13 Facts About Joe Firstman

Joe Firstman was born on December 12,1979 and is an American multi-genre singer, songwriter, and late-night bandleader.

Joe Firstman was the bandleader from 2005 to 2009 on American late night television program Last Call with Carson Daly broadcast on NBC.

Joe Firstman attended Northwest School of the Arts where he studied cello and visual arts.

Joe Firstman began to achieve musical notoriety with his eponymous band Firstman gaining success through the 1990s opening for national acts.

In 2000, Joe Firstman boarded a Greyhound bus relocating to Hollywood, California.

Almost immediately Joe Firstman was named "Singer-Songwriter of the Year" at the 2001 Los Angeles Music Awards.

In 2002, Joe Firstman signed a major-label deal with Atlantic Records.

Joe Firstman released a widely praised EP Wives Tales, and later that year, a full-length album, The War of Women, revealing the full scope of the then-23-year-old's prodigious talents.

In 2005, Joe Firstman left Atlantic Records to become the bandleader for NBC's late-night program, Last Call with Carson Daly.

In November 2005, Joe Firstman became the official house band leader for Last Call.

Joe Firstman wrote the majority of the material the band performed.

Joe Firstman continued to self-release albums including the LP El Porto and the EP Live at the Treehouse, both in 2010, and Swear It Was a Dream in 2011.

In 2011, Joe Firstman formed the band Cordovas in Nashville, Tennessee, and released the self-titled full-length album Cordovas and a live album later that year.