Jazz Articles about Colin John

Colin John Band: Live Voodoo Surfing from the Beachland

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 16, 2005

Guitarist, songwriter, and singer Colin John takes his music way beyond “traditional blues. “It's sort of a stigma that all blues sounds the same, he says, so he tries to ignite a musical fire that burns differently from the straight blues flame. “I would call it contemporary blues, rock, and soul, he says, or, “non-traditional, traditional blues.

John mainly sounds like the sum of his influences. Formative gigs include his stint in the Saturday night house band ...