John is Georgia born and New York City raised. "The Voodoo Doctor" lives and breathes the blues 24 - 7 and has been playing guitar for over 30 years. He started his music career by taking lessons from NYC jazz great Joe Monk, and continuing his music education in college. His major influences are the Three Kings (BB, Freddie & Albert), T-Bone Walker, Eric Clapton, the Allman Bros, Jimi Hendrix, among so many others.
When he plays his guitar, you know you're listening to the real deal. In the today's vast sea of guitarists who try to impress you with a constant flurry of notes, John reminds you that it's not how fast or how many notes you play… but what you say with each note. Not to say that he can't burn up the guitar neck playing... He has shared the stage with J. Geils and Magic Dick of the J. Geils Band, James Montgomery, Luther "Guitar Jr." Johnson, TJ Wheeler, KD Bell and Sweet Roy Jones, among many others.
John fronted Voodoo Blues with Doug Gray (now with Flat Tire Blues), one of New Hampshire's foremost blues bands from 1992 thru 2002. In August 2002, he teamed up with Roxanne Young to form The Voodoo Rockers. This band is different from most other blues bands - the music is tasty, hip shakin', smooth but rockin'! You gotta check them out!
When not playing music, John designs, manufactures and sells the world's finest guitar and bass components, for major guitar manufactures such as Paul Reed Smith Guitars (PRS), Gibson Custom Shop, among others. Check out his guitar parts at his MannMade USA website.
Contacts:
MannMade USA - www.mannmadeusa.com
Roxanne & the Voodoo Rockers - www.voodoorockers.com
PO Box 6034
Manchester, NH 03108
(603)488-1912
