Well, I had a pretty awesome experience this past week.

Thanks to the efforts of a very good friend of mine (All love for you Mr. Jeff Munro) I got the chance to appear on the “Steve Katsos Show”, a venue used to showcase the arts in New England. It’s getting a lot of attention in the area and for good reason. It was an absolute pleasure to get to be on that set and share the stage with some talented people. Steve himself is incredibly funny, making things up off the cuff that are just hysterical.

All in all it was an amazing time. I had the chance to play 3 songs (all originals) as his musical guest for the week. They are posted up on YOUTube, so feel free to check them out below! The show itself will air in month or so. Please, check out Steves Website HERE. It’s some really great stuff that he’s doing.

VIDEOS:

The Only Air (COMING SOON)
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
Drag You Under (COMING SOON)

A big thank you to Steve, Jeff, Michelle, Elizabeth, and everyone else who made it such a wonderful night. Hopefully I get the chance to go back and maybe lay down a little piano for them someday.

Take care,

Jon

In October – I had the opportunity to see David Lanz at the Regent Theater near Boston.

To sum it up, it was an incredible night. He unleashed some of his new songs, a series of piano instrumental Beetle cover songs…unbelievable.

On top of just a fantastic show and getting to meet and talk with him for the 2nd time in my life, he expressed a strong desire to come back and tour the Boston scene far more often – an announcement which resulted in thunderous applause from the audience.

All in all an amazing night, especially in that I got to share it with my parents, brother, and sister-in-law…the most important people in my life.

-Jon

PS – A shot of his Piano…

My friend Al, who I had met through playing a computer game and hadn’t seen since he and his buddies flew out to Boston some time ago for a big party, asked me to play at his wedding at the end of June.

It was an incredible time.   He and his fiancee flew me out to Michigan for the service, where I sat the piano for the duration of their ceremony and played a mixture of my own music, some David Lanz covers, and a few songs they wanted me to learn specifically for them (like the Glasglow Love Theme).   They even requested one of my songs, Charisma, be their “recessional” song (which fit in nicely).

However, it was after the service, when both of them came up to me in the midst of all the craziness  going on, and thanked me for coming to play for them, saying “this would not have been as special as it was without you here, we had to have you come play”.

That’s about as great a compliment  I have ever gotten.  To be a part of someone’s wedding is important in and of itself, but to see the sincerity in their eyes when they told me that, was an incredible feeling.

Thank you Emily and Al for giving me the chance to do this.  I wish you both nothing but the best.

-Jon

1677 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02148
Cost : $5 cover at the door

1677 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02148
Cost : $5 cover at the door

1677 Mass. Ave, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02148
Cost : $5  cover at the door

Address: 118 Ferry St, Malden, MA  No Cover.

Address:  320 Main St.  Fitchburg, MA

No Cover Charge

Address:  320 Main St.  Fitchburg, MA

No Cover Charge

Got to Destare on wed. night and realized I had left my 1/4 inputs to my guitar back home.  Had to run out fast and grab one before I could start (thankfully, there was a music store open until 8pm)

The Destare show went well.  A lot more people present than when I had played last there on a Sunday night.  Hopefully I’ll get to do more mid-week shows there in the near future.

-Jon