JONNY SMOKES SOLO STYLE - These videos are a bit outdated, but you get the idea... I'm currently using about twice as much equipment as you see here, so the show is much more intense nowadays, and keeps growing wilder!
NUTSHELL (by Alice In Chains)
STEAL MY KISSES (by Ben Harper)
FOLSOM PRISON BLUES (by Johnny Cash)
JAR OF FLIES - (Alice In Chains / Mad Season tribute)
Rane Stone - lead vocals
Jonny Smokes - lead guitar, backing vocals
Shannon Sharp - bass
Daryl Williams - drums
JT Phillips -2nd guitar
OUTSHINED - (Soundgarden/Temple of the Dog tribute)
Kevin Hoffman - lead vocals
JT Phillips -lead guitar
Jonny Smokes - 2nd guitar, backing vocals
Shannon Sharp - bass
Daryl Williams - drums
ASTROCREEP - (Rob / White Zombie Tribute)
Smokes - lead vocals
Joe B - guitars
Mike - bass
Daryl - drums
Influences
A to Z... Alice In Chains, Beatles, Cure, Dream Theater, Eagles, Fates Warning, Galactic Cowboys, Hendrix, Incubus, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Led Zepplin, Muse, Nine Inch Nails, Opeth, Pink Floyd, Queensryche, Rush, Soundgarden, Tool, U2, Vai, Watchtower, king's X, Yes, and Zappa, to name just a few... (I also love Porcupine Tree, Strapping Young Lad, Mardo, The Fiasco, Gary Hoey, Cynic, DragonForce, Men At Work, Death, Michael Hedges, Adrian Legg, Billy Shehan, Jim Matheos, Taproot, Coroner, Voivod, Dead Brain Cells, The Crumbsuckers, Stuart Hamm, Seal, Slayer, Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots, Metal Church, Sting, Motzart, Paganini, Anthrax, old Metallica with Cliff Burton, Flotsam and Jetsam, Nevermore, Pamela Moore, Dr. Dre and NWA, Moody Blues, and I have a huge crush on Christina Aguilara...)
Sounds Like
My original material is all over the place, acoustic ballads, progressive rock, alternative singer/songwriter stuff, metal and more. I'm not one to be easily defined or put in little boxes...
Here are some of the cover songs I play solo style with the loop sampler:
A Perfect Circle - 3 Libras, Judith
AC/DC - Shook Me All Nite Long
Alice In Chains - Nutshell, Don't Follow, Rotten Apple, No Excuses, I Stay Away, Brother, Got Me Wrong, Rooster, Down In a Hole, Sludge Factory
Audioslave - Like a Stone, I Am the Highway
Ben Harper - Steal My Kisses, Burn One Down
Bloodhound Gang - Bad Touch
Blur - Song 2
Bob Dylan - Lay Lady Lay
Bob Marley - Stir it Up
Bob Seger - Turn The Page
Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
Bowling For Soup - Girl All the Bad Guys Want
Breaking Benjamin - So Cold
Bryan Adams - Summer of '69
Bush - Glycerine
Cameo - Word Up
Candlebox - Far Behind
Cheap Trick - I Want You To Want Me
Chris Cornell - Seasons
Coldplay - Yellow
Counting Crows - Mr. Jones
Cracker - Low
Credence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising
Cure - Just Like Heaven, Love Song, A Letter to Elise, Facination Street
Crazy Town - Butterfly
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Doors - Roadhouse Blues
Dr. Dre (ft. Eminem) - Forgot About Dre
Eagles - Hotel California, Take It Easy, Wasted Time
Eazy E - Nobody Move
Eminem - Lose Yourself
Everclear - Santa Monica
Filter - Take a Picture
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Four Non Blondes - What's Up?
Fuel - Shimmer
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy
Godsmack - Voodoo
Greenday - Time of Your Life (Good Riddance)
Guns N Roses - I used to Love Her
Gwar - Fucking an Animal
Harvey Danger - Flagpole Sittah
House Of Pain - Jump Around
Incubus - Drive, I Miss You
Jack Johnson - Better Together, Sitting Waiting Wishing, Banana Pancakes
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says
Jethro Tull - Aqualung
Jimi Hendrix - Hey Joe, All Along the Watchtower
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
John Mayer - Daughters
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues, Hurt
Kansas - Dust in the Wind
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler
King's X - Goldilox
Linkin Park - In The End
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
Lynard Skynard - Sweet Home Alabama
Mad Season - River of Deceit
Marcy Playground - Sex and Candy
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On
Metallica - Fade to Black
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
Nickleback - How You Remind Me
Nine Inch Nails - Closer
Nirvana - All Apologies
Opeth - In My Time of Need, Harvest
Outkast - Hey Ya!
Pearl Jam - Black, Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town
Police - Every Breath You Take, Message In a Bottle
Pink Floyd - Mother, Goodbye Blue Sky, Comfortably Numb, Wish You Were Here
Presidents of the USA - Lump
Puddle of Mudd - She Hates Me
Radiohead - Creep
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the Girl
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Soundgarden - Fell on Black Days
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Stone Temple Pilots - Plush, Interstate Love Song, Still Remains
Sublime - What I Got, Santeria
System of a Down - Arials
Temple Of The Dog - Say Hello To Heaven, Hunger Strike
Tenatious D - Fuck Her Gently
Three Doors Down - Kryptonite
Toad The Wet Sprocket - All I Want
Toadies - Possum Kingdom
Tom Petty - American Girl, Last Dance With Mary Jane
Tone Loc - Wild Thing
Tool - Aenima, Sober, Stinkfist
Tracy Chapman - Gimme One Reason
U2 - With or Without You
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun
Weezer - Buddy Holly, Beverly Hills
White Stripes - 7 Nation Army
50 Cent - In Da Club
...and a bunch more I probably forgot to list...
Send me your song requests and I'll see what I can do!
SOLO: What began as simple solo acoustic performances many years ago, has slowly transformed into an arsenal of instruments and effects, blended together live with a loop sampler to create a wall of sound that most full bands can't compete with. With constant additions of technology and an "anything goes" attitude towards music styles, I create a sonic experience that anyone can enjoy and relate to. Come see it live and watch the magic unfold before your eyes and ears...
WARREL DANE: I have the great honor of playing guitar with one of the world's best metal vocalists, Warrel Dane of the legendary bands Nevermore and Sanctuary. The group is made up of some of Seattle's best musicians: Matt Wicklund on guitars, Willis Mathiasen on drums and Dagna "Silesia" on bass. My humble contribution is performing live as the 2nd guitarist/backing vocals in the touring lineup in support of his solo album, "Praises to the War Machine." Go buy the album!
JAR OF FLIES: I play the sonic part of Jerry Cantrell in Seattle's premier Alice In Chains tribute. We don't wear wigs and flannel, that would just be silly since AIC was never about "image." Instead we chose to focus on the music, recreating ever possible nuance in a live setting, intended to sound EXACTLY like the recordings. And we do it very well, thank you!
OUTSHINED: As a natural extension of our love for the best Seattle bands, the same core group that makes up Jar Of Flies teamed up with vocalist Kevin Hoffman to do the ultimate tribute to Soundgarden and Temple of the Dog. And we definitely do the music justice! In this lineup, I play mostly rhythm guitars and do lots of backup vocals, letting JT Phillips do the crazy Kim Thayl guitar lead work.
ASTROCREEP: Out of the darkness, the Zombie did call... We answered by putting together a killer tribute to White Zombie and the best of Rob Zombie's solo work. I get to sing and run around like a madman while the band rocks the hell out of the music. And like my other groups, we play the songs spot on, even recreating all the samples and effects! In addition, we actually dress the part and do a lot of theatrics to complete the whole psycho stage experience!
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In celebration of this frightfully-fun holiday, everyday of this last week leading up to the big night, one of my horror-themed music video scripts will be posted to my blog.
Hey!! RiverBend is doing a free show at Snoqualmie Casino this Saturday at 7:30pm, with Spike and the Impalers (the KZOK band) and all the leading bands in KING5's Best of Western Washington Contest!! The audience will be able to vote for their favorite band and the winner will receive three days of recording time at London Bridge Studios!! COME ROCK OUT AND HELP US WIN!!!
Hey, I'm running a new Open Mic on Tuesdays Starting October 6th at the Performance Grill in Auburn, WA. It will be every Tuesday.
It's easy to get too as well. It's right off of HWY 167.
Take the 15th St NW exit off of 167 then take a right off of the exit (if you were traveling North on HWY 167) (you should be heading east now) then at the light take a Left onto A Street. The Performance Grill will be on your left in the parking lot next to the Mexican restaurant.
Help spread the word. This is a really cool place. Hope to see you soon.
How the hell are you ? You may remember me by an unfortunate incident. You unfortunately had some trouble at Hug High and I somewhat share the blame. I still feel guilty. Wrathbane would like to say "I'm sorry". Anyway, this is a quick clip of the latast project I've got rollin'. Let me know what you think. It's just the music sans vox.
Hey Jonny, I was just watching the Neil Diamond NYC concert. I did a Google search for him & found The Original Neil Diamond Home Page. I found a quote that struck a cord with me. It fits you perfect & kind of how I have always described your music as "Heart & Soul"
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