The Band, Levon Helm, The Allman Brothers Band, The Marshall Tucker Band, Robert Johnson, Neil Young, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Dicky Betts, Santana, Greg Allman, Gov't Mule, Warren Haynes, BB
King, Buddy Guy, Phish, Stevie Wonder, Little Feat, Los Lobos, Jeff Buckley, Ben Harper, Derek Trucks, Elvin Bishop, Danny Gatton, David Gilmour, Toy Caldwell, John McLaughlin, Shakti, Joshua Redman, The Tragically Hip, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Black Sabbath, Black Uhuru, My Morning Jacket, Burning Spear, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Sound Tribe Sector Nine, The Mermen, Digable Planets, Ugly Duckling, North Mississippi Allstars, Micky Hart, Ozomatli, Tea Leaf Green, Jonah Smith, Thievery Corporation, St. Girard, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Steely Dan, Moe., Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald, Abbey Lincoln, Toots + The Maytalls, Woody Guthrie, John Prine, George Clinton + Funkadelic, Kajra Re, Jill Scott, Talking Heads, Daniel Lanois, Leo Kottke, John Prine, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Winter, John Lee Hooker, Pat Metheny, John Scofield, The Good Rats, Sparklehorse, Lil' Georgie + The Shuffling Hungarians, Joe Bonamassa, Joe Beard, Mike Beck + The Bohemian Saints, Band Of Horses, Dexter Gordon ('Round Midnight - Fantastic Film!), Coupe DeVilles, The Nightstalkers, Doug Benoit, Mark Stewart, Mark Stephen Johnson, Keith Jarrett, Joe Sample, Mark Knopfler, Vernon Reid, Living Colour, Kermit The Frog, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovitt, Jonathan Edwards, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Jim Croce, AJ Croce, The Velvet Underground, Modest Mouse, Robin Trower, Radiohead, Lou Rawls, Eric Clapton, Charlie Hunter, MMW, String Cheese Incident, Yonder Mountain String Band, Lucinda Williams, Wilco, Superfurry Animals, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Cactus, Clap Your Hands And Say Yeah, Pavement, The Pixies, Humble Pie, Ozric Tentacles, Sonny Landreth, Robben Ford, Cab Calloway, Justin Alexander, Blue Mire, Cory Dale, Bob Ross, Jim Henson, Peter Jenkins, Herman Hesse, Jelaludin Rumi, Bhagavan Daas, Ravi Shankar, Anoushka Shankar, Lee Hazelwood, Steppenwolf, John Kay, Yes, Jon Anderson, Steve Howe, Tabla Beat Science, Tool, Mates Of State, Blue October, Stanton Moore, Garage A Trois, Bob Marley, Ziggy Marley, Blues Traveler, John Popper, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, Little Walter, Houndog Taylor, Paul Simon, Bobby McFerrin, Disco Biscuits, Schleigho, Ulu, Soulive, Marcus Miller, Baaba Maal, Fela Kuti, Rusted Root, Radiohead, Manu Chao, Yo La Tengo, Peter, Bjorn, + John, The Eagles, Joe Walsh, Bluetech, Sly + Robbi, Black Uhuru, Pat Martino, Wes Montgomery, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Dexter Gordon, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, William Kennedy, Robert Heinlein, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, Carlos Castaneda, Ernest Hemmingway, Alan Watts, Daniel Quinn, Russell Banks, the sound of the waves, nature, the smell of the sea, life + love.
my name is John + i am from Rochester, New York (about an hour's drive from Buffalo + 1 1/2 hrs from the Canadian border) where i spent the first 30 years of my life. Yes the crisp snowy freshness of the great white north.. except for that week in July when its 90+ degrees with a million percent humidity and all of New York loses power because suddenly everyone is running air conditioners + fans all at once! or that week in april when it goes from 50 degrees to 0 degrees in a day and everything turns into a chrystaline wonderland or if you're a news watcher "an ice storm". then of course it all melts in one day and there is mass flooding. it is a place of extremes that i come from (i now live in the most peaceful laid back place on the planet in pacifica (it means peace in spanish!), california + the ocean is my backyard! i have actually seen whales + dolphins from my balcony). I am french canadian indian (french canadian/blackfoot native american), ukranian, german, and polish. i am a guitar instructor (11 years teaching - currently looking for students!! hint hint), genuine music lover and love to play guitar (20 yrs.), piano, hand drums, ashiko, djembe, tabla, congas, gu zheng, sitar, harmonica, sing, and dance to live music/dj's with the damn funky beats! i am very very proud of my cousins + their "largest music store in the world" house of guitars! hey, they're my family! my dad was even one of their insane commercials! i love building huge roaring bonfires meditating reading running contemplative deep thought and ultimately, creating/performing live music! i am a vegetarian with the exception of seafood. so i guess that makes me a fishatarian..? after many years teaching guitar, leading my own "groove-rock/jamband" South Central opening for such prolific thought provoking acts as schleigho + gordon stone (who often guested on phish albums playing banjo or pedal steel). also playing major upstate ny music festivals like scottypalooza 7.0, soul flow 2 + 3, and the park ave festival. i decided to pack my entire life into my jeep and drive across the country out here to land's end, california. spent some time homeless + jobless until i moved in with a very kind generous elderly couple in san francisco + started work as a mover. eventually landed an optical technician job in a mall in Daly City by letting my fingers do the walking + selling myself over the telephone! continued pursuing the life's dream of being a successful musician playing solo in coffee shops + open jams + accompanying the very talented Derek Hayward. a little over 4 years ago i moved into the very same ocean shore apartment i reside today (with my 2 cats hercules + jasmine) in pacifica, california. the glasses guy in the window in the little mall store job ended abruptly after about 11 months. now currently doing precision optical work for tinsley laboratories/nasa/ball aerospace - landed a much much better job January '05 grinding/polishing/cryo-testing beryllium mirror segments for the James Webb Space Telescope (the next hubble - www.jwst.nasa.gov). this is the best job i ever had + quite possibly the biggest challenge i've ever faced. guess that is quite often a package deal.. when the mirror segments are complete the telescope will be sent 1.7 million miles away and we will be able to see further into space than ever before (the equivalent of "almost back to the big bang").
If you'd like to play @ Coffee Adventures you can contact me here. also gigging these days with The American Economy (www.myspace.com/theamericaneconomy) check blogs for shows!
American Economy - Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco 12.5.07
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Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey returns to the Bay Area for 3 shows this week!
Wed. 6/17 - Elbo Room - SF,CA
Thurs. 6/18 - Starry Plough - Berkeley,CA
Fri. 6/19 - Starry Plough - Berkeley,CA (w/Antioquia!)
EGADZ IS DEAD. One last album, one last tour. "EGADZ IS DEAD" is available now on my profile. My new project will be called NAVA. My next show will be on:
June 19th
@ Thee Parkside
W/ The Present
1600 17th St, SAN FRANCISCO
Cost: $8
Thanks for the message. I had a great time playing music and chatting with you too. I'll definitely keep in touch with you regarding future visits to the cafe, as well as future gigs and collaborations elsewhere!
Thanks so much for the friendship John! Cool tunes and killer guitar playing :) If you like my music, I would love to play at Coffee Adventures ~ please let me know. All the best ~ kristina
