For almost thirty years the ex-New York taxi driver, has lived in a romote part of the Adirondack Mountains in Northern NY State. John has been honing his slide guitar and harmonica till as John puts it, "I want it to cut like a knife". Heavily influenced by Robert Johnson, and Muddy Waters, John plays harmonica and open tuned slide guitar with heart and soul laid wide open to the universe. As John puts it, "I want to sit down and play, Let's see what comes out".