JP Fitting

'Lil J grew up with music,and still likes it even though it has tried to kill him and caused him to air drum to "Live At Leeds"and mince about doing Mick at Altamont..yes he can dig Chess Blues Masters & Chopin Piano Concertos, Country and Western! .He has a pretty cool family w/ lots of uncles that are out now,and aunts w/wicked record collections and 'lil J used to day dream away his young life whilst wearing out the grooves in Pet Sounds and Sgt. Peppers and just about every damn thing The Who,Kinks, Stones & Beatles and The Beach Boys ever did, word..
Having four musician uncles and a piano playing mother gave 'lil J a love of music and miniature marzipan animals .. Watching and listening to them play made him join in and get freaky as they jammed out at the ranch in Winona, Arizona and at living room recitals in Toronto's Annex and 'Lil Italy.. Yo check it!
JP started playing bass during sixth grade spring break and found himself playing in Toronto bands like The Other Side & The Dead Heroes with Eric Schenkman of The Spin Doctors & Viletone axeman extordinaire Kurt Schefter, also w/ artist/Musician Pete Dako in Casual Casual w/ Rent Boy Woolie & also The Silver Foxes w/ Screamin' Sam's Steve Koch and Johnny McCloud among other names he will drop at the blink of an eye!
At age nineteen he moved to Nashville and hit the road with Ray Sawyer (Dr. Hook). They traveled the world playing joints of all shapes and sizes with some great musicians. Touring with this great performer/bad mama jamma and Alabama Hall-of-Famer served as colorful musical/cultural education for 'lil J
Heading back to the Great White North, JP landed in Vancouver and played with wicked guitarist /writer Jim Foster (Fosterchild,One Horse Blue) and kuntry kutie T.M. Harding. He also co-wrote a tune on the Spin Doctors hit record, “Pocket Full Of Krytonite.” called "More Than She Knows" (that he promptly pissed away,the rascal)
All roads lead to Rome and after stops and bands in NYC and Seattle, JP ended up in LA where he has been playing and writing w/ The Naked Trucker and T-Bones Show (a former Largo staple now a canceled flop but on again in re-runs airing on the Comedy Central Network ) as well as The Andy Paley Orchestra with Jillinda Pianogrrrl and Ben Jaffe doing cartoon soundtracks and one off cafe sets.
Recently he’s been enlisting friends like Andy Paley, Jake Posner, TC Chan, and Eric Schenkman to help work on his forthcoming record. (Delusional Hack or Valley Lights or Burbank Blues?..) Tracks have been laid down at his home studio in Burbank (The Oven), as well as Dusty Wakeman’s Mad Dog Studios, and Richard Barron’s Sonoho Studios.Recently he had the privilege of having Jon Astley from Close To The Edge Mastering U.K. master three songs,Runnin' Wild ,Drive and Not Saying for his upcoming record (dream on 'lil J,dream baby! Yeah!)he also recently was featured in the UK's Sound On Sound Magazine
JP was fortunate enough to get to lay down some bass tracks on the new Sponge Bob record, “The Best Day Ever,” which was produced by legendary mother fucker and friend of Patti Smith Andy Paley. He’s also been playing out a little with Sponge Bob & The Hi-Sea’s featuring Tom Kenny on lead vocals and Elliot Easton on Guitar He also continues to play in the now defunct Naked Trucker Show while squeezing in the occasional upright and electric session for TV and film. J can usually be found parked on 1 of the many LA area "free"ways pounding the steering wheel w/ his forehead while he bounces some Glen Gould
JP has two cool kids that make him smile Bronwyn (6), and Harley (17), and has been married to a Vancouver girl, Hilleri Anderson, for twelve years. When not wailing out in the back room of the house, practicing writing in the 3rd person, or pacing in a Napoleon costume, JP can be found carrying couches in circles for kooks as a set dresser on a Fox Forensic model show, selling Pepsi for "The Man" and is a member of IATSE local 44 as well as the AF of M, AFTRA, and ASCAP.He enjoys a truth stranger than fiction and discussing philosophy w/ his Fox Terrier, Asspania. JP is a Democrat ,Libra, neon rainbow chasing S.O.B. w/ Brain Fever currently in anger management courses @Shaky City College