The Pappy Johns Band
Full Circle
© 2003 The Pappy Johns Band
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Original Blues that come from a deep and soulful place place.deep within their roots as Native men.Men who lived and breathed the blues their whole life on Six Nations on the Grand River.
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- 1 Make Your Mind Up
- 2 Playing Me
- 3 My Baby's Crazy
- 4 Trouble in the Wigwam
- 5 Time Will Come
- 6 Third Degree
- 7 Little White Lies
- 8 Meat on the Bone
- 9 Time to Believe
- 10 Let's Just Do
- 11 Through the Door
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THE PAPPY JOHNS BAND are long time friends, and brothers of the blues. The core players of THE PAPPY JOHNS BAND, Oren Doxtator, Faron Johns and Don Powless have been playing together on and off for 25 years. Musically, they went their separate ways, and achieved some measure of success individually. But now reunited for their latest release Full Circle, which was independently produced, they have added the services of an outstanding young guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, Josh Miller and well known keyboardist John Lee.
Full Circle was nominated for a 2005 JUNO Award for Aboriginal Recording of the Year. The band won Best Blues Album at the 2004 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards for Full Circle, in November 2004.
For the first time in their career, The Pappy Johns Band were invited to perform in Europe. They also performed at the International Music Festival in Frankfurt, Germany from July 8-17, 2005. In addition, they also performed at Blues sur Seine, a blues festival in France held in November 2005.
Before Josh Miller and John Lee joined the band, THE PAPPY JOHNS BAND already were known to Canadian t.v. viewers for being the house band on Aboriginal Peoples Television Networks' variety program Buffalo Tracks. The band also won 4 awards at the 2002 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards: for Best Male Artist (Faron Johns); Best Group/Duo; Best Producer/Engineer (Alec Fraser & Band); Best Song & Songwriter for Blame It On Monday (Faron Johns).
Since reuniting the band has played such prestigious festivals as the 20th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, May 2003, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and the Grand Opening of the Smithsonian Institution's `National Museum of the American Indian', on the Four Directions Stage (mainstage) for the closing concert.
THE PAPPY JOHNS BAND:
DON POWLESS: Bass player, Mohawk, is originally from the Six Nations Reserve and currently resides in Fort Erie, Ontario. He has played in blues bands in Canada and the United States that include Bar Road Band, The Roadhouse Band, Painted Pony and most recently, the Pappy Johns Band.
OREN DOXTATOR: On drums, Oren, originally from Oneida Settlement, near London, Ontario, grew up on Buffalo, New York and currently resides in Fort Erie, Ontario. Don Powless and Oren, who are brothers-in-law, have formed a solid rhythm section for over 30 years.
FARON JOHNS: Singer/Songwriter, Mohawk, from Six Nations, Faron has been singing across Canada and the U.S. for over 25 years. His patented voice has enabled him to be a staple of Native blues, and also as a cast member of `Bones', an Aboriginal opera. But his songwriting has garnered him Best Songwriter/Best Song awards at the 2002 Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards.
JOSH MILLER: Also from Six Nations on guitar and vocals, Josh began his career at an early age, touring across Canada with Murray Porter while still a teenager. Now a seasoned veteran of the blues scene, fronting his own bands, The Soul Kings, and Three Wheel Drive, Josh has performed across Canada and the U.S. His addition to the band is a mixture of youth and savvy.
JOHN LEE: A seasoned veteran of the blues, John has played keyboards with some of the best blues musicians across Canada and the US, some of which are Matt Minglewood, Mel Brown, Dutch Mason, Snooky Pryor, Cheyl Lescome, Lucky Peterson and too many others to list all. John Lee's addition to the band raises the bar on their talent, experience and songwriting skills that will be evident on their new CD which is currently in progress.
Performance Highlights:
- North by Northeast Festival, Toronto, 2007
- Kitchener Blues Festivel, 2007
- Open for Jeff Healey at Jackhammers in Brantford, Ont.
- JUNO Aboriginal Honouring Ceremony, Winnipeg, Manitoba; April 2005
- Second Canadian band ever to perform at the 20th Annual Chicago Blues Festival, 2003
- Grand Opening of the Smithsonian Institution's `National Museum of the American Indian', mainstage, Washington, D.C.; September, 2004
- Festival International de Jazz de Montréal 2004
- National Museum of the American Indian, Manhattan/NYC; August 2004
- Planet IndigenUS, Toronto, Ontario; August 2004
- Museum of Civilisation, Hull, Quebec; February 2004
- Café Campus Blues, Montreal, Quebec 2004
- Southside Shuffle Blues & Jazz Festival, Port Credit, Ontario, 2004
- Blues Summit Showcase, Toronto, Ontario; January 2003
- Saskatchewan Jazz Festival, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; July 2003
CD's:
"Full Circle" Independent, November 2003
"Blame It On Monday" Independent, 2002
"Skin Tight Blues" A First Peoples Blues Compilation Sweet Grass Records/EMI Music Canada, July, 2002 - `Blame It On Monday' by Pappy Johns Band and `Colours' by Murray Porter
"Dig Your Roots" Compilation
For more info contact:
Jeff Reid, Manager 519.445.0307
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Full Circle
author: Karen CardinalLove the blues but really love the voice just watched the aptn channel and saw them performing awesome would love to get a cd plus the others available
One of the best blues CD's around!
author: HeidiLove this CD. Wish I could get my hands on a couple of them. One for myself and the other for a gift. Now this is what I call the Blues. Thank you.