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John Gill

John Gill

About Me

Full time musician specializing in ragtime to rock and roll. Play banjo, guitar, drums, sing. Long residencies in San Francisco, New Orleans, and New York.

My Interests

old banjo's, old guitars, old drums, old soprano saxophones. Looking for old records and sheet music at the flea market. Enjoying myself.

I'd like to meet:

Anybody with the same musical interests.

Music:

1950's pop, rock and roll, and country western. Traditional jazz, ragtime, rockabilly, gospel, traditional blues.

Movies:

The Girl Can't Help It, A Hard Day's Night, The King Of Jazz

Television:

The Sopranos, Ozzie and Harriet, The Beverly Hillbillies

Heroes:

Louis Armstrong, Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jelly Roll Morton, Sidney Bechet, Buddy Holly, King Oliver, Chuck Berry, Bing Crosby, The Beatles, The Rock And Roll Trio, Eddie Cochran, Johnny Cash, Gene Vincent, Fats Domino, Ricky Nelson, Gene Krupa, Baby Dodds, Kid Ory, Turk Murphy, Lu Watters, Jerry Lee Lewis, Merle Travis,