Guitar, vocals, harmonica
Want to download the new 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" . Click on this little album cover to take you to iTunes:
NOW available on CDBaby.
One dollar from each CD sale goes to:
www.thiscommunitycares.com
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Check out this playlist from Terry David Mulligan's show on CKUA a couple of weeks ago. "Oh Oh Oh" got played right before Van Morrison's "Cypress Avenue". OH Yeah!!!
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): Elmore James, Neil Young, Peter Case, Christina Maria, Carina Round, KCRW, Neal Ryan's CD, Renee Layla, Buddy and Julie Miller's new CD, Pat maCdonald...
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."
RootsTime (Belgium-based site) says of "This City": "Er is een vrij uitgebreide variatie tussen de songs, soms speels zoals in “Oh Oh Oh” dat hij samen met zangeres Nat Jay brengt, soms zeer ernstig zoals in “My First Mistake” en “The Ending That You Fear”. In “Yes We Can (Dream)” vertelt hij in spoken word-stijl zijn persoonlijke ervaringen rond de verkiezing van president Barack Obama en de creatie van hoop en verwachtingen bij de Amerikaanse bevolking. Zijn finger-picking akoestische gitaarspel voert de boventoon in enkele andere liedjes als “Don’t Want To Think About That” en titeltrack “This City”.
(That's in Dutch, folks)
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Hello, after an unfortunate hiatus, the reasons for which are probably best not gone into here, we finally have some new music on the AUK MySpace site. For your listening pleasure this month we offer Nathan Oliver, Conrad Ford, the irrepressible Todd Snider and the delightful Beccy Owen. Don't forget too, for those of you within striking distance of Leicester, Electric Dustbowl 2 on 19 September.
Hey John, Awesome work! This is great stuff. Yeah, really excited to do the show! Thanks for the add. we got alot of friends in common eh? -Blind Horses
Hey John! Thanks for the msg! It was a lot of fun recording in the Bunker with Winston. Hopefully an album will be in the near future. :) Thanks again for all your encouragement, it helps keep me going!
John, I am so excited to have you as a friend, I was on your page and I just love your voice, your style and your guitar playing, and where you live is very interesting. I hope we will continue our friendship, Jessie
Thanks, I think you're right and I hope I don't regret it. It was fun playing with you and I'm sure we'll do it again soon! Thanks for coming out, you sounded great!
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