on Paris has toured nationally and internationally with
an impressive
list of artists that includes Johnny Winter, Bo Diddley, Robert Gordon &
Link Wray, Chris Spedding, Johnnie Johnson, and former Rolling Stone Mick
Taylor. He's also backed Chuck Berry, John Lee Hooker, Phoebe Snow, Hubert
Sumlin, the Uptown Horns, and Elvin Bishop, to name a few. All the while
Paris has maintained his own New York City-based Rock'n'Blues band. They
perform regularly at the B. B. King Blues Club in New York City's Times
Square; and at clubs, casinos, and concerts on the East Coast (from Maine to
Florida), the Mid-West (Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago, Milwaukee's
Summerfest, the Toledo Bluesfest), and Canada (the Montreal International
Jazz Festival). Paris has headlined in Norway, Sweden, Israel, and South
Africa. He's opened concerts for Little Richard, Buddy Guy, Etta James,
George Thorogood, Brian Setzer, Dick Dale, Southside Johnny, Jonny Lang, and
more; and he appeared at Harley-Davidson's 90th, 95th, and 100th
Annniversary Celebrations.
Paris has jammed on stage with most of his heroes: Muddy Waters, B. B.
King, Freddy King, Scotty Moore, Dr. John, John Hammond, Cornell Dupree,
Luther Allison, Jack Bruce, Noel Redding, John Entwistle, the Yardbirds,
Steve Miller...the list goes on. He continues to be an often-featured guest
with Les Paul, the-living-legend-of-the-electric-guitar, at Les's regular
Monday night shows in Manhattan, and at Les's 90th Birthday celebration at
the renowned Carnegie Hall.
Jon Paris's recording credits include sessions with Bob Dylan, Johnny
Winter, Edgar Winter, Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Ron Wood, and John Hiatt. His
songs appear in such major motion pictures as The Naked Gun 2 1/2 and 33
1/3, My Boss's Daughter, Scary Movie 3 and 4, and Shall We Dance. His
critically acclaimed CD "Rock the Universe" features eight of his powerful
Blues and Rock anthems; and the latest Jon Paris CD "Blue Planet" contains
more of his Blues-drenched rockers, as well as Paris's own unique versions
of some great Blues classics.
Most recently, Paris, along with Swedish guitar legend Clas Yngstrom, bassist Nathaniel
Peterson and Texan Vince Converse, pay tribute to B. B., Freddy & Albert
King on the the NEW "Walking with the Kings" CD/DVD
You can find out more about Jon Paris at www.jonparis.com
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2007 Starting Point Music & Friday Music, Inc.
