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John Hoskinson

Pancho Fantastico

About Me


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Music:

Member Since: 10/6/2004
Band Website: JohnHoskinson.com
Band Members: I don't have a set band but I have recorded and performed with the following people recently:
Mike "Soupy" Sessa : Drums
Brian Whelan : Piano, Guitar, Bass, Synths & Vocals
Eugene Edwards : Guitar & Vocals
Joseph Francis Ongie : Bass, Synths, Vocals
Barry Hovis : Keyboards
Luke Adams : Drums
Tommi Zender : Guitar, Bass & Vocals
Joe Mazzarella: Bass
Dan Iead : Pedal steel guitar
Robbie Rist : 12 string guitar
Vince Meghrouni : Saxophone
Dan Clucas : Trumpet
Darice Bailey : Keyboards
Kurtis Gentile : Guitar
The Irises : The whole friggin band
Influences: The Beatles, The Zombies, Jellyfish, Cheap Trick, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Neil Finn/Crowded House, The Kinks, The Who, Elvis Costello, Squeeze, Joe Jackson, Michael Penn, Aimee Mann, Jon Brion, Marshall Crenshaw, Matthew Sweet, The Replacements, XTC, Queen, R.E.M., Radiohead, Sheryl Crow, The Cardigans, Simon & Garfunkel, Spoon, The Jayhawks, The La's, The Posies, The Pretenders,
Sounds Like: Neil Finn/Crowded House, The Beatles, ELO, Michael Penn, Gin Blossoms
Record Label: Kaopeoths
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Another song on the TEE vee!

One of my songs ("Miss Rejection" from my Pancho Fantastico album) will be heard at sometime during the final episode of ABC-TV's "Men In Trees" -- and I don't mean that I'll be playing at home while ...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:14:00 PST

Hear me on the TEE vee!

One of my songs ("I Belong To You") will be featured on ABC-TV's "Men In Trees" tomorrow night.If you're interested in checking it out and want all the details just click here.  ...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:22:00 PST

Yes We Can

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Posted by John Hoskinson on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 07:22:00 PST

Pancho beats Wilco

The Audities Best of 2007 list was recently completed and Pancho Fantastico landed at 8 - just below Amy Winehouse's excellent Back To Black and just above Wilco's latest.  And, Pancho also finis...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 11:50:00 PST

Big CD Sale at JohnHoskinson.com

Big Holiday CD Sale!Click on CD covers above to purchase. ...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 11:13:00 PST

New song - Old baby

I haven't written anything in quite a while because, well... there's a baby in my apartment.  Fortunately, said baby is getting easier to live with and so Shelly and I now have a little more time...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:20:00 PST

Award Time! -- Let’s give all the stickiness away!

I've got a couple of awards to give out that are a little overdue.  This first one I found in the NY Times a few weeks ago and it gets my award for "Funniest Thing I've Read This Year".  It ...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 07:52:00 PST

CD Reviews in the Local Press

'Pancho Fantastico' has received a couple of nice reviews in the local press.  A few weeks ago Robert Kinsler wrote a nice review of the CD in the Orange County Register.  You can read it on...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:36:00 PST

Rex Video

I promise I'll knock this "isn't he cute" nonsense soon enough and resume writing about me, me, ME. But I couldn't resist this video of Rex.  Shelly recorded this the other day...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 05:12:00 PST

Rex Frasier Hoskinson has arrived

 Rex Frasier Hoskinson was born last night at 9:55 pm via Caesarean Section.  Rex is a healthy, 8 lbs 3/6 oz baby. Shelly is a sore and fatigued mother. All of us are very happy.Click here t...
Posted by John Hoskinson on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 02:30:00 PST