Ryan Adams, Tom Waits, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Townes Van Zandt, Wilco, The Rolling Stones (especially anything from 68-72'), The Band, Daniel Johnston, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Steve Earle, Beck, Late 70's Punk, 60's Motown, Big Star, The Replacements/Paul Westerberg, Josh Ritter, Bruce Springsteen, The Beatles, Lucinda Williams, The Ramones, The Faces, Robyn Hitchcock and lots more!
If Johnny Mazcko's music was a donut, it would be a strawberry creamed sprinkled one............ my favorite!.. - Anonymous
Johnny Mazcko..s music is a one hundred proof shot of moonshine whiskey at night and an aspirin in the morning. His songs ride along life's highway like the tides of the ocean. From smooth and soothing to fast and rough, the music incorporates pop/rock, old-time country, folk, and blues. Oftentimes, people compare him to a young Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams, or Steve Earle. Although, he doesn't try to sound like any of these artists, he does find great inspiration from them as well as artists such as: Gram Parsons, The Band, John Hiatt, The Lemonheads, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Neil Young, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Pogues, Johnny Cash, The Libertines, Nirvana, Beck, Tom Waits, The Magnetic Fields, Lucinda Williams, The Old 97s, Tom Petty, The Velvet Underground, Hank Williams, JJ Cale, Paul Westerberg, Wilco and the lists goes on and on.
In concert, Johnny likes to stand up, move around, play harmonica, try out new songs, work up a sweat, take requests, plays guitar, and sing. He also plays music with friends onstage, who will often sit in with him on lead guitar, bass, handclaps, drums, vocals, foot stomps, or anything else they want to do. In the last four years, he has played on boardwalks, rock and roll nightclubs, coffeehouses, subway stations, on park benches, comedy clubs, college parking lots, keg parties, dinner parties, pubs, and more. He has also opened up shows for national acts such as the Pat McGee Band and Ryan Montbleau.
This red-headed southern boy currently calls Austin his home, but was originally born three hours south of Asbury Park, NJ (Bruce Springsteen's hometown) in Ocean City, MD. He's always been a fairly quiet kid and usually prefers to express himself more through his music and live performances. Growing up, Johnny never got along well with sports and school work. (To be honest, the kid wasn't very good at anything.) Then late in his senior year of high school he picked up a guitar and the world stopped. His heart skipped a beat and instant sparks were felt between him and his new partner. Soon they moved in together and had hundreds of kids (aka: songs). A couple of years later, Johnny said goodbye to a handful of his children and recorded his first EP with a great local musician/producer named Dan Barrett. The CD was called "Somewhere Better than Here" and created a small buzz in the Boston community. A year later, the EP was re-released with bonus tracks, under Hollywood-based independent label - Statue Records.
From Ocean City, MD to Boston, MA and then to Austin, TX; Johnny continued to write and record songs. He even played in a fantastic band called Dirt Water Refuge (see myspace.com/dirtwaterrefuge) which won a couple Battle of the Bands competitions. Johnny Mazcko has accomplished a lot in a short span of time. He still loves to write, play, and record music now as much as ever. Although, he may move away from the south at some point in the future, He plans to continue to write new music until the day he falls down a set of stairs and dies. He is currently working on a new album which he hopes will come out sooner rather than later.
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dude i can't believe you're in austin! i've been toying with moving there but i think san francisco is the front runner. message me your address and i'll mail you a copy of the new EP in the next few days.
hope the move has been a good move. I read your blog and it looks like things are turning around.
Why am I not in your top friends? All these years of stalking, watching, yelling from the audience and being your #1 fan, and i'm not even in the top friends. It hurts...it hurts a lot.
broheims,
you dont even know how much we anticipate july 30 at the milky way. it will be a milky night. eww. anyhow, you guys should cover a cassavettes' song of your choosing and we'll cover "oh marianne" and then at the end of the show, both bands will spontaneously get up onstage at the same time, with 2 drumsets going nuts simultaneously and play queen's "don't stop me now." you dig?
also, john, if you're local... is there any way i can borrow your truck soon? my bike is broken and needs to go to the shop but its a beeotch to take apart and too big to fit in a "car."
Thats right all your whiskey drinkers and downlow rockers. We're returning to the middle east and we're taking names and them politely entering them into our mailing list AFTER we kick ass.
Hope to see you all 7/13 UPSTAIRS!
Audio Love
delhill
That's alright man. I've been practicing a few times with a trio, bass drums and electric guitarsinger. It rocks my insides. We're going to do a show on 7/30, once again at all asia, under some name that has not been decided. We had most of the people at the show back to my apt. for a bbq after the show on sunday, so we'll probably do that again in July. I let you know more details when that day arrives. Any ideas for a venue for an acoustic gig?
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