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John Joseph

Songs of Life; Original & Obscure

About Me

Hi, I'm John.... I play guitar and stuff. I sing my own songs and my favorite covers. Have been at it for years and years, mostly coffeehouses in southern California these days. Songs of Life; Original & Obscure.Performances are usually me, my old Martin D-18, fingers, flatpicks and slides, a couple of harps & some nights my beautiful purpleheart 10-string Chapman Stick. Every once in a while I'm joined by different friends, including a wonderfully talented Stick player - but mostly it's just me.Recordings? You Bet'cha. My current original CDs are "Genuine Woodstock T-Shirt" and "The Lost Tapes". I produce, engineer and perform most everything myself, all instruments and vocals. Back in the vinyl days I used to say "Side one: produced by John Joseph. Side two: overproduced by John Joseph."

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Member Since: 2/22/2008
Band Website: Coming soon to a computer near you.
Band Members: John Joseph: Guitar/Harmonica/Vocals/Chapman Stick/ keys (poorly).
Influences: Where to start?Where to end?Beatles, Dylan, Townsend - bored yet?Richard Thompson - don't forget his son, Teddy. Loudon Wainwright lll, & his son Rufus (the tit man). Ronee Blakley, a great songwriter. I'll post some covers soon. Bruce Cockburn, Emitt Rhodes, Tom Russell, James Lee Stanley, Harry Nilsson, Colin Blunstone, Ian (Iain) Matthews, Mickey Newbury, Michael Gulezian, John Hiatt, Dave Van Ronk, Adrian Belew, John Prine, Hank Williams, Sonny Landreth, Jules Shear, Roy Forbes (BIM), Hoyt Axton,Robert Thomas Veline, Roy Orbison, Dwight Twilly, Robin Williamson & The Incredible String Band, British & American Folk and Blues.and in a category all their own: Emmett Chapman, inventor of the wonderful Chapman Stick. Go to www.stick.com for more info. Tom Griesgraber, Larry Tuttle, Leo Gosselin, Greg Howard, Jim Lampi, Steve Hahn, Don Schiff, Steve Adelson, Virna Splendore, Coup Detroit. Bob Culbertson.
Sounds Like: All my influences - and none. I've been told I sounded like: _____________(anyone who plays acoustic guitar and sings)
Record Label: Ultimate Orange Productions
Type of Label: Indie