1. John Richard Jorgenson was born on July 6,1956 and is an American musician.
14 Facts About John Jorgenson
1. 2.
John Jorgenson was born in 1956 in Madison, Wisconsin, into a musical family.
3.
John Jorgenson's mother was a piano teacher and his father an orchestra conductor and college music professor.
4.
John Jorgenson has played professionally since the age of fourteen, and had been playing both the piano and clarinet since age eight.
5.
When John Jorgenson was one, he and his family moved to Redlands, California.
6.
John Jorgenson attended high school in Redlands, California, graduating in May 1974.
7.
John Jorgenson eventually attended the University of Redlands, majoring in woodwind performance.
8.
In 1993 John Jorgenson formed the guitar trio the Hellecasters with Will Ray and guitarist Jerry Donahue of Fairport Convention.
9.
John Jorgenson remained with the band for the next six years, performing both live and in the studio, occasionally on saxophone.
10.
John Jorgenson collaborated with Brad Paisley, James Burton, Vince Gill, Albert Lee, Brent Mason, Redd Volkaert and Steve Wariner on the song "Cluster Pluck", on Paisley's album Play.
11.
John Jorgenson is a patron for Guitar-X in London, where he regularly visits to hold master classes.
12.
John Jorgenson is a patron for Le QuecumBar, the world's only music venue dedicated to Gypsy swing in London.
13.
The Fender Limited Edition John Jorgenson Hellecaster was made in Japan in 1997.
14.
John Jorgenson's Fret-King signature model will be joined by the FKV25JCAR in Candy Apple Red in 2019.