Wave Crave"), and the recording and production are pro-quality. Bracing, highly recommended contemporary blues (and more). -Blues Revue Magazine- July/Aug. '99
hi Joe, thank you millions for your nice and inspiring comment...and thank you so much for the friendship..we are really glad to have you as our friend..you are amazing..all the best.:)
