Jon Shain has released ten solo albums, and has recorded with the bands WAKE and Flyin' Mice.
13 Facts About Jon Shain
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Jon Shain played electric guitar as part of Big Boy Henry's backing band in the 1980s.
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Jon Shain is Jewish, the eldest of three children to Steven and Carol Jon Shain, who are Haverhill, Massachusetts natives.
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Jon Shain got his first acoustic guitar after being influenced by watching childhood friend Fran Cleary play a cheap Univox electric model.
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For high school, Jon Shain attended The Governor's Academy in Byfield, Massachusetts, where he met up with other aspiring musicians among its small student body.
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Almost immediately, Jon Shain joined a student rock band called Positive Feedback, where he played electric rhythm guitar and first performed live on stage.
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The Partisans achieved minor notoriety throughout the region, playing dances and private parties during Jon Shain's remaining years in high school.
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Jon Shain attended Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, where he majored in history.
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Jon Shain joined The Slewfoot Blues Band, led by Mickey "Slewfoot" McLaughlin and "Sleepy" Tom Forsythe.
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Jon Shain graduated from Duke in the summer of 1989, and immediately began pursuing a career in music.
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Jon Shain has recorded several albums on his own Flyin' Records and continues to tour and record regularly with FJ Ventre.
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Jon Shain was the winner of the North Carolina's Indy Award for Best Folk Act in 2006.
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Jon Shain has written a song for each of them, both of which can be found on Army Jacket Winter.