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John Emil

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John Emil Live @ John Martins Pub 2005

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John Emil is a remarkably prolific artist whose wit, energy and musical technique combine powerfully to create an unforgettable live performance. John Emil is an accomplished singer / songwriter , guitarist and a master of slide guitar. He has taken the lost art of slide guitar to a new direction.
John Emil has delivered show stopping performances at diverse major music festivals in North America as The Telluride Blues and Brews Fest - CO , The Midwest Music Summit - IN , Lake Occonee Music Fest - GA , Florida Folk Fest - FL , South Florida Folk Fest - FL , and has headlined at The Rock Hill Blues Fest - SC , The Yellow Daisy Fest - GA , Dream Acres Music Fest - NC, and The Decatur Blues and Bluegrass Festival where he was put on inbetween 6 and 7 piece bands as a solo act and the crowd was more impressed with Johns performance.
In 2006 John composed instrumental slide guitar tracks for media production libraries. His instrumental tracks are now publised by LA Post Music in Los Angeles CA , Westar Music in Canada and was the first American musician to have music published by one of the worlds largest libraries KPM of London. Johns music for KPM is featured on the album " On My Way." In 2008 London producer Steve Baker of KPM / Galapagos Music hired John as a session musician to play slide guitar on " Casting Atmospheres."
In 2008, Johns slide guitar tracks were performed on the following television and cable network shows;
NBC's "Dateline",
Travel Channel "Anthony Bourdains No Reservations The US Southwest",
Travel Channel "Anthony Bourdains No Reservations NYC Outer Boroughs",
MSNBC's "Kindness of Strangers",
Travel Channel " Golf Getaways Pebble Beach",
Canadas " CBC News Sunday", Canadas "Point",
Irelands "Vets on Call 4",
Johns music has been featured on radio stations as Across The Tracks 106.7 FM Australia , BCB Radio 106.6 FM London, WLRN 91.3 FM Miami , Sunday Blues with Dar 88.5 FM Sunrise FL and WUTC FM 88.1 Chatanooga TN.To hear Johns slide guitar compositions scroll down to Johns friends and click on John Emil.

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Member Since: 27/04/2007
Band Website: www.sonicbids.com/johnemil
Influences: Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Doors, Wes Montgomery, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and my Mom and Dad
Record Label: Publishers; KPM, Westar Music, LA Post

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GAINESVILLE TIMES WRITE UP BY KRISTIEN MORALES

Unique slide guitarist takes stage at the Monkey BarrelBy Kristen [email protected]: July 16, 2008 3:59 p.m.POSTED July 16, 2008 3:59 p.m. John Emil takes guitar playing perso...
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Performances

Performances2009 Jaspers Blues on the Marsh - Ridgeland ,SC2009 Alpharetta Arts Street Festival - Alpharetta,GA2008 Dream Acres Music Festival - Pleasent Hil, NC2008 Bluffton Arts and Seafood Festival...
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