John Derado has been playing music for nearly 3 decades. He is equally comfortable in blues and folk genres, with powerful vocals and fingerstyle guitar and slide. He also performs with Ronn Barany as a folk rock duo. Occasionally he will team up with good friend Keith Scott in a straight ahead Delta meets the Chicago Blues show, (a must see!). John was the catalyst that brought the Thick Livah Blooze Boyz together and enjoys returning to them as the "silver surfer". John opened Front Porch Music in 1991 with good friends Paul and Jane Schreiner. After three years, with 'The Porch' firmly established, he decided to concentrate his efforts on playing music again and nearly reinvented himself. His music is not just bluesy, it is the blues, rooted deep in the early days of Lemon Jefferson, Tampa Red, Davis, Johnson, White and others. He has been sought out for both slide work and vocals and has opened for numerous bands including Pinetop Perkins, Corky Siegel and Little Feat, (with Dennis Donnelly). John says, Best time I had on stage happened while coming off stage. I was called upon to open a star studded party/tribute to Pinetop Perkins on his 88th birthday. As I exited the stage, David Honeyboy Edwards approached me and said, Boy, you got it. VALIDATION, VALIDATION AT LAST." John appears regularly in the tri state area either solo or with one of the many duos he is involved in. The schedule changes often so check back for last minute updates.
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