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Joe Hand

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About Me

JOE HAND is an accomplished singer, songwriter, musician, performer and producer based outside of Orlando, FL. Joe recently moved to Lady Lake after spending the past 10 years in Nashville, TN.

DAGGERS & DARTS, Joe's new acoustic CD is on sale now! D&D features Joe's best original songs yet, Completely acoustic and pristinely recorded. Check out "won't see the day" "preacher" and "heaven". You'll love them!

Prerelease copies now available. Order yours today! You'll be glad you did.

ORDER your copy at WWW.JOEHAND.COM

DAGGERS & DARTS will be available on itunes in a few weeks.

Joe's latest songs have brought comparisons to James Taylor, Paul Simon, Jack Johnson, and Ben Harper. His new CD features exceptional lyrics and music matched with audiophile quality production.

Email today to find out how to have Joe entertain at your venue.

JOE's Roots Rock CD "TYPICAL MALE" received play on 60 RADIO STATIONS IN THE USA. Thanks to all the radio station pds and djs for giving it a spin! Thanks also to promoter Bill Wence for doing a great job

Born in Astoria, New York, and raised in South Florida, JOE HAND was introduced to music at the young age of 7. A standout high school musician, Joe played piano, electric bass, and woodwinds in many performing situations.

Joe was playing music professionally at age 15. He accompanied choirs, taught lessons, played in the school bands, performed classical concerts, played in community jazz bands, pit orchestras, church praise groups, and of course, his own rock band "Joe's Diner".

Joe graduated from the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston with a degree in Music Production. He spent the next few years with the rock group "The Paiges" before starting his solo career, releasing his first solo cd in 1994.

JOE HAND has recorded multiple CD projects with significant sales success, and has performed at numerous concert events inside and outside the USA.

JOE HAND and his wife, JeanAnn and their funny little dog, Boo, recently moved to Lady Lake Florida, Just north of Orlando. Joe is now the Director of Contemporary Worship for North Lake Presbyterian Church. If you're ever in the area, come on out! you'll be glad you did.

"Barry McGuire here. I've been a performing artist for over fifty years, and every once in a while you meet somebody who just blows you away with their talent, and their easy going warmth. Joe Hand is one of those guys - every level, a recording technician, musician, singer, and just flat fun to hang out with. You won't be disappointed, I guarantee it." -Barry McGuire (Eve of Destruction, Green Green)

Partial Discography:

2008 DAGGERS & DARTS

2007 Typical Male

2005 Psalms

2004 Everything and Nothing

1999 Step

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/12/2005
Band Website: joehand.com
Band Members: Joe Hand-vocals, Acoustic guitar, electric bass, Piano

ACOUSTICMEN! Duo with David Sanders!
Influences: GOOD MUSIC. Paul Simon, The Beatles, Mark Knopfler, RUSH, Elvis, Joni Mitchell, Dylan, Michael Hedges, James Taylor, Journey, Queen, Boston, Pink Floyd, Billy Joel, Van Morrison, JESUS, Motown& Atlantic Soul, The Funk Brothers, Crack the Sky, Clapton, Kansas, Paul Simon, The WHO, goofy 80's music, Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Gershwin, Bob Marley, Paul Simon, Raindrops keep fallin' on my Head... and Paul Simon.
Sounds Like: Paul Simon, James Taylor, Billy Joel, Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson, Van Morrison
Record Label: Joe Hand Productions
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Can’t stop this thing...

Hey everyone! I've hit the 5 month mark of living back in Florida. So much has happened.New CD is done. Version 1.0 of "Daggers and Darts" is now available. I'm very proud of it. Just me by my...
Posted by Joe Hand on Sun, 28 Sep 2008 05:47:00 PST

New Music on the way!

hey everyone! thanks for checking in. Now that I'm settled into my new position as contemporary worship leader at North Lake Presbyterian church, I can get back to writing and recording new music. ...
Posted by Joe Hand on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:47:00 PST

Welcome back...

Can't believe I'm back living in Florida. Even harder to believe I LIKE IT HERE. Now that the move is over, I can get back to MUSIC. I'm the new contemporary worship director for the North Lake ...
Posted by Joe Hand on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:59:00 PST

New Cd and more

What a month it's been! I've worked a lot on my new cd, and it's almost done. I still have some vocals and overdubs to do. I'm so pleased with it.I can't say enough about the musicianship and so...
Posted by Joe Hand on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 07:00:00 PST

Joe Hand Myspace Revision

Hi everyone! I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that I'll be revamping this page shortly. My thanks to Aly and Bill at Albie Entertainment for helping me maintain this site for the past coupl...
Posted by Joe Hand on Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:20:00 PST

It's a new year...and change is good!

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a while. Some of you are wondering where I've been.Well it's been a busy last couple months. My Grandpa Joe passed away over Thanksgiving. That meant a week down in ...
Posted by Joe Hand on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 01:40:00 PST

Download EVERYTHING AND NOTHING!

Giving or getting an IPOD or any other mp3 player this year for Christmas? Consider downloading your favorite songs (or heck...the whole album)  from EVERYTHING AND NOTHING by JOE HAND-now availa...
Posted by Joe Hand on Tue, 14 Nov 2006 09:03:00 PST

Psalm 90 featured on P&W Podcast!

Psalm 90 was recently selected to be one of the featured songs on a brand new podcast called "Catholic Praise Cast" sponsored by CatholicJukebox.com. Joe Hand is represented along with 5 other artists...
Posted by Joe Hand on Wed, 08 Nov 2006 01:43:00 PST

JOE HAND receives 2 UNITY AWARDS!

Congratulations to JOE HAND for receiving 2 awards at the 2006 UNITY Awards this year. The UNITY Awards are sponsored by the UCMVA-United Catholic Music & Video Association and are held ...
Posted by Joe Hand on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 09:12:00 PST

Wearing the producer hat this time!

Over the last 20+ years I have been so blessed to produce records for many outstanding label and independent artists in many musical styles. Back in March I was asked to produce the new project for th...
Posted by Joe Hand on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:19:00 PST