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John Kengla

About Me

I make my living playing guitar, bass, and singing. In 2007 I left Ohio and moved to Greenpoint, Brooklyn. I am in a band called The Madison Square Gardeners. We're probably the greatest of all time. I also play music with Serena Ryder, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Jamie McLean, and a bunch of other New York singer/songwriters. Sometimes I do a broadway show called Rock of Ages. Bands I've played or recorded with in the past are: Red Wanting Blue, Pulp Empire, Ben Kweller, Kevn Kinney, Brian Michael Murphy, Matthew Hoover, among others. It's a lot of fun.here's the madison square gardeners at banjo jim's:red wanting blue video for "leaving behind":.. width="425" height="350">.. .. ..>

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/27/2005
Band Members: Musicians I play with past and present: Seth Earnest, Mark Stepro, Rob Heath, Aaron Lee Tasjan, Bryn Roberts, Rich Hinman, Joe Kengla, Serena Ryder, Brett Bass, Michael Thompson, Chris Masterson, Eleanor Whitmore, Jamie Mclean, Mark McCullough, Tony Brock, Tyler Earnest, Dan Kalnes, Brian Murphy, Steve Squires, Matt Hoover.
Influences: The Beatles, Nirvana, Bill Frisell, Tony Scherr, Jason Falkner, Wilco, Son Volt, Johnny Cash, the Jayhawks, Chris Thile, Lucinda Williams, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Hank Williams I & III, Jim Keltner, Brad Mehldau, Radiohead, Jim Hall, Jeff Ciampa, Derek Dicenzo, Bobby Bare Jr, Led Zeppelin, Andrew Bird, Beck, Trent Reznor, Duke Ellington, The Foo Fighters, Jon Brion, Brad Paisley, Brad Rice, South American writers, Hiawatha Avenue, the cascade mountains, the Pennsylvania turnpike, black labs, my telecaster, and my AC-30.
Sounds Like: the highs, the lows, and the in-betweens

My Blog

Gigs i'm playing as of late

I'm pretty much too lazy to post my calendar of shows up here anymore so here's a rundown of what I'm up to these days: I'm on the road with Serena Ryder on and off through the summer.  We just fin...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 06:11:00 GMT

Gardeners at the Blender Theater Tonight!

Hey y' all My band the Madis on Squar e Garde ners is playi ng at the Blend er Theat er tonig ht. We' re openi ng for James Maddo ck and the Mercu ry Seed. Doors are at 7 and we play at 8. Ooh an...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 01:55:00 GMT

Christmas Record

Hey Every body! Over the first weeke nd in Decem ber my band the Madis on Squar e Garde ners got toget her and recor ded a Chris tmas album at Mark Stepr o' s apart ment. Here' s the link so you ca...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:31:00 GMT

Bed Bugs and Crickets

Rob Heath and I went to get Thai food on friday night. On the walk back to Clay Street, my leg almost brushed against a mattress lying on the sidewalk. It was covered in plastic and had "Bed Bugs" w...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:06:00 GMT