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"Robert Johnson meets Tom Waits at the Crossroads of the Strip Mall Republic" -Bill Frost

John Whipple is a musician , writer, and artist. He has been performing as a musician for over a decade either as a front man to a diverse range of bands or as a soloist. He currently tours with his solo "anachronistic" roots act and a loop - electronica act called "Mystical Spatula!". His album "The Last Cold One" released in 2006 has been well recieved in Americana circuits. The title track and "Cellblock Floor" have been heard on radio stations in at least three continents. He is currently working on his follow up set to be released this summer.

John has also authored several short stories including the satire "The Holy Book of Joel" which was published in the zine Juked and has written an epic poem "The Toilet" which re-imagines Dante's Inferno where God is replaced by Mother Earth who judges the dead based on the harm they had done to the environment.

John Whipple's music could possibly be described as a Post Millennial Depression Era Blues. His songs have a sense of being antique and modern. His songs touch on the love, loss, freedom, and dread of the new century. The spare acoustic arangements and his signature slide guitar lends credence to the often hard hitting honesty of his lyrics. His experiences as a musician well off the pop charts has added fuel to the fire. He is a wanderer... from place to place... dropping auto parts... lousy jobs... lovers... shoes.... and songs along the way.

The Last Cold One

"John Whipple writes the songs of travelling men; Not the men that sit alone in the attic, scribbling obscure poems in a notebook, but the men who wander the countryside, barefoot and drunken, telling you the story of the women who robbed him. Whipple's emotion comes from a deep cellar inside him, it's not obvious, but it's there and you can feel it like an itch that's just barely out of reach." -Tobacco Pat