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John Wayne Hero

available for shows in NY/NJ/PA/MD/VA/DC/NC/SC/TN

About Me

I go by Binh, and this is my solo-project.
I wrote all these songs on an acoustic guitar, a pen, and a journal.
Now I have a group, and they're bringing those songs to life.
The demos on the site are all performed by me with the assistance of producer/engineer/drum programmer So Uehara.
Hopefully, the finances will come around, and I can hole up in a nice comfortably large studio where I can really bring those songs to life.
Until then, check out the shows, check out the songs, check out the stories of John Wayne Hero.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/22/2006
Band Members: Braden Heller - bass
Binh Ngo - vocals, guitars, songwriter, lyricist, co-producer
Aaron Thornton - drums
So Uehara - guitars, drum programmer, producer, engineer

Influences: bruce springsteen, ennio morricone, otis redding, jawbreaker, roy orbison, the beatles, sergio leone, the others, bob dylan, mew, cameron crowe, jack kerouac, martin scorcese, dido, afghan whigs, nirvana, nas, majority rule, envy, smashing pumpkins, david sedaris, tom waits, jimi hendrix, percy sledge, the clash, green day, johnny cash, the vehicle birth, milan kundera, simon & garfunkel, mas y mas, weezer, electric light orchestra, aretha franklin, denali, pearl jam, soundgarden, nine inch nails, silversun pickups, fugazi, latterman, brad, tom wolfe, elvis presley, woody allen, the who, eric clapton, the twilight singers, city of caterpillar, john steinbeck, arcade fire, bad brother, django reinhardt, talib kweli, nancy wilson, the cars, queens of the stone age, the constantines, the comas, devotchka, william faulkner, wilson pickett, the dismemberment plan, danny elfman, the get up kids, jeff buckley, kate chopin, jets to brazil, michael jackson, ted leo, etc

ten songs that are currently brewing in my mind:
1. amy winehouse - "back to black"
2. betty lavette - "let me down easy"
3. shawn smith - "wrapped in my memory"
4. mew - "am i wry? no"
5. johnny cash - "hurt"
6. roy orbison - "crying"
7. bruce springsteen - "i'm on fire"
8. simon & garfunkel - "america"
9. bob dylan - "girl from the north country"
10. jets to brazil - "conrad"

Sounds Like: the perfect soundtrack
Type of Label: None

My Blog

LYRICS TO THE SONGS

Seeing as how myspace has yet to reconfigure the technical difficulties of the lyrics links, I decided to post up the lyrics in prose form here for your reading pleasure. MARILYN HEROIN Clos...
Posted by John Wayne Hero on Sun, 28 Jan 2007 02:08:00 PST