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18-537: In 1988, Will Ray produced an album named "Hollywood Roundup", featuring an assortment of local musicians. One of the instrumentals included several of his acquaintances ( John Jorgenson , Jerry Donahue , Jeff Ross , and Billy Bremner ) who recorded the track under the name of "Candye Kane and the Super Pickers". According to Jerry Donahue, after running into Will Ray in 1990 at the Palomino , he proposed that they play

36-403: A 25.5" scale length, African rosewood or an ebony on black finish fretboard with 22 Dunlop 6130 frets. Other features included dual side-by-side Telecaster humbucking pickups, a modified vintage style Tele bridge, a special custom five-way pickup switching featuring five different combinations (each in humbucking mode), 1.688" width at the nut and Sperzel Trimlok locking tuners. In 1994, he became

54-501: A custom-wired, five-way pickup selector switch with an additional push/pull control allowing seven tone variations. Other touches included a custom two-pivot-point tremolo, a Wilkinson "Wilkaloid" self-lubricating nut, gold sparkle pickguard and gold hardware. The Fender John Jorgenson Signature Custom Korina Telecaster was made at the Fender Custom Shop in 1998, sporting a solid Korina body, a maple neck with pearloid dot inlays and

72-599: A member of the Desert Rose Band, he won the Academy of Country Music 's "Guitarist of the Year" award three consecutive years. Jorgenson has recorded or toured with Elton John , Tommy Emmanuel , The Byrds , Bob Dylan , Bob Seger , Willie Nelson , Johnny Cash , Emmylou Harris , Hank Williams Jr. , Barbra Streisand , Luciano Pavarotti , Roy Orbison , Patty Loveless , Michael Nesmith , John Prine , and Bonnie Raitt . He

90-569: A set together at an open-mike session at the same club. Will Ray then asked John Jorgenson to join them so as to have three-part harmonies. Their name was coined by John Jorgenson. Michael Nesmith of the Monkees attended their April 1991 show and subsequently signed them to his record label. Their first two albums, The Return of the Hellecasters and Escape from Hollywood , were released by Nesmith's Pacific Arts Audio label. In 1998 they appeared on

108-671: Is also a patron for Le QuecumBar , the world's only music venue dedicated to Gypsy swing in London. His gypsy jazz ensemble, John Jorgenson Quintet includes Doug Martin (rhythm guitar), Jason Anick (violin), Simon Planting (bass), and Rick Reed (percussion). G&L Guitars made a very few signature John Jorgenson ASAT guitars in Silver Sparkle with Silver Sparkle Pickguard, rosewood fretboard and Black ASAT Pickups in 1995. Fender made signature guitar models for Jorgensen in 1997 and 1998. The Fender Limited Edition John Jorgenson Hellecaster

126-511: Is the Fret-King FKV25JJ in Arcadian and Versailles Green. Designed in conjunction with Trev Wilkinson, the guitar is packed with a whole host of features including a chambered body, three self-intonating brass saddles, a matched, calibrated set of Wilkinson WVT pickups and two auxiliary ‘ghost’ coils which provide both hum-cancelling and classic single coil tones at the turn of a dial, thanks to

144-655: The University of Redlands , majoring in woodwind performance. One of his early bands in this period was named Rocking Pneumonia , c. 1971. In his early 20s he played full-time at Disneyland , playing clarinet with the Main Street Maniacs ( Dixieland ), mandolin with the Thunder Mountain Boys ( bluegrass ) and guitar with the Rhythm Brothers (Django Reinhardt style swing ). These three groups were composed of

162-607: The German music show Ohne Filter . This article on a United States rock music band is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . John Jorgenson John Richard Jorgenson (born July 6, 1956) is an American musician. Although best known for his guitar work with bands such as the Desert Rose Band and The Hellecasters , he is also proficient on the mandolin, mandocello , Dobro , pedal steel guitar , piano, upright bass, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone. While

180-590: The Year" and "Country Album of the Year" from Guitar Player magazine. In 1994 he was invited to join Elton John's band for an 18-month tour. He remained with the band for the next six years, performing both live and in the studio, occasionally on saxophone. In 2002 he played bass guitar in the All-star Bluegrass Celebration in Nashville. Two years later he portrayed jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt in

198-572: The film Head in the Clouds . 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 (2009). The song won a Grammy Award in the Best Country Instrumental Performance category. He is a patron for Guitar-X ( Tech Music Schools ) in London, where he regularly visits to hold master classes. He

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216-512: The magazine, and various front-of-book articles. In May 2006, the Music Player Network partnered with TrueFire TV to launch an internet-based television station for guitarists. It provides content similar to that of the magazine such as interviews and lessons. Guitar Player TV is provided at no cost to the user because of advertising and sponsorship. Guitar Player has a yearly competition now called " Guitar Superstar ", which used to be

234-458: The same four members, who changed costumes and music styles at intervals throughout each day. In 1993 Jorgenson formed the guitar trio the Hellecasters with Will Ray and guitarist Jerry Donahue of Fairport Convention . Intended as a temporary collaboration, the Hellecasters went on to release several albums during the 1990s. Their debut, Return of the Hellecasters (1993) won both "Album of

252-470: The third artist to have a custom signature series guitar built by Takamine Guitars . The JJ325SRC and the twelve-string JJ325SRC-12, born from the EF325SRCA, feature a spruce top with bubinga back and sides in a gloss red satin finish, a rosewood fretboard on a mahogany neck with his signature J.J. inlay on the 12th fret, and gold tubes with white pearloid knobs. The most recent John Jorgenson signature guitar

270-620: The unique ‘Vari-coil’ control. John's Fret-King signature model will be joined by the FKV25JCAR in Candy Apple Red in 2019. 2019 will also see both Fret-King Jorgenson models shift from chambered to solid body construction. With The Desert Rose Band With The Hellecasters With Kenny Chesney With Rodney Crowell With Jerry Donahue With Firefall With Neal McCoy With Michael Nesmith With Syd Straw With others Guitar Player Guitar Player

288-515: Was an American magazine for guitarists , founded in 1967 in San Jose, California . It contained articles, interviews, reviews and lessons covering artists, genres and products. The magazine was last edited by Christopher Scapelliti. The print magazine ceased publication by the end of 2024, with December 2024 being the final issue. A typical issue of Guitar Player includes in-depth artist features, extensive lessons, gear and music reviews, letters to

306-628: Was born in 1956 in Madison, Wisconsin , into a musical family. His mother was a piano teacher and his father an orchestra conductor and college music professor. Jorgenson has played professionally since the age of fourteen, and had been playing both the piano and clarinet since age eight. When Jorgenson was one, he and his family moved to Redlands, California . Jorgenson attended high school in Redlands, California , graduating in May 1974. He eventually attended

324-461: Was made in Japan in 1997. It features a black sparkle-finished maple body, vintage-tinted, high-gloss maple neck with reversed large-style Strat headstock, rosewood fretboard with gold sparkle dot inlays, 22 jumbo frets and Schaller locking tuners. Refinements included three Seymour Duncan custom-voiced, split-coil, hum-cancelling pickups which allow players to get controlled feedback in distortion mode and

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