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Restaurants, House Concerts and Wedding Ceremonies: Finger Style Instrumental including Classical Guitar and Renaissance Lute
Bars, Outdoor parties: Solo Classic Acoustic Folk /Rock, Blues and Rags
Bars, Outdoor parties :Classic Rock With 4 piece Band :Lead and Rhythm Guitars, Drums, Bass

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Call John at 973-962-9655

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http://www.imusicscene.com/John_Sheehan/ 

http://www.reverbnation.com/johnsheehan

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Ceremony and Cocktail hour Music
Future: Folk Fest you wont want to miss
http://www.hungrydogproductions.com/
 Past: A fun gig:
http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2007/5/Arts+&+Culture/May-Nightlife-Highlights
 
Thanks for the airplay: http://www.studio360.org/yore/music112704.html      http://www.wumb.org/playlists/2008-03-16.html
http://www.upperroomwithjoekelley.com/  

 Present:

Newest internet sites:
 

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=830322 
http://www.reverbnation.com/johnsheehan

http://apps.facebook.com/reverbnation_fb/artist/johnsheehan

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1235204508&hiq=john%2Csheehan 

http://www.imusicscene.com/John_Sheehan/  

Song for the Month ,'Freedom Place' Stream: http://ezfolk.com/audio/bands/70/audio.php?p=2 
 

Three different performances; 'Pearl diving near the Hudson' a WFMU compilation with a live recording of Freedom Place I did on the Irene Trudel show around 10 yrs ago.This is perhaps the best live performance recording I've done, but who knows where they all are?
 Listen and request music to Irene on Mondays 3-6 pm on 91.1 or 91.0
http://www.wfmu.org/
 youtube performance from 2001  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jlMzBqHCJ0
Instrumental Solo Guitar:
http://www.johnsheehan.net/CDs.html  

Last Months recap: April 4th..Muddy Waters birthday born 1915
 

Momentous visit with Tom Doyle to pick up my guitar which he kindly got done before my Andres gig that night.
What a fine repair on a problematic classical guitar! It's not a problem any longer, it sounds better than ever! New frets with wider tangs brought the neck back,steammed neck and some planning of the fingerboard ,nut work and slight shaving of the bridge has improved the action, greatly improved the relief,and made the sound way more balanced and louder.It's like a new guitar.Doyle is a supreme workman with guitars.
As if I wasn't excited enough he played the guitar for a half hour demonstrating his arrangements and playing songs like Django's 'Nuages','Petite Waltz',recorded by Atkins,'Out of Nowhere','Georgia' and a bunch of others.
I was the only blessed attendant at this event ...should have brought a friend !Ken Boysen or Jim Ankrom would've pigged out on this!Tom talked of how in 1956 he saw Chet for the first  time at the Manhatten hotel.Showed me his very unorthodoxed but effective thumb up picking!DEVELOPED AS AN ATTEMPT TO GET A SLAPBACK WITHOUT AN ECHOPLEX. HOW BIZARRE! Tom also talked of listening to Juke box's of Les Paul 78 rpm's as a kid.COME ON, THIS IS VERY COOL! I am getting an education from Tom each time I see him!
Hopefully Tom will have his 1st Guitar Fest at his home this fall and he's mentioned getting Lou Pallo ,Jerry Tapinka, Grover Kemble and myself on the bill as well as others including  himself and wife Sandy.
Check out the schedule for the Lafayette House  off rt 206 to see when Tom and Sandy are playing next.
 
By the way anyone interested in learning to make a guitar Tom has courses in his shop in Wantage and this man's got the goods,believe me.Some may not know but he is also Les Paul's sound engineer every Monday at The Irridium each week.I think he's worked with Les Paul for 30 something years.
 
Andres Restaurant in Newton...  that same night the guitar was great to play and I performed a three hour set with a short break to restring a busted high 'E'  .. two Venezuelan pieces by Antonio Lauro for the first time.'El Negrito' and 'El Marabino'.I just really dig Lauro's compositions!Beautiful ,extremely well written solo guitar pieces that are a pleasure to play and turn folks on to.Originals include the unrecorded 'E
minor blues for Davy,Ba(e)ders field,Cliffs of Moher,'The Villain' and others.
John Fahey tunes: 'Brenda Blues','Some Summer Day','I'm gonna do all I can for my Lord'...a clawhammer/3 finger  guitar fiasco.What a riot this song is to play ,especially in tandem with 19th century classical pieces!When the room gets louder with drinkers ...capoed 3rd fret pieces with more aggressive right hand picking are in order!
 
Fri 11th...Amazing Grapes  with Joe Lobosco on drums.Tried out a few new ones,Tull's Teacher ,Dylans,Country Pie,an unorthodoxed All along the watchtower
and the usual requests,Layla etc.
Rick Merino did a 30 minute set with Karen Lauber at the end of the night that was very well recieved by the fun loving audience! I had a chance to meet a fine couple,Dan and Janna who gratiously thanked me for the music and praised Rick,Karen and Joe's contributions.Darcy and Stephanie of course led the dancing shenanigans up by the bar.
 
Sunday 13th Nanuet Public Library 
One Hour set of original steel string songs and instrumentals and a little classical guitar .A man named Harold  after listening to 'Cliffs of Moher' cracks 'I don't know whether I want to cry because the song is so beautiful or because I can't play that way'.
A little kid,Colin Farmer, who was with his mom asked for an autograph.I gave it to him but I wasn't flattered as they showed up too late to catch the show!
 
Saturday 26th Lockwood Tavern  
Great time with Ambassador Denny Tilton and fellow singer/songwriters Mef Gannon and Jack Tannehill.
Each performer doing two sets of four songs.
Denny started the night off with his relaxed manner,Mef sang great, i did two old /two new songs then Jack worked his turf.
Then we did it all again with another set each  .It was great playing along with Denny on his tune,'It cant get better than that' ( think that's the name) and playing with Mef and Jack on Prines , 'Angel from Montgomery'.
Don Sternecker was there and I asked for Woody Manns phone number because I'd like to do a show with him. 
 
Synchronisity:
My drummer buddy Joe Lobosco  gives my 'ISG' CD to his Mother in law, Lalie Madreguera ,who gives it to jazz great Gene Bertoncini, who plays a guitar built by John Buscarino, who was a good friend of my brother Bill in high school , who was my first guitar mentor. http://www.genebertoncini.com/main.htm

 
Student Activity: 
12 yr. old Marissa (guitar) and 13 yr. old Lindsey(bass) had their first gig at their school talent show.They obtained a 'hottie' male lead singer and performed 'Knockin' on heavens door.
 
Linda is their hero now as she was able to get Gil Griffith,her boss and CEO of Wave Digital ,to obtain Jerry Only (The Misfits) signed posters and promotional photos.
These  were presented as Diplomas and certificates at their next lessons.
 
Steve Bowie...bartered for a lesson by helping me split wood donated by Glenn Fasse ,another student.
Kevin Ronan... bartered a lesson for a Boss Blues Driver pedal
 
Past/current students now gigging.Google them if you know them or are curious.
Rick Merino
Larry Amato
Bob Savarth
John Redden
Ed Yuhas
Jen Simond
Ron Paige ...
 
http://allaccessmagazine.com/vol6/issue03/ronny_paige.html
Thanks for the comment Ron(I think!?)
 
Fishing report for April 10th
wind from the north...

Went fishing with brother Greg . Fished Green Turtle Pond in Hewitt about ten minutes away from my house.
Used  my little 10' boat. We each caught a 15' trout.It tasted great last night with potatoes and Cauliflower.
Greg's rainbow was a fat female.Mine was a hooked Jaw male rainbow trout with bright orange gills .I used jigs I tied  with bucktail obtained from a guitar student and Greg had some weird yarn thing he tied on a Salmon hook .Our creations were tipped with meal worms and pieces of nightcrawlers. Greg caught the biggest bluegill a nice bigger than palmsized bulldog!I also caught 5 nice sized bluegills and a pregnant fat 13 ' perch.Not a bad day catching and the weather was great!Everthing we caught was on white colored jigs ('cept perhaps Greg's Bluegill)and the water was real clear so we got down below 6 feet probably to around 10-12 feet.We drifted with the wind over the trout and perch spot and backtrolled by a bluff for the Bluegills.All fish were released unharmed except the unlucky trout which we took for the pans.

BAD NEWS LAST....  you may not want to know:
 

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4336262446047063653&q=The+Fluoride+Deception&total=34&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4

 

 

Hazardous waste  Law exempts Military's contribution :
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is the world's biggest polluter.Can't recall if Al Gore covered that in his 'Inconvenient Truth'
http://www.safetyforum.com/mtw/

An intense site:
http://www.threeworldwars.com/
 

Food/Eating ,that kinda stuff: 

http://www.independent.co.uk/environme nt/green-living/exposed-the-great-gm-crops-myth-812179.html


http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2008/04/01/which-giant-corporation-owns-your-favorite-organic-food-brand.aspx

http://oism.org/pproject/s33p333.htm

A year old take on global warming:
http://www.lindafrum.com/NewsDetail.aspx?newsid=74
 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/content_7901093.htm
 

 


Modern Man, Modern Problems:
 
How to cook an egg with two mobile phones
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_cook_egg_cell_phones.htm

What all users of mobile phones need to know.
 
1 Egg
2 Mobiles
65 minutes of connection between mobiles. 
 
 
Initiated the call between the two mobiles and allowed 65 minutes approximately...
During the first 15 minutes nothing happened;
25 minutes later the egg started getting hot;
45 minutes later the egg is hot;
65 minutes later the egg is cooked.

 
Conclusion: The immediate radiation of the mobiles has the potential to modify the proteins of the egg.
 
Rumsfeld/Aspartame
 
http://www.rense.com/general81

 

Peter Kaukonen and John playing 'Key to the Highway' at the Warwick Valley Winery' 7/6/07 show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFTeuFwl5AA&mode=related&search=

Peter Kaukonen show photos: http://entertainment.webshots.com/album/559805054GqHXue

Download John's tunes:
http://payplay.fm/johnsheehan
 http://payplay.fm/johnsheehan2
 http://payplay.fm/johnsheehan3
 http://payplay.fm/johnsheehan4

Great international Finger style sites:

http://www.allguitarists.com/index.php
http://beyondbedroomguitar.com/lma/links.php
http://www.fingerstyleworld.com/usa_j.htm
http://akoestische-gitarist.beginthier.nl/  

Friday May 18,2007 New Jersey Herald

 Bob Dylan's music has been a constant thread throughout my life. The first Dylan song I remember singing as a child was 'Blowin' in the Wind', a song I heard my older brothers and sisters often sing. After college I found myself singing and playing guitar on the same street corners in Greenwich Village that Dylan sang on. Street corners like MacDougal and Third and neighboring streets and Washington Square Park were popular busking areas. Throughout the years I've been teaching students how to play Dylan's songs and have been a performer at the Warwick Winery Dylan Fest every year they've held the event. So in short he's an unavoidable influence since child hood and to the present day!

For more photos of the evening with John Hammond, myself and friends, click the following link: 

http://community.webshots.com/user/johnsheehanguitar

"Old Mill Rag" licensed for six months of use in UK/Ireland's Sky Digital's TV and Cinema Ad

"I think the penguin music is so wicked. Maybe when I have learnt a lot more notes I might be able to play it too," Hannah 9 yr. old  Burnham, Buckinghamshire UK

"It's a pleasure to get some great music like yours onto an ad, I'm chuffed they used your track as it was a great bit of music in it's own right as well as being perfect  for accompaniment of the penguins in the commercial! "
..Pete Diggins, Sky Digital UK

Thanks to Pete Forino for this video of me playing  "Me and My Uncle " in the dark.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDvDuU9vCAQ

John’s four CD’s are up on Apple iTunes for digital downloading

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