Guitar, vocals, harmonica
Want to download my CD? It's called THIS CITY and it's got thirteen tracks that range from pop to folk to blues. The Vancouver Province music critic says it's "...varied and impressive" Dave Ball at SoundProof says THIS CITY is: "a folk-roots GEM".:
Also available at: CDBABY.COM/JOHNPIPPUS
Influences
In the beginning
John Lee Hooker, Son House, Jose Feliciano, Dwayne Eddy, Josh White, Peter Paul & Mary, The Kingston Trio, Sonny Terry & Brownie McGee, Roy Orbison, Del Shannon, The Shirelles, Jackie Wilson....
Then later on
the Beatles and the Stones and everyone that followed from that....
Currently
(like in the past month): Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova on NPR (thanks Pete), Christina Maria, Julie & Buddy Miller...
Sounds Like
Cool the way you vocalize the lyricals. Like a bird, free! - Myspace Friend
Sometimes I use open tunings, other times I sing a capella or use my harmonica. I strum, fingerpick, do what whatever it takes to get the song across.
Added to over 100 stations
at INDEPENDENT ARTISTS COMMUNITY.
"Best of the Week"
and
"Track of the Day"
at GarageBand.com Included on four compilation CDs, including two that have gone over to Canadian troops in Afghanistan, and one that is a benefit for The War Child Project (Holland)
Managing Friday Music Nights at Tree's Organic Coffee House (450 Granville St.)
Cool venues I've played include: The Bluebird Cafe (Nashville), Tractor Tavern (Seattle), SteelBridge SongFest (Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin), The Yale Hotel (Vancouver), Canon's Gait (Edinburgh), Bruxelles Bar (Dublin) and The Newtown Festival (Wellington NZ).
New CD "This City" played on: CBC Radio (Canada), CITR (Vancouver), CJSF 90.1FM (Vancouver), CFUV (Victoria), CFBX (Kamloops), CKUA (Edmonton), CKXU (Lethbridge), CIUT (Toronto), INDIECAN (Toronto), Fusion Radio (Scarborough, Ont.), 100.3 Sound FM (Waterloo, Ont.), CFOU (Quebec), Samm Brown's 'For The Record' on KPFK (Los Angeles), 91.7 KOOP FM (Austin, TX), Radio Six International (Glasgow), Radio Venray (Amsterdam), Spirit 91.1FM (Australia).
Earshot says of the title track: "...sounds like the midnight musings of a man coming to terms with the outcome of his life. It’s beautifully raw and makes you feel like you’re eavesdropping."
Hey John, Thank you so much for having me out at your show. It was a blast and having met you was a real treat. Hope we can do something together soon.
..say John, I sat down in the waiting room of my chiropractors office the other day, and lo & behold there was a magazine there with an article about you in it. You're famous now... Congrats!
Thanks John! I'm so glad you like the new songs. And yes, I am very proud. Great seeing your show- very inspiring- it's good you're performing it again soon. xo
O' Winnipeg was brilliantly done. That's quite impressive the way you can keep in character with the audience so close. I found it very tempting to try and mess you up, except for that I was so enthralled in the story.
I used to drink coffee with Chris and chums in his (and mine at the time) home town of Worthing, UK. Back in the days when I had time to sit around chewing the fat with wannabe musicians. Happily, these days, most of us are doing what we dreamed of then!
Please discover my VERY talented friend Paul Diello (www.myspace.com/pauldiello), he' s here with me now in the South of France recovering from a four hour solo set performed two hours after getting off the plane!
I hope your life is as good as mine, to be allowed to do what we do is such a priviledge, don't you think?
Started in Toronto in 2006, Night at the Indies brings together independent artists from the visual arts, spoken word , film and music communities. Our motto is think independent, buy independent, be independent.
We are looking for people who would like to be part of our collective and help produce and promote our monthly event. If you have a passion for the arts and would like to become part of our national network we want you, come on out:
Thursday, August 27 at 7:00 p.m. The Grind & Gallery Coffee Bar 4124 Main Street, Vancouver, BC (back room)
Four more little sonic gems for your August pleasure are now available on the site. Blitzen Trapper, Boulder Acoustic Society, Jay Brannan and The Wiyos. Yet another fine quartet even though we say so ourselves as picked them out.
