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SOLO:
John Padovano performs solo year round along the Jersey shore (USA)
at
coffeehouses and cafes. He was born in Newark, New Jersey (USA) and then moved
to the shore area where he recorded
and released five independent albums. His
fifth collection of songs THE DUSTY ROAD SESSION was recorded on one afternoon,
live in-studio without over-dubs with only his vocal and acoustic guitar. All 27
songs on this CD were written by
Padovano. A B Movie I Was In and Dusty Road are
the key songs on this year-2000 release. There is a cinematic theme to
the Dusty
Road Session; the first song is called Opening Song and the last song is called
Closing Song. And in-between
are songs varied in topics. But there is a definite
yearning for simpler days that inter-twines this collection. His first
four
albums are entitled : SET IN NOVEMBER, BLUES STATION MEMOIRS, SONGS AND
BELONGINGS, and LOST IN A CROWD. He opened
for Leon Redbone, which is telling of
his own varied style of songs. His influences range from Sinatra, Louis
Armstrong,
Lightnin'Hopkins, Sonny Terry and Brownie Mcghee to The Beatles, Ray
Davies and Bob Dylan. He considers a show he saw
of Sonny Terry and Brownie
McGhee in Greenwich Village , New York a definite influence on his deciding to
keep up
live performances at coffeehouses and cafes.
THE DUSTY ROAD SESSION PLAYERS:
A roots-blues show. Although much of the material will
be original, he will acknowledge other blues songwriters such as Lightnin' Hopkins, Brownie McGhee , Leadbelly, and Willie
Dixon.
John released an album a few years back entitled Blues Station Memoirs, and he performed as a duo and trio
called Blues Station. His latest release is entitled Innocent Waters.
Although his style crosses over from folk, folk-blues,
balladeer, jazz , music hall, etc. , he has always had a blues background going back to his early years of performing along
the Jersey Shore. This show will include other musicians. He hopes to make this a once-a-month show. Each week may possibly
include different musicians to be included in The Dusty Road Session Players. The musicains that you might see on and off
are:
Diane Doolittle,
Billy Hays,
Samuel Padovano,
Pat Greaves,
and John-Paul Padovano.
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Highlands, Sandy Hook, Atlantic Ocean
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