I want to ask John a questionPosted 08/14/2022 |
|
| John, I have a question about rehearals in the garage in Long Beach in the late 1960s. A girlfriend of mine lived in the neighborhood. I have a story and question (NOT lurid--just about the people who played/sang with you there. I grew up in LB CA. Am now 68 years. Email will do. Best to you and yours. Be well. Peace.
|
Submitted by the Professor |
|
|
|
Circle bookPosted 08/01/2022 |
|
| Hi, Will there be any signed books available?
|
Submitted by Tom G |
|
|
|
Circle BookPosted 07/15/2022 |
|
When will the Signed Circle Books be available?
I am ready to buy one.
|
Submitted by The Other John |
|
|
|
“Will The Circle Be Unbroken” bookPosted 05/17/2022 |
|
| The Circle album has been a big part of my life for 50 years! I’m excited to get the 50th Anniversary book… Will there be autographed copies available August 2022?
|
Submitted by Bear |
|
|
|
need Posted 04/16/2022 |
|
I would like to hear from you 229 212 0345
Thomas N. Monroe
|
Submitted by Nui Ba Den |
|
|
|
BookPosted 03/28/2022 |
|
It cracked me up.
Thanks for keeping it all about the music.
My next read. Richard Thompson. Another brilliant musician with a quick wit.
|
Submitted by Jim M |
|
|
|
RenePosted 03/16/2022 |
|
| Hey John. My son Cole Campbell’s vocal teacher Rene passed away before Xmas. Thought you might like to know. We met with you and Jimmie in Boulder at the Etown. Any more plans to play with him again ?Love to see it happen. Bill
|
Submitted by Cole’s Dad |
|
|
|
Scheduled release?Posted 03/16/2022 |
|
| I have been unable to contact you . Please update me on the plan.
|
Submitted by Nui Ba Den |
|
|
|
Cafe Wha - Celebrating DadPosted 01/11/2022 |
|
| My Mom and I came to your show at Cafe Wha on Dec 8 as a tribute to my departed Dad who cherished his Nitty Gritty t-shirt and your music. We had an amazing time and loved the stories and music you shared. Thank you and your compatriots for a lovely celebration.
|
Submitted by Pinnhead |
|
|
|
Thanks for the Glossy!!Posted 11/19/2021 |
|
Hey John,
My folks just got back from Paris and gave me the excellent gift, thank you so much! Also I really appreciated your input into the Duane Allman book, you have such an unclouded perspective on what was happening. I’d love to see you with David Bromberg, if not I hope I can watch a video!
Cheers,
Dave Gordon
|
Submitted by Dave Gordon |
|
|
|
Neglectful parentsPosted 11/14/2021 |
|
My parents drove from Dallas to Houston to see you last year and they didn’t even tell me they were going! I was quite upset at missing the opportunity, having been raised on the Circle album and all the classic NGDB records from my dad. I only recently learned to play your version of Soldier’s Joy, which was one of the first songs my dad taught me. However, my disappointment at missing your show was quenched when they pulled out a copy of your book that you’d signed and addressed to me. Just finished reading it and loved it! Quite a few nights of staying up way later than I should laughing at your shenanigans! If I ever get the opportunity to see you play live then I’ll ask you to sign it again to ensure it isn’t a forgery.
Fun fact- Circle album was how I was introduced to John Prine while in elementary school. I would later work for the company that did his sound for the last 17 years of his life and make memories with him and his music.
Hope to see you back in Texas soon!
|
Submitted by M. Logan |
|
|
|
Coffee Gallery ShowPosted 11/03/2021 |
|
| Hello John, Thanks for putting on a great show last week at the Coffee Gallery and for answering my question about the concert at Birmingham High School way back when. Your book describes that event and your impression of Jim Morrison but you fleshed it out even more in your response. I'm really enjoying your CD Made in Brooklyn. Great songs. I encourage everyone to buy it. I look forward to seeing you in concert again.
|
Submitted by Rick |
|
|
|
The Nashville SessionsPosted 10/24/2021 |
|
Hi,
I don't do streaming media and would like to purchase a copy of
|
Submitted by IanH2106 |
|
|
|
Nui Ba DenPosted 07/20/2021 |
|
| I am having trouble contacting you or Michael DeVault using the email address given to me by Michael while on the phone. Please contact me so as to insure the smooth inclusion of Nui Ba Den on your September album. 229 212 0345 cell or 229 860 2441 house phone.
|
Submitted by Thomas N. Monroe |
|
|
|
A Beautifully Chronicled JourneyPosted 07/20/2021 |
|
| Thanks, John, for sharing your candid, entertaining, funny, poignant, and very personal account of your life as an amazing musician, artist, and family man with
|
Submitted by Marty B |
|
|
|
Your Electra Guitar?Posted 07/02/2021 |
|
| Hi John, I’m glad to see that you’ll be performing again. It’s been a long time since I’ve heard you play live. Recently, I bought an old 1980 Electra x960 with the built in effects modules. The owner was a guy named Scott Bain, who told me it was your guitar at one point. He says he was a teenager in Evergreen, CO and was going to buy an electric guitar. His dad told him to ask you for your opinion on his guitar purchase. He said he walked to your house and you told him his guitar choice was not good. He say’s that you went and got the Electra and gave it to him. He used it in his punk rock band and it’s been stored for 25 years. I just bought it and I’m still trying to get all the pickups and electronics to do what they are supposed to do. It is a beautiful playing guitar and I’m excited to record some music with it. Do you think this guitar was yours? Does the story sound familiar? I know St Louis Music did send many electra’s to well known musicians. And I’m pretty sure that you used to live in Evergreen. I’m in Basalt, CO so the guitar is still in Colorado.
|
Submitted by Stumpa |
|
|
|
Great Show @ Stagecoach Inn !!!Posted 06/27/2021 |
|
Hey John & band,
What an absolute treat/gift it was to hear you for the very first time last night under the Newbury Park twilight skies. Where can we find that song
|
Submitted by Drew |
|
|
|
The Life I've Picked. ExcellentPosted 05/09/2021 |
|
| Just got through reading your book. One of the best books ever. As a musician I know of the resentment and jealousness surrounding music. I was floored at the way YOUR band treated you!! They are nothing without you. You are the face of the NGDB. Pick on brother!!
|
Submitted by LJ Walker |
|
|
|
Have appreciated your music since '75...Posted 02/24/2021 |
|
First got serious about your music with the Symphonion Dream album...
Heard ya'll live in Louisville in October of that year.
Thanks for years of great joy.
NFE
|
Submitted by No False Enthusiasm |
|
|
|
Favorite concertPosted 02/13/2021 |
|
| Hi John - just finished your book and was happy to see you mention your being in Norfolk VA solo. That was my favorite concert ever - great showmanship and music. (Other two are John Hartford solo in Hampton VA and BB King with the whole band in Schenectady). In the spirit of your approach to Earl et. al., I want to pitch you my song
|
Submitted by Scrapper T |
|
|
|
book - autograph??Posted 06/17/2020 |
|
| a few 'home shows' back you said you'd autograph a book for 'me'. How do I do that. (I had one at your last Woodsong's show....but didn't get it signed. I'll be most pleased to purchase another. Tom
|
Submitted by Thomas |
|
|
|
If Buffy doesn't Love me gonna go eat wormsPosted 06/12/2020 |
|
Buffy said a tune by this name came out of a meeting with the bacd. Didn't seem to have words so I wrote some for her! We were good friends some fifty years ago.
Can you confirm the rumour?
|
Submitted by John |
|
|
|
The Life I’ve PickedPosted 05/29/2020 |
|
| John, I just finished your book. I enjoyed reading about the music and your travels. The one thing that got me upset: your band mates in NGDB. To be honest I would have left them long ago. That’s too much BS to put up with.
|
Submitted by Dave |
|
|
|
Stars and Stripes at CSULBPosted 05/27/2020 |
|
| Many years after your days at McCabe's, LB, I taught banjo there, and lived directly across the street while attending CSULB. In about 1980, you were playing the CSULB bluegrass festival, and, I think, judging the competition, along with Jim Traub (Dynamite Gangbusters). A fellow local friend, Dave, accompanied me on tuba, for the banjo competition in a duet of Stars and Stripes Forever. Thanks for the prize Scruggs tuners! I can send you a link to a slide show recording of the rehearsal the night before. Let me know. Also, like many, I cut my bluegrass banjo teeth on the Circle LP. It's now the only vinyl I own. I still listen to certain cuts weekly, and never tire of it, even after over 45 years. God bless you for your inspiration. Eric
|
Submitted by Eric |
|
|
|
AstorPosted 03/24/2020 |
|
| I remember sitting in the basement of the Astor Theater in Reading, PA in the late 70’s with you. You asked about the restroom and I had to tell you what I now know as the Mexican rule: If it’s yellow Let it mellow... I think it was more like “Don’t flush.” Period. Always loved your music no matter with who(m) or where. Take care. Oh, I’m watching Rocky Mountain Way Fiddlers Green Fogelberg tribute. So moving.
|
Submitted by Cat Evans |
|
|
|
Yes ... yours stinks too!Posted 03/22/2020 |
|
John,
Thank you for the great show here in Grass Valley a few weeks back. Savoring your book a little at a time. Please say hi to Brother Bill.
A few years back we visited our friends Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle ... Wesley's best friend of many years was Merle Travis (Wes knew every friggin' one) ... we hadn't stepped two feet inside the door when he said
|
Submitted by Michael Sheehy |
|
|
|
Made In Brooklyn vinyl recordPosted 02/16/2020 |
|
| I am having a very difficult time getting your “Made In Brooklyn “ vinyl. I have ordered 2x from Amazon but received wrong album. HELP I even went to a record store and they received wrong one.
|
Submitted by Carol |
|
|
|
My Favorite DreamPosted 11/02/2019 |
|
John,
Love the Made in Brooklyn album, along with your many other albums. I have been trying to find the sheet music/chords/lyrics to my favorite dream off the Made in Brooklyn album, Do you know if it is available?
|
Submitted by Doug |
|
|
|
Billy Strings?Posted 10/19/2019 |
|
| Hi, John. I spoke to you many years ago at the Edmonton Folk Music Festival where I volunteered. You recommended William J. Ball's classical banjo album to me. Thanks! I don't know if you answer these or not, but I would be very interested to know what you think of Billy Strings. Whether you answer or not, thanks for the many years of entertainment!
|
Submitted by Cosmic Cowboy |
|
|
|
ThanksPosted 10/15/2019 |
|
| Hey John. Thanks for a great show at the Appalachian Theater for the Grand Open of the renovated theater on the Doc Watson Stage on Oct 14. You brought some great
|
Submitted by Doug |
|
|
|
5 Favorite Musicians Posted 10/11/2019 |
|
| Hi John. I will be coming to your show tomorrow at the Franklin Park Arts Center. My question is, who are 5 musicians who you never had the chance to play with but you would have liked to. Thanks. I always love your shows. Jack Sclar
|
Submitted by Jack |
|
|
|
FayettevillePosted 10/10/2019 |
|
| Thanks for coming to Fayetteville. Enjoyed your show so much.
|
Submitted by Carol |
|
|
|
Chapter 11Posted 10/06/2019 |
|
John McEuen
I am currently reading “The Life I’ve Picked.
We recently met at your home on the Manatee River when I was working on your lawn mower.
I have never been one who fawns over celebrity s, But I must admit that I am impressed with your performing Biography
The real point of this note is to tell you and Marilyn that chapter 11, The Red Brick Road, was some of the best writing on the difference between the U.S.A. and Socialism that I have seen in some time. I can only hope that the experience in Russia you describe will become more widespread before the U.S falls into a Socialist state.
I know it is old style but if you could make Chapter 11 available to a wider audience via the internet and social media it could be a factor in keeping us from going down that rat hole.
There are far too many people from Bernie Sanders age right on down to the UN-educated and misinformed preteens that believe that Socialism is the answer to all the ills one must endure in life.
I may have not known your music well, But I damn sure like your writing.
john
|
Submitted by John |
|
|
|
Questions about Your Fiddle Playing ExperiencePosted 10/03/2019 |
|
| Hi John, I started learning fiddle quite late in life after a lifetime of playing other instruments. it does NOT come easily for me. I'm wondering if you consider yourself a prodigy or if you had to work at it/practice. Thanks for any advice you could share.
|
Submitted by Aspiring Fiddle Player |
|
|
|
howdy! In loving reference to MinniePosted 09/23/2019 |
|
Hello, I listened to NG band many years ago . Tried to connect through my disliked FB & other hated media sources .
Know you get lots of mail & responses. Have a general comment to make...shy of making it visible to the website.
Not sure how else to post any more comments.
Thanks!
T. A.
|
Submitted by Teri |
|
|
|
Dakota Jazz Club Show, Mpls, MNPosted 09/21/2019 |
|
THANK YOU JOHN, LES, MATT AND JOHN C. FOR THE GREAT SHOW AT THE DAKOTA JAZZ CLUB IN MINNEAPOLIS SUNDAY NIGHT!! You guys were not just a Musical Performance, but between all of your GREAT singing, EXCELLENT MUSICIANSHIP, humorous stories, and JUST GREAT ENTERTAINING, the evening went by LIGHTNING-FAST!! Our poor waiter kept checking if we wanted more food or beverages, but we were enjoying the SHOW SO MUCH, we weren’t interested in either…..’cuz it would take our attention away from YOUR MUSIC!!! John, ANYTIME you bring your foursome within 250 miles of the Twin Cities, WE WANT TO KNOW!! We’d LOVE to attend!! Keep up your Limitless Entertaining, John! People NEED JOY, COOL REAL MUSIC, AND HUMOR in their lives, and you guys are a Wonderful Crew of Pied Pipers!!! John, I know you’re well known for your amazing banjo and fiddle performances, however, your Fingerstyle Guitar playing was EXCELLENT!! Some of those folks who’d seen you with NGDB HAD NO IDEA WHAT TREAT THEY HAD AHEAD OF THEM!! – WHAT A WONDERFUL SURPRISE FOR THEM!!! ALL of you made the evening PERFECT!! -- and we're even Musicians, who are even HARDER to please than the general public! What a BLAST!! THANKS TO YOU ALL!!
Sincerely,
Steve, Chris, and Sid, Mpls &
Arden Hills, MN
|
Submitted by Chris and Steve from MN |
|
|
|
WoodstockPosted 09/19/2019 |
|
| I really enjoyed your concert in Woodstock, IL! The music combined with video clips made for a wonderful evening.
|
Submitted by JakeJake |
|
|
|
12 year oldPosted 08/18/2019 |
|
| Hi John. My Name is Drew and you and i played banjos together in your hotel room in Spokane when i was a kid back in the day. you opened Crystal Gales show there. fast forward a FEW years. lol I now have a 12 yr. old grand daughter named Natalie Goslin that love you guys. She insists on being at your performance in Boise Wed. the 21st.and would make her world if you could convince the guys to dedicate fishin in the dark to her that night. hope this message finds you and yours well. thanks John. that batting around banjos that night in Spokane is still one of my best memories. thanks again. Drew
|
Submitted by Drew |
|
|
|
Thanks for super show and amazing book!Posted 07/08/2019 |
|
Hi John,
We saw your show at McCabe's a couple of weeks ago! It was fabulous!!! Thank you for your wonderful music and stories. I downloaded your book and you were right! I can’t put it down, it is so interesting! Thank you, John, for making the world a more joyful place with your music and your stories and your life!!
|
Submitted by JoeyRohn |
|
|
|
Wonderful Show in D.C!Posted 06/03/2019 |
|
| I was at the Hamilton show Saturday night and thoroughly enjoyed it. They had a slide show of memorable scenes from the past when John was in the NGDB. Their music was flawless as usual! Catch a show when you can.
|
Submitted by Ginny |
|
|
|