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 Recording artist JJ Appleton is back on US soil....for now. Having spent the last ten months touring to support his most recent album &Someone Else's Problem&, released by AATW/UNIVERSAL, JJ's music has been met with worldwide acclaim. Headlining shows and supporting acts such as Pete Yorn, Ben Lee, and Jamie Cullum, have established JJ as an &artist to watch&.
The single from that album (&Walk into the Room&) found it's way onto BBC Radio 2, thanks to legendary DJ Terry Wogan. Wogan's show is the biggest in all of the UK and Europe (9 million listeners daily), and support such as this has led to JJ's emergence on the international music scene.
The momentum continues with the upcoming EP release, &Black and White Matinee& slated for May, 2008.
Many rainy days (and a love of PG Tips) led JJ to pen and record 6 new tracks, with multi-platinum producer Stephen Lironi (Hanson, Space, Bricolage, Black Grape). The daily trek on the tube up to Finsbury Park, London for recording and writing sessions have paid off. What started out as a few &demos& has now turned into an EP release entitled &Black & White Matinee&. While some may thrive in the sun, England served as a powerful muse for JJ. The new material has his usual emotion, humor and undeniable catchiness that his fans love him for, but the lyrical content has broadened beyond the &relationship& and delves deeply into matters of the soul. |
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Band Members:
These are some the regular characters you will see peforming and recording with, but definitley not bathing, with me:
JJ Appleton - guitars and lead vocals, Brian Delaney - drums, Tim Lefebvre - bass The Jet (Matt Anthony) - guitars, Thad DeBrock - guitars and keyboards Bob Knight - drums Jay Cox - bass Dan Minsteris - piano Josh Dion - piano |
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Influences:
Blind people and sanitation workers. too many to mention but Albert King, Toots and the Maytals, Elvis Costello, The Beatles (duh), solo albums by the Beatles, farts by the Beatles (ok that's going too far), Al Green, Little Feat, The Band, Elbow, The Figgs, Rudder, Julia Darling, Grey Race, Ben Lee, Jamie Cullum, Hootie, Red Zepperin, AC/DC, The Stolling Rones, Keith Richard's solo records, Robert Zimmerman, Chuck Prophet, Lucinda Willliams, Jay-Z, Steel Pulse, Paul Simon, Simon and Garfunkel, Simon and Schuster,Lou Canova, Ray Charles, Jim Boggia, Pete and J, Josh Dion Band, Craig Dreyer and Fiends, Tammany Hall NYC, Marco Joachim, Talc, Boomish, Transglobal Underground, The Allman Brothers and Frank. |
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