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Joshua VanEkelenburg

About Me

Hello, my name is Joshua Vanekelenburg and I'm from Utah. I play the guitar and sing. Sometimes I put words to music. Sometimes people like my music, sometimes they don't. I was born in Salt Lake City Utah on January 21, 1976. At an early age I became addicted to Ovaltine and had to be placed in a rehabilitation center for children with addiction. Although I have had a problem throughout the years kicking this habit I am now proud to say, "I am one year clean." When I was twelve my mom moved my brother and I to Las Vegas Nevada with my step dad. Nothing too special ever happened to me while I was living there until I turned seventeen and Michael Jackson invited me to hang out with him one night. I politely declined and have wondered ever since then what might have been. A year later when I graduated from high school, I feel in love with the world of Elvis Presley impersonators. I tried to pursue a career in this until May 1999 when my intentional weight gain caused me to have to undergo knee and hip replacement surgery. Feeling down and out ever since, I moved back to Utah where I now write songs.

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Member Since: 18/03/2007
Band Website: http://vanekelenburg.blogspot.com/
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Influences: The number 9, Steve Poltz, Ryan Adams, The Beatles, Bob Schneider, Bright Eyes, Counting Crows, Jack Johnson, Johnny Cash, Food, Lori Mckenna, Mike Doughty, The Rugburns, Pretty Words, Sesame Street, Randy Travis, George Jones, Don Williams, Frank Sinatra, Love, George Strait, Family, Charlie Robinson, Elvis Presley, My Mom, Glen Phillips, Janice Joplin, Robert Johnson, Happy Days, 1966 Mustang, Roy Orbison, John Lennon, Elizabeth Gardner, Modest Mouse, Motion City Soundtrack, Patty Griffin, Regina Spector, Rolling Stones, Phil Collins, Leo V. Jolley, Hank Williams, Kandice, Sex, Billy Joel, Blink 182, Conway Twitty, Adam Duritz, Dwight Yoakam, Summertime, Jarabe De Palo, Myself, Keith Whitley, Baths, Marcy Playground,Lazlo Bane, I love Lucy, and on and on and on
Sounds Like: Wayne Newton on steroids

Record Label: Copyright © 2007 Zymosis Records

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