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JOHN LUDINGTON
John Ludington grew up in Upstate NY. His dad taught him how to play folk songs on his great grandfather’s guitar when he was 9 and before he was 10 he was writing songs.
John’s band, Barefoot Gravediggers, was awarded Best New Artist at the Syracuse Area Music Awards in 1993 after their release, Chewing Lessons De Espana.
In ’96, John visited Seth Faergolzia of Dufus while Seth was producing his musical, Fun Wearing Underwear, at Suny Purchase just outside of NYC. Inspired by Faergolzia, John wrote the majority of the material for his LP, Some Glitter, while at Purchase.
John busked on the red line in Boston for a year and then traveled to Northern Arizona to meet up with his long-time friend, Samuel Santangelo.
John moved into a garage turned mother-in-law unit in Samuel’s backyard where Some Glitter was born. Everything was recorded on a Tascam four-track using his dad’s old sm58’s.
Some Glitter stayed on the shelf. Instead, John and Samuel produced John’s first solo album. Clouds Today is “A stellar achievement for a solo artist. It is whimsical, fully self-actualizing and cutting edge.” - Jacques Laiberte, Culture Art Rag
John and Samuel teamed up with the physical theater troupe, The Carpetbag Brigade and in ’04, John composed a soundtrack to their stilt-walking ballet, Mudfire. John performed his soundtrack live on a four-month tour with the Brigade from L.A. to British Colombia. Since then it has been broadcast from the Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey, Mexico to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.
John and Samuel moved to Northern California after touring with the Brigade, and in ’08, they produced John’s second solo album, Some Glitter. It was mastered and released nearly ten years after it was recorded at which time John took it on tour in NY state with Seth Faergolzia.
John released Attic Window in July, 09. He is currently working on two LPs to be released this year.
“Ludington’s outré acoustic ditties are catchy, drunken, stein-sloshing chanteys whose high art lies in the way they string together non sequiturs and invite the listener to sing right along.” – Peter Aaron, ‘roll’ Creative Living in the Hudson Valley
“Most distinctive is his signature fractured whimsical chord progressions and surprising sung sound effects.” – Jacques Laiberte, ‘Art-rag’ creative culture
“John is a true embodiment of acoustic eclectic music and uses it to penetrate the paradoxes and joys of being human.” - Jay Ruby, Director of Carpetbag Brigade
“… how Nick Drake would have sounded if he’d run away and joined the circus in his teenage years.” – Steven Small, Daydream Generation and Quixodelic Collective
“John's voice is a witches brew of the voices of Greg Brown, Donovan from the 60s, and Ben Harper.” - Dean Haakenson, of Be Brave Bold Robot
“When someone stole my car stereo, I was more pissed that they stole Clouds Today then I was that they stole my deck. I think if aliens come John should be the first to say Hi.” – Devin Farren, song-writer
"John, you give me a canvas worthy of the cultural soup we call existence." - Joe Dub, fan
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bobby d - December 11, 2009 3:54 PM
It seems like this guy is trying to sound like Martin Tielli or something. Only problem is that he is beyond sucking. Take some friggin singing lessons dude! Listening to his music makes me want to crap in my hand and eat it so I'll have something less disgusting going on in my life at that point in time.
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