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John Thomasson

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About Me

I played bass on all of these songs. Be sure to stop the MySpace player before you listen to these songs. ENJOY! via Webjay
John is an Austin based touring/session bassist and engineer/producer. He has played with such artists as Matt Nathanson, Brett Dennen, David Garza, Patrice Pike, Juliana Hatfiled, Jack Ingram, Mike McClure, Kate Earl, Asylum Street Spankers, Blu Sanders and Craig Marshall. John has also engineered records by Tenlons Fort (symphonic folk/pop), Little Alice Spencer and Her Monkey Butlers (vintage jazz), LAZ D (hip hop) and Craig Marshall (guitar pop). He is currently touring with Matt Nathanson in support of Some Mad Hope. Time off the road is spent playing around Austin with such artists as Suzanna Choffel, Tenlon's Fort, Wendy Colonna, Brandon Jenkins, Erin Condo, Sarah Glynn, Seahorse, Aimee Bobruk, Jade Day, Wayne Sutton, Tucker Livingston, Maggie Walters, Craig Marshall, Melissa Greener and Seth Walker.
I played bass on these fine records:

Matt Nathanson

Some Mad Hope (2007)

Patrice Pike

Unraveling (2006)

New Cool Sampler (2004)

Jade Day

Of Waking... (2007)

Aimee Bobruk

The Safety Match Journal (Summer 2007)

Craig Marshall

Untitled, still in progress (2007)

Before the Fadeaway (2004)

Luke Leverett

Untitled, still in progress (2007)

Houston Marchman

Key to the Highway (2006)

Joseph Deeb

Little Baby (2006)

Asylumn Street Spankers

Pussy Cat: Bootleg Series Volume Two: Live Rarities 2000 - 2004 (2005)

Tenlons Fort

Followed by Bad Luck (2007)

The Golden Handshake (2005)

Wayne Sutton

Walking Disaster (2005)

Blu Sanders

My Gemini Self (2003)

Unreleased - 1999-2001 (2001)

David Garza

a strange mess of flowers (2004)

this Euphoria (Atlantic Records, 1998)

Do Me Baby! Austin Does Prince (1996)

1000 Copies (1994)

Juliana Hatfield

Beautiful Creature (Rounder Records, 2000)

Jack Ingram

Nashville Demos (1996)

Elizabeth Wills

Road Trip (2003)

Rivers (1997)

Going Home (1992)

Little Sister (AKA Sister 7)

Freedom Child (1993)


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/10/2005
Band Website: johnthomasson.com
Band Members: Me, myself and four strings.
Influences: (E.B.) Paul McCartney, John Paul Jones, Pino Pallidino, Tony Levin, Willie Weeks, Colin Moulding, Sting, Bruce Thomas, Jesse Murphy, Paul Simonon, Bill Laswell, John Taylor and Rick Danko.

(D.B.) Viktor Krauss, Charlie Haden, Renaud Garcia-Fons, Francois Rabbath, Charles Mingus, Ray Brown, Edgar Meyer, Willie Dixon, Ron Carter and Mark Dresser.


Sounds Like: Matt Nathanson "Car Crash"

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My Blog

Tour with Lifehouse

The Matt Nathanson experience will be hitting the road with Lifehouse for a couple of months this spring. Here are the dates:NEW US TOUR DATES2/24 - Spokane, WA (The Big Easy)2/25 - Seattle, WA (The S...
Posted by John Thomasson on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:28:00 PST

Late Night with Conan O’Brien

Hi-I'm playing the Late Night with Conan O'Brien show on Wednesday the 30th with Matt Nathanson. Pretty Cool!
Posted by John Thomasson on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:31:00 PST

Best of Austin Music Poll

So I would feel like a jackass pimping myself in this poll, but I'm honored to pimp all things Suzanna Choffel. So here is a run down of relevant categories. You can for vote me in the bass category i...
Posted by John Thomasson on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 10:52:00 PST

Playing the Jimmy Kimmel show on Monday the 5th

Hey, I'm playing the Jimmy Kimmel show with Matt Nathanson on Monday the 5th. Check here for local listings.
Posted by John Thomasson on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 10:05:00 PST

SXSW Shows

My part of the Brett Dennen tour is coming close in the Northwest this weekend, but we have a solid run of SXSW shows back home in Austin plus I'm playing with a showcase with the fantastic Suzanna Ch...
Posted by John Thomasson on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:48:00 PST

Some Madison Square Garden You-Tubeage

There are some fan videos up on You Tube from our show at Madison Square Garden. (Thanks Kasey)Enjoy!Car Crash Suspended Answering Machine ...
Posted by John Thomasson on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 09:26:00 PST

JohnThomasson.Com

I've been updating the old cyber homestead. I'm putting up some new music. Check it out!!!!J O H N T H O M A S S O N . C O M
Posted by John Thomasson on Wed, 23 Aug 2006 09:59:00 PST

Tenlons Fort CD release party at the Cactus Cafe! 8:30 PM and it's FREE

Wednesday March 22, 2006 8:30 PMTENLONS FORT record release party.Celebrate the first edition of Haunted Maggot records"The Golden Handshake" at Cactus Cafe2247 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78734w/ specia...
Posted by John Thomasson on Mon, 20 Mar 2006 12:15:00 PST

Tenlons Fort made a top ten of 2005 list

The Portland Mercury asked some influencial local musicians to list their favorite records of 2005. Here is what Alex James from Dolorean wrote: 1. Tenlons Fort - The Golden Handshake 2. Jose Go...
Posted by John Thomasson on Tue, 03 Jan 2006 09:48:00 PST

Updates to my site

I've put some new content on my website, so go check it out. I am starting to compile some samples from records I've played on. There are a few up right now in the listening room....
Posted by John Thomasson on Tue, 27 Dec 2005 04:07:00 PST