Jon
Paris
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JON PARIS BIO
Although well known for his work on the road and in the studio with
Texas guitar-slinger Johnny Winter (over 10 years), Jon Paris has
toured with a number of other Rock and Blues greats. The impressive
list includes the mighty Bo Diddley, Rock-a-Billies Robert Gordon
and Link Wray, piano pioneer Johnnie Johnson, former Rolling Stone
Mick Taylor, and British ace Chris Spedding. Paris has backed Chuck
Berry, John Lee Hooker, Hubert Sumlin, Rudy Ray Moore (Dolomite),
Elvin Bishop, Phoebe Snow, Percy Sledge, and Big Jay McNeely just
to name a few.
Paris's recording credits include sessions with Bob Dylan, Ron Wood,
Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, and John Hiatt. He has jammed on stage
with most of his heroes: B.B. King, Freddy King, Muddy Waters, Luther
Allison, John Mayall, James Burton, Dr. John, the Yardbirds, Lonnie
Mack, Jack Bruce, John Entwistle, Gregg Allman, Steve Miller, Edgar
Winter...the list goes on; and for the past several years Paris
has been a featured guest with the one-and-only Les Paul, the-living-legend-of-the-electric-guitar,
at Les's regular Monday night shows in Manhattan. All the while
Jon Paris has maintained his own New York City-based Rock'n'Blues
band (for over 25 years). He performs regularly at the B.B. King
Blues Club on 42nd Street in Times Square, and at clubs, casinos,
and festivals on the East Coast (from Maine to Florida) as well
as the Mid-West (Milwaukee's Summerfest, the Toledo Blues Fest...)
and Canada (the famed Montreal Jazz Festival).
He's appeared in concert opening for George Thorogood and the Destroyers,
Brian Setzer, Etta James, Albert King, Dick Dale, Cheap Trick, Little
Feat, Bobby "Blue" Bland, Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes,
Foreigner, the Guess Who...and he's headlined shows in Norway, Sweden,
Israel, and South Africa. As a songwriter, Jon Paris's compositions
have been covered by the likes of Johnny Winter, and have appeared
in major motion pictures (Naked Gun, My Boss's Daughter, Scary Movie
3).
His critically acclaimed debut CD "Rock the Universe" features eight
of his powerful Blues and Rock anthems, and his latest CD "Blue
Planet" includes another eight Blues-drenched, rocked-out originals...plus
Paris's own unique versions of some great Blues classics. Check
out www.jonparis.com for the
complete story!
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