Born in Houston Texas John started singing at 6 years of age. In his teens he spent a lot of time playing at coffee houses "Sand Mountain" (where Guy Clark and Townes Van Zandt got started) etc and parties with friends. He won outstanding vocalist in Houston while in the band The Midnight Shift and opened for local bands like Fever Tree and The Moving Sidewalks(Later became ZZ Top). Moving to Austin TX at twenty John played every venue and opened for people like The Vaughn Brothers (Stevie Ray & Jimmy), Jerry Jeff Walker, Tom Rush, Marcia Ball, Robert Shaw (renowned barellhouse pianist), Doug Sahm and the Texas Tornados, and sang with people like Lucinda Williams and Nanci Griffith. Winning the songwriters contest at the Kerrville (TX) Folk Festival in the early 70's he was joined at the winners concert by one of the judges David Amram well known jazz musician and composer for the New York Philharmonic. Later John appeared on the BF Deal Sampler Vol 1 as one of four artists along with Nanci Griffith, Will Walker, and Frank Zigal. More recently John has shared the stage with people like Taj Mahal, The Outlaws, Jesse Winchester, John Stewart (Kingston Trio fame) and Alice Walker (The Color Purple). John has always been fond of the Theater and has performed in such roles as Ron in "HAIR"(1990) opening the show as lead vocalist in "Aquarius", Judas in "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1993) and Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof" (1999). John has found a new place in the music scene on the Internet, already within a few months time he has recieved rave reviews.
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Reap What You Sow (5:43) Jul 07 TuneFlow Tournament
