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Jan Depner - Rhythm/Lead Guitar, Harp, Slide, Synth, Lead/Backup Vocals Jan at Gibson Guitar Cafe in NashvilleI
hate writing in the
third person, it sounds so NFL, so this bio will be in the first
person. I started playing harmonica at the age of seven.
That was back when a Hohner Marine Band cost about a quarter and you
had to watch out for the dinosaurs. I picked up the flute at age
seventeen and then, finally, started playing guitar at the advanced age
of
twenty. Since I've been working for the same organization for the
last 30 years I never had the chance to tour (unlike my partners in
crime) but I have traveled quite a bit. In my extensive travels I
have had the chance to sit in with quite a few groups in some
interesting places. I've played harp and sung harmony with Haddaway at the Sass
Cafe in Monaco, played at Club
Dr. Jazz in
Pisa Italy, played with Raison De Plus at Maybe Blues
in Marseilles France, and sat in at Cafe Dali in Panama City, Panama
among others. I've been in a few local bands here, most notably, I-59, Biscuit and the Blues Bakers,
and The Fuzzy Dice. On a less
frequent basis I've also played
with the New River Band and Jimmy
Stowe and the Stowaways in Ft Lauderdale Fl
(check out Rag Top Day
on his site - that's me playing harp), and Kim Carson and the Casualties
next door in New Orleans. I've had the pleasure of jamming with
most of the original Hee-Haw band and also Albert Lee up in
Nashville. I've also written and recorded a few tunes on my own.
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