Music from the yesterdays and today!

One of the first things you learn when you meet John is that he's a Beach Boys fan. He has dissected their harmonies many times, in order to recreate them using his own voice. Listen carefully. He did not get any of that from sheet music (though he could certainly write the sheet music for these recordings if he had to). He got them by listening, one note at a time. Try it sometime.

We'll tell you in a minute what the three true highlights of his life are. But there are an additional nine highlights enjoyed by very few people John sang onstage with the Beach Boys nine times; and if you search through the gallery on his website for photos of those events, you will see his soul shining from the joy of it. John is most alive when he's singing. He needs to make music to stay happy.

The three true highlights of his life are his three daughters. He loves them more than life.

John studied music at the University of Miami. He has been a musician all his life, from a family of musicians. He had his own band in sixth grade, then another through high school, and others for several years thereafter.

In year 1999, after spending hours putting his unique voice on the harmonies, John had recorded enough Beach Boys songs (and one by John Fogerty) to put out his first CD, Diamonds on the Beach. That CD contains 16 songs, all winners. When you listen to the samples, or to the CD itself, notice the voice range. Thats all John. He does some duet work with Billy Hinsche on 'One More Night Alone,' and Misha Wade does some background vocal on 'Wild Honey.' The rest, from bass to falsetto, is all John.

Then he did what any enthusiastic musician does. He started recording for his next CD. As copies of Diamonds on the Beach were being bought up, he headed back to the studio for a second round with different songs.

When he was ready, he finished the second CD, all 18 songs of it. This time, two songs are by Beach Boy alumnus Billy Hinsche (those arrangements are John's, by the way) and one is by Brian Wilson sideman, Jeffrey Foskett. Three of the songs are originals by John, and they're excellent. One a capella piece is by John's talented friend, Jim Oliver, and another is a nod to The Four Freshman. There is one favorite by Dion DiMucci. The rest of his recordings, need we mention, are Beach Boys songs.