 MUSIC -
Guitarist, Singer John G. Lewis - Is originally from Indiana, and says his
musical journey began shortly after high school when he took his guitar in hand
and headed west to pursue his first passion - music.
This decision resulted in him eventually arriving in California, where he set up
residence in San Diego and began performing first as a soloist in coffee houses
and lounges, and then with other musicians in and around the city. This musical expansion caused him to
learn and perform a wide range of music. The spectrum covered multiple
genres, Rock, Reggae, Calypso, Funk, and Jazz.
While
John's foremost passion is music, he says his second passions are language and linguistics.
In pursuit of one of these goals, he obtained a degree from San Diego State
University as a French major, after which he moved to the South of France for a year where he says he "drank wine, studied French and jammed with the locals".
France is where he developed his "love for the international grooves of East and West Africa, the Caribbean, Brazil, and South America". At the end of his year in France, John returned to San Diego were he formed the band Tropical Madness, which performed Soca, Reggae, and Brazilian Jazz. He says Tropical Madness enjoyed tremendous local popularity.
In 1992, John moved from San Diego to Washington, DC. In DC, he obtained a
degree in Linguistics, with an emphasis on American Sign Language from Gallaudet
University.
In step with his academic goals, John said he was also
motivated to be "innovative" about his musical direction. To this
end, he developed a unique guitar style and sound. He says this unique
sound is a result of how he "employs a nylon string guitar and a Guitar
synthesizer", which produce a "rich bass bottom end". It has been said that
John's playing style, combined with his "silky smooth voice, punchy guitar sound and eclectic 'Tropical Jazz' music is aural bliss!"
John can be seen and heard performing with the 'Tropical Jazz duo' , which is
John performing with flautist Arch Thompson, and also as the 'Tropical Jazz Trio' at local venues in the DC area.
John G. Lewis' MySpace page
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