Joseph Alan
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@josephalanfears
Salina, ks  USA Joined Apr 4, 2004
Born Sept 7th 1957 In Hastings, nebraska. began Playing Music At Age Of 4, By 1968 While Living Salina,Kansas Started A Band With Three Other Young Guys "Albert whitaker-Drums,& Mythias Wright-Guitar,Micheal jackson-keyboards,The Band Called "Strokin back band" Joseph Was Bass Guitarist For The Group, Performing All Over Kansas Areas For 5 Years,In 1974 Added Another member To The Gruop James Knotts Of Richmond,Texas As Lead Guitarist And Changed The Bans Name To "The WYND BAND" Performed Togather for 4 Years In Midwest USA Areas.From 1978-1980 Joseph Alan Fears performed With Another Band Called "Big Chill" aka. Forty Bonilla & The Emeralds" And In 1985 Joseph recoded And Released His First record"Picture Of Love" On His Own record Label (JAFF RECORDS USA) This Song Was Distributed By GUSTO Records In memphis Tenn,From 1986-1990 Joseph performed With Several bands Like "Brute Force" &"Flare" Traveling All Over The USA. In 1994 He retured To Kansas And began Producing His next CD" Some Things Never Changes"This Was A Instrumental Recording That Showed His Ability To Be Versatile And Multi-talented With The style Of This project being Blues & Jazz,. in 1995 Joseph Joined A Old Friend Clifton C Clark And Started The Band "Zafaja" Along With 5 Other members- Roger Barnes(guitarist) From Kansas,Tevin Town(Vocalist )from Kansas,James Saunder(Drummer)From Denver Colorado,And 2-Other Artist On keys & percushions, This Band began Performing All Over USA From 1995- Today
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josephalanfears
Dec 05, 2008
Joseph Alan Fears & The Zafaja Band is One Of The Best R&B/Jazz Groups In The USA However, There Band Members have Changed Throughout The Past 20 Years, In The Salina,Kansas Area They Are The Number 1# R&B Band, Joseph Alan Fears(BMI) Has Been A Strong Asset To His band members, recording Several CDs That help To represent The Launching Of Every Tour Gig The Group Has Had. From A Local Nightclub To A Concert Performance,These Guys Are Still Known As That "Jammin Band From Kansas"(ZAFAJA) Now releasing More Than 20Cds On The JAFF RECORD LABEL(BMI) Joseph Alan Fears is Paving The way For Assured Musical Sucess,For More Infor On Zafaja & Where They can Be Seen Performing Contact : J.Fears P.O. Box 3134 Salina,kansas 67402-3134 USA Managers Looking To Hire This Band For Performances Should Contact : www.gigmasters.com or call (in usa Only) (785)-502-5173 Call For Bo