Name:
John "JB" Bottone
Instrument Played:
Drums, Percussion and Backing Vocals
Accolades:
Best Unsigned Band of the Year - The Living Daylights (Musician Magazine 1994)
Best Drummer - Runner Up (1999 Asbury Park Music Awards)
Band of the Year - Jonah Jesus & the Braid (2000 Asbury Park Music Awards)
Lewd Buddha signs deal with Club 54 Records (August 2007)
Shared the Stage With:
Joey Ramone, TM Stevens, Will Calhoun (Living Colour), Bernie Worrell (P-Funk),
Buckethead, David Bryan (Bon Jovi), Alan Chez & Bruce Kapler (CBS Orchestra), Joaquin
Lievano (Jean-Luc Ponty), Screaming Cheetah Wheelies, Big Wreck, D'Generation, Atlantic
City Expressway
Notable Venues Played:
Sail Fest (New London, CT), Kansas New Music Festival, Wichita State University
(Wichita, KS), Bele Chere Festival (Ashville, NC), Starland Ballroom (Sayreville,
NJ), The Paramount Theater (Asbury Park, NJ), Asbury Park Music Awards @ The Fast
Lane (Asbury Park, NJ), Harry's Roadhouse (Asbury Park, NJ), Mexicali Blues (Teaneck,
NJ), The Saint (Asbury Park, NJ), The Stone Pony (Asbury Park, NJ), CBGB's (NYC);
Webster Hall (NYC), The Limelight (NYC), Brownies (NYC), The Continental (NYC),
Dynamic Grooves Festival (Albany, NY), NY Harvest Festival (Hancock, NY), Peabody's
(Cleveland, OH), The Grog Shop (Cleveland, OH), Undercurrents Music Festival (Cleveland,
OH), Kent University (Kent, OH), South x Southwest (Austin, TX), Club 54 (Christiansted,
USVI), Lost Dog Pub (Frederiksted, USVI)... to name just a few!
Gear Used:
Tama Drums and Hardware (Live), DW Drums and Hardware (Studio), Roland V-Drums,
Zildjian Cymbals, Remo Heads, Vic Firth Drum Sticks
Current Band:
I'm in the market for a new gig!!! So hit me up if you're interested!
Previous Bands:
Floorshow, The Living Daylights, Jonah Jesus & the Braid, Not My Own, Mas Mojo,
Lewd Buddha
Musical Networking:
I'm available for live performances, session work, recording audio, and lessons.
Other Interests
Computers, networking, gardening, playing with my dogs, making my wife wonder why
the hell she married me... I think anyways???
Favorite Drinks:
Rogue - Dead Guy Ale / Stone Ale - Arrogant Bastard Ale / Samuel Adams / Sierra
Nevada / Patrón XO Café
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