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J.P.W.

If you affirm yourself, you will not shine. If you boast, you will have no merit. If you promote you

About Me

“The opacity and limited area of the stain made me wonder if it were not a commonplace spilled beer, or in the case of so many Seattle venues, a spilled mocha, but rather an old pool of blood; a tell-tale sign of a gig gone terribly wrong, where band mates took to the throats of the club owners, or more likely, each other."

This summarizes many shows I've played in the past with my band, the JWB. Over the past several years it has been a love/hate relationship between myself and the music. As people that know me can tell, I love music and art; I love making it and appreciating it. However, as much as I enjoy playing on a stage, the emotional and physical tolls are a weight I don't wish to bear anymore. So, I keep moving...

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My Interests

Music, art, , fun, architecture, reading, philosophy, Seattle, dogs, Mexican food, writing, building, simpsons, biking, drifting, sketching, doodling, pondering, driving, teaching, listening, talking, exploring, wondering, practicing be a better person.

I'd like to meet:

Mozart, Hendrix, SRV, Homer Simpson, Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Dali Lama.

Music:


Lately: Isis, Tom Waits, Pelican, Kings X, Mozart, SRV, Chili Peppers, Molotov, Black Dahlia Murder, Between the Buried and Me, Incubus, RATM, Zao, Every Time I Die, ...and of course, the Josh Williamson Band. LISTEN--

JOSH WILLIAMSON BAND: No Shelter JOSH WILLIAMSON BAND: No Shelter

Guitar driven rock power trio with an emphasis on quality songs, and dynamic performance.

JOSH WILLIAMSON BAND: A Working Man's Breakfast JOSH WILLIAMSON BAND: A Working Man's Breakfast

Guitar-driven rock originals in the tradition of Rock's best power trio's.

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Amadeus, Seven, 12 Monkeys, 21 Grams.

Television:

Try not to watch it too much, but when I do, it's the Simpsons.

Books:

Reading Now: Middlesex by Jefferey Eugenides, The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, and the Tao de Ching

Read Lately: Confessions of an Economic Hitman
The Curious Incident of the Dog...
Thank You for Smoking
Stradivari's Genius
Dogs of Babel
Blindness
The Dante Club
Farenheit 451
Sula
All the Names
The Kite Runner

Heroes:

Those who risk it all for the notion of justice.

My Blog

The Ghosts of JWB Past, Present and Future

Some may be wondering about the status of the Josh Williamson Band as of late, so I figured I would put a short word out there for y'all...  Our last show was June 3rd, 2006, and as of now, ther...
Posted by J.P.W. on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 06:16:00 PST