John Lilley was born on March 3,1954 and is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, guitar teacher and landscape gardener, best known for being a member of rock band The Hooters.
11 Facts About John Lilley
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John Lilley learned to play the guitar at nine years old after he saw The Beatles perform on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9,1964.
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John Lilley initially learned to play jazz and folk music, with his first teacher being folk and bluegrass expert Jerry Ricks.
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John Lilley eventually studied jazz improvisation with Dennis Sandole and then jazz, theory, orchestration, composition and arranging with Calvin Harris.
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John Lilley reunited with The Hooters on successful headlining European summer tours in 2003,2004 and 2005.
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When John Lilley has not worked with The Hooters, he has composed and performed several theatre and dance scores.
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At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 1992, John Lilley contributed to Collecting Gravity by the Terry Beck Dance Troupe.
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John Lilley has worked on commercials for Raisin Bran, Clinique and American Express.
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Currently, John Lilley is teaching guitar lessons to students in the Philadelphia area.
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John Lilley put out an EP album out with John Lilley as Guitar Composer Producer, Daniel Gallery as the Composer and Keyboards and Brent Edmondson the bassist Composer Engineer.
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John Lilley started his own company in the Philadelphia area, Avantgardeners, which evolved from a one-man operation to a full-time business employing several workers and having its own nursery.