HI ALL,

I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU A RECORD THAT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS HAVE LOVED FOR YEARS. A LITTLE ABOUT ME...IT SEEMED THAT I COULD ALWAYS GET WORK AS A GUITAR PLAYER. I GOT A JOB PLAYING WITH VAN MORRISON WHEN I WAS 17. VAN WROTE SONGS, SO I WANTED TO DO THAT TOO. IT TOOK YEARS TO LEARN, AND THE SONGS THAT CAME OUT WERE NOT WHAT I EXPECTED. THEY HAD NAMES LIKE ‘STICKBUG”, “POSSUM IN THE KITCHEN’ AND “PING PONG MAN”..      YEARS WENT BY, AND I HAD A FAMILY. I PLAYED THE SONGS FOR MY TWO GIRLS, MADE TAPES OF THEM, AND GAVE THEM AWAY TO FRIENDS..THEY WOULD OFTEN TELL ME THAT THEY NEVER GOT TIRED OF THESE SONGS, AND NEITHER DID THEIR KIDS. ONE OF THOSE FRIENDS WAS MICHA ARCHER, WHO STARTED MAKING PICTURES TO GO WITH THE SONGS. THE “POSSUM IN THE KITCHEN’ SHOW WAS BORN!

I HOPE YOU ENJOY!

JOHN

Shows:

March 11th - 10:30am - The Jones Library - Amherst, MA - FREE!

April 9th - Hampshire Children's Center Benefit - The Red Barn - Amherst, MA

May 13th - The Eric Carle Museum - Amherst, MA

Contact:

jisheldon@excite.com

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