Jon Gomm is an English
singer-songwriter with a style reminiscent
of Michael Hedges. Like Hedges, he uses his guitar to create drum sounds, bass lines and
melodies simultaneously. His songs draw on a range of influences and styles,
including blues and soul.
Jon started
playing ukulele at the age
of two and began classical guitar lessons at the age of six. At twelve he was accompanying his father,
a music critic, to blues gigs in his hometown of Blackpool and played electric guitar in the style
of the rock greats as a teenager.
Jon
turned down a place at Oxford University to study English and instead attended The Guitar Institute. While
there, he paid his way through college playing jazz in café-bars and recording
as a session guitarist. Later, he moved to Leeds to study in the jazz degree
course at the Leeds College of Music. He started soloing while in Leeds and developed is current
percussive style.
The tattoo
on his arm is from the cover of
the Michael Hedges album “Oracle.” His
version of Chaka Khan’s “Ain’t Nobody” is one of my favorites. Enjoy!
Passion flower: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nY7GnAq6Znw&feature=fvwrel
Message in a bottle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fpLmJHLvw&feature=relmfu
Temporary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNxCakR8jdk
I’m
featuring a real steal tonight. Waterbrook’s Reserve Merlot was ranked #71 in
Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2012, especially at $18.00/bottle. It opens with a
nosefull of black raspberries, plums, spice, which follow on the palate adding cherries,
currents and chocolate. Really soft tannins and a very nice finish. It pairs
nicely with the music of Jon Gomms.
Cheers!
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