1. Jack Morris Sherman was an American guitarist, best known as the second guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, between Hillel Slovak's departure and return.
12 Facts About Jack Sherman
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Jack Sherman played on the band's debut album, and co-wrote much of their second album, Freaky Styley.
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Jack Sherman went on to collaborate with musicians Bob Dylan, George Clinton, Feargal Sharkey, and Peter Case.
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Jack Sherman joined the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers in December 1983, after the original guitar player Hillel Slovak left the band.
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Jack Sherman would remain with the band for their first tour in 1984 to support the release of their first album, The Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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In early March 1984, the group with Jack Sherman filmed their debut television appearance on Thicke of the Night hosted by Alan Thicke.
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Jack Sherman played all the shows with The Red Hot Chili Peppers from January 1984 to February 1985.
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Jack Sherman blamed the band's members for the omission, saying that it ignored the work that they had put in having "soldiered on under arduous conditions".
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Anthony Kiedis, the lead vocalist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, wrote in his 2004 autobiography, Scar Tissue, that the band understood its relationship with Jack Sherman to be transient because he did not possess "a punk-rock pedigree".
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However, he acknowledged the important part Jack Sherman played in keeping the band afloat.
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Jack Sherman died on August 18,2020, at the age of 64 of a heart attack at his home in Savannah, Georgia.
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Jack Sherman taught me about diet, to eat clean and be conscious of my body.