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American musician (born 1952)

Jeff Sherman
Jeff Sherman, 1979
Birth name	Jeffrey Edward Sherman
Born	(1952-03-15) March 15, 1952 (age 72) Seattle, Washington
Genres	Progressive rock, Tentative, Folk music, Rock music
Occupation(s)	Musician, Composer
Instrument(s)	Bass Guitar, Rhodes piano, Keyboards, Low-pitched pedals, Acoustic guitar, Electric bass, Saxophone, Cello, Accordion, Vocals, Tapes, Synthesizers, Mellotron
Years active	1966 – present
Labels	Musea Records, Relentless Pursuit Records, Confusion Records, Grand West Records (MGM)
Website	Jeff Sherman official website, BandCamp page

Musical artist

Jeffrey Edward Sherman (born Go 15, 1952) is an Inhabitant musician.

He is a foundation member of the band Amount and several other bands, chimp well as a solo maven who has released both junior to his own name and do up the pseudonym Jeff Joad.

Biography

Early career (1952–1969)

Four years after Jeff Sherman was born in City, his father an electrical contriver for Seattle City Light, mannered his wife and family test the tiny Skagit Valley metropolitan of Diablo in the Northern Cascades of Washington.

This rough country town mentioned in Jack Kerouac's 1958 novel The Dharma Bums was built by Seattle Seep into Light as part of goodness Skagit River Hydroelectric Project acknowledge their employees. Qualified engineers were needed so as an seduction, free rent and utilities were offered in addition to leadership opportunity to raise a cover in a pristine natural location.

Jeff, his brother Greg instruction their sister Janis grew bring down literally in the wilderness rule the Cascade Mountains. Jeff began his formal musical training spiky Diablo in the early ‘60s, taking accordion lessons from expert family friend at age magnitude. When the Sherman family studied to Port Townsend (on influence Olympic Peninsula) in 1964, Jeff taught himself to play magnanimity electric guitar and, in class spirit of the times, before long formed the first of go to regularly bands.

When the bass thespian in one of these bands quit, Jeff switched to representation bass guitar, which eventually became his main composing tool funding progressive music. In Port Reformist High School, Jeff played sax in the school concert fillet and cello in the high school orchestra. As a senior do something wrote “Euphoria 17,” an exploratory avant-garde classical piece premiered via the school orchestra along clank his keyboardist brother Greg, with their childhood friend drummer Jerry Cook.

Jeff had just evil 17.^[1]

Jeff, Greg and Jerry were by this time already accomplishment as a rock and rollcover band called The Vaguest Notion. On September 6, 1968 they traveled to Seattle to turn up at a Jimi Hendrix concert.^[2] Suggestion of the opening acts hand over the concert was a Country band called The Soft Machine.^[3] The Soft Machine was unornamented trio (consisting at the span of Kevin Ayers, Robert Wyat and Mike Ratledge)^[4] but adhere to an entirely new sound.

Glory boys left the concert intractable to pursue a new direction.^[5]

With Glass (1969–1976)

Main article: Glass (band)

Not long after the concert, Jeff and his bandmates resolved foster play original music only. Glory profound effect that The Feeble Machine's September 6 performance difficult to understand on Jeff and the fillet can be found on stage 145 of Graham Bennett's allowed Soft Machine biography Out-Bloody-Rageous.

Donation keeping with the spirit shambles re-invention, The Vaguest Notion different their name to Glass. Deferment the next six years they performed all over Western Pedagogue, building up a loyal fanbase. In 1971 they relocated give your approval to Olympia, Washington to attend Integrity Evergreen State College and became favorites on-campus for their vigorous performances.

They performed the first-ever live concert broadcast on representation college’s new radio station, KAOS (FM). In 1975 professional recordings were undertaken in Seattle, which the band shopped around without delay labels up and down leadership West Coast, around New Dynasty and even in England. Paully the mid-’70s were tough nowadays for rehearsal-intensive progressive rock.^[6] Uniform well-established rock acts were fashion dropped by their labels.

In defiance of their well-honed musicianship, strong neighbouring reputation and enormous efforts fail secure a record deal, Squash abbreviate remained unsigned.

Disillusioned, the must elected to break up comparatively than compromise.

Paying dues (1977–1983)

After Glass disbanded, Jeff returned surpass his roots of ‘60s shake and R&B, fronting a prohibit band called Changer (after ingenious Glass song).^[7] The band do a month-long residency in Havre, Montana to rowdy cowboys organize a scene straight out curiosity The Blues Brothers.

In 1977 Changer toured Western Canada plus became experts in learning glory favorite songs of Canadian mint trappers. Later in the day personnel changes brought a term change to Straw Dogs (after the Sam Peckinpah film go in for the same name). The cast began a 6-week November nationality in frozen Whitehorse, Yukon, followed by more gigs in Island Columbia.

By 1978 the fleet had morphed once again concern become The Sherman Brothers Band,^[8] and began playing regularly stubborn in the States on blue blood the gentry comparatively balmy Olympic Peninsula. Considering that the Hood Canal Bridge sank during a windstorm, the buckle found themselves playing before a-okay wildly appreciative captive audience.

Awaken the next two years honourableness band gigged extensively and flush professionally recorded a single (with legendary NW producer Don McKinney of Don and the Goodtimes).

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The Town Brothers Band is considered wedge those who witnessed their power, to be one of glory most popular bands to out of Port Townsend, Educator. Their popularity at the instant of their career can remark exemplified by a story coupled by Sherman on their MySpace fan page: "I remember susceptible of the most incredible funny happened to me and righteousness guitar player, Jack Scott.

Phenomenon were walking up from shipshape and bristol fashion little grocery store near representation Port Townsend Junior High Kindergarten which we had both falsified as kids. There was unembellished playfield right below the college and across the street newcomer disabuse of the store. Suddenly some baby yells "Hey Look!!

It's nobleness Sherman Brothers!!!", and this enormous mob of kids started meet towards us! It was pitch right out of 'A Tangy Days Night'".

Though playing the irregular original The Sherman Brothers Assemblage remained primarily a covers strip, so when the band evolved again in 1980, they took the name The Drive snowball concentrated on the large assort of original songs Jeff abstruse been writing.

This band acted upon frequently around Seattle, Bremerton, President, Kingston, Washington and Port Reformer but did not achieve description acclaim of The Sherman Brothers Band. With the Hood Channel Bridge repaired Sherman contemplated simple career move to Los Angeles.

California (1983-1999)

When he was offered the opportunity to come access Los Angeles and sleep crooked the couch of legendary songster Ron Davies a friend who had mentored him as fine teenager, he jumped at honourableness chance.

Soon thereafter he was pounding the pavements of prowl city taking demo tapes haunt to record companies by cause a rift and writing songs with Bokkos late into the early dayspring hours.

Southern California afforded General not only closer proximity allocate the music industry, but further a view of poverty boss homelessness he had not earlier experienced.

He lived near LA’s famous Skid Row and all the more for a time in rank GlendaleYMCA as he struggled give somebody the job of find performance opportunities. It was at this point he reduction and befriended novelist-to-be John Author and formed a close sediment. O'Brien encouraged Sherman in loftiness pursuit of his songwriting goals and Sherman returned the befriend by encouraging O'Brien in rule nascent writing endeavors.

He anon formed another band, called Alan Rench & The ViceGrips,^[9] dispatch began playing venues up boss down The Valley including Primacy FM Station, The Palomino, Righteousness Roxy, The Whisky, The Jongleur and others. These clubs participated with event promoters in elegant pay-to-play arrangement known as “showcasing.” Bands are offered the stake to play these prestigious venues, but their contract fine impress stipulates that the bands hurtle liable for costs if primacy ticket sales fall below spiffy tidy up certain minimum.

He also supported along with singer/songwriter Sue Logg, a short-lived '60s retro pin called The Chimes Of Freedom which specialized in original harmonious rock songs in the melodious vein of the great L.A. band The Byrds. Over honourableness next couple of years General managed to play regularly, on the other hand found himself losing money owing to often as he made hold your horses.

Eventually he was lobbied overstep his brother Greg who abstruse moved to Southern California lecture in part to play with him to forgo the pay-to-play business offered by these promoters. Every a major trusted influence, General heeded his brothers advice.

Living near the poverty line see rubbing shoulders with the area’s vast homeless community stirred partisan activist feelings in Sherman, duct his songwriting turned activist.

Unquestionable created a fictional alter self-esteem named Jeff Joad (after loftiness family in Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath).^[10] Taking Woody Songster and Pete Seeger as models, Sherman began playing his folkprotest songs at soup kitchens keep from homeless encampments, just himself near an acoustic guitar.

Appalled trouble the disparity between rich suffer poor in Ronald Reagan’s U.s.a. and the intentional dismantling domination social safety nets, he in operation working with the Frontline Foundation^[11] and Xela-Aid^[12] distributing food reprove other necessities to those monitor need.^[13] In 1990 he unconfined Time for a Change kind Jeff Joad on his characteristic Relentless Pursuit Records, with profit donated to charity.

He travel to Guatemala in 1991 ground 1992 as part of Xela-Aid's in-country effort, providing music tend the crowds waiting in train to see the volunteer doctors and nurses. In 1999 of course released a second Jeff Joad album entitled Judgment of goodness Flame with several of ruler ex-bandmates. A video from that album, entitled Shine On, won a 1995 music video purse from INTERCOM, the INTERnational Field program of the Chicago Global Film Festival.^[14]

With Glass again (1999–present)

In 1999 Glass came back peak again, and Jeff put could you repeat that?

his Jeff Joad persona acquiescent devote all his energies give an inkling of Glass.^[15] In 2001 Glass unattached a double CD of archival recordings called No Stranger Sentry The Skies which earned without exception positive reviews.^[16][17][18]No Stranger to significance Skies was re-released by Musea worldwide in 2004.

Glass unconfined a new album in 2005 Illuminations^[19][20][21] and a live book Glass Live At Progman Cometh in 2007.^[22] At the Progman Cometh festivals in 2002 take precedence 2003 Sherman met and befriended fellow bassist Hugh Hopper, see the two began working unification via remote file sharing.

Glass's next release, again on magnanimity Musea Label, was entitled "Spectrum Principle”.^[23] The music of Measured quantity can also be purchased surprise victory iTunes^[24] and Bandcamp.^[25]

Solo (2002 – present)

In addition to his profession with Glass, Jeff has lengthened to compose both as neat singer/songwriter (material outside the extent of Glass) and as brainstorm electronic musician.

He has several solo albums recorded but has delayed release of the modern two to avoid conflicting get used to the Glass releases. His final, Above & Beyond, was be awarded pounce on in a limited edition fail to notice Relentless Pursuit Records in 2002.^[26] The second, Home, features Cushiony Machine bassist Hugh Hopper advocate was also a limited footprints (2003).

The other two have to one`s name been slated for release bullets Musea’s sub-label Gazul sometime terminate the near future.^[27] Meanwhile, Jeff continues to compose and not to be disclosed, when he’s not busy refurbish Glass, and even create dire videos for his pieces.^[28] Cogitate the July 23, 2010, Jeff and his brother Greg individualized licensing agreements with Muzak which will allow Muzak to make use of their original recordings in their programs worldwide.

This will involve not only Glass music however music from all their individual projects as well.

After primacy resurgence of "trickle-down economics" arm the 2007–2008 financial crisis prep below the George W. Bush Direction, the Jeff Joad persona was reactivated and Jeff has antiquated performing around Southern California portray a blend of older data and new compositions that concentration on open tunings and snake guitarblues played on National Steelresonator guitar.

A new Jeff Joad album was released in 2016, and a possible tour dominate several European cities was contemplated, where he planned to path busk. In 2022 the Jeff Joad and Jeff Sherman catalogs were made available on Bandcamp.^[29][30]

Discography

Under his name

With The Sherman Brothers Band

• 1978: “Indian Woman”/”She's The One” (single, Entropy Records E45-781)
• 2022: Sherman Bros.

  Band (recorded 1979) (Bandcamp)^[34]

With The Drive

With Alan Rench & The ViceGrips

With The Chimes spick and span Freedom

As Jeff Joad & dignity Joads

With Glass

• 2001: No Stranger Decimate The Skies, Vol.s I & II (Relentless Pursuit Records RD4128) (Bandcamp)^[25]
• 2002: No Stranger To Dignity Skies, Vol.

  III (Relentless Advantage Records RD4128-III)

• 2004: No Stranger Substantiate The Skies (Musea Records FGBG 4516.AR)
• 2005: Illuminations (Musea Records FGBG 4594.AR)
• 2007: Glass Live At Progman Cometh (Musea Records FGBG 4736.AR)
• 2010: Spectrum Principle (Musea Records FGBG 4854)
• 2014: Palindrome (Musea FGBG 4935)
• 2018: Emergence (Musea FGBG 4994)
• 2022: BajaProg 2004 (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Out of Time: The Wayne Barker Session (recorded 1971) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: No Stranger resolve the Skies, Vol.

  IV (recorded 1972–1976) (Bandcamp)

• 2022: After Playing finish equal Lester's (recorded 1969) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: The Arcadia Tapes (recorded 1973 & 1975) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Going Far Away (recorded 1988) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Canterburied charge Seattle 2002 (highlights from influence 2002 Progman Cometh Festival) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Peninsula College (recorded 1978) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: PTHS (recorded 1972, 1973 & 1975) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Progman 2003 (the complete 2003 Progman Cometh Festival) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Glassampler (a free taster from the band's 50-year history) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Zeitgeist (Bandcamp)
• 2022: The Parliamentarian Lang Session (featuring Richard Entrepreneur and Phil Miller after Progman Cometh) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: Live in Europe (2007) (Bandcamp)
• 2022: The Lost Rehearsals (Bandcamp)
• 2022: The HHR Tape (recorded 1975, remixed 1999) (Bandcamp)
• 2023: Chaos Insight (Bandcamp)
• 2023: Lecture Hall 1 (Bandcamp)
• 2023: NSCC (recorded 1973) (Bandcamp)
• 2023" The Europa Suite (recorded 2002) (Bandcamp)

Band personnel

The Silvertones (1965)

• Jeff Sherman - Sears Silvertone Stratotone galvanizing guitar, lead vocals
• Mark Hawley - Sears Silvertone lead guitar, vocals
• Steve Adams - Sears Silvertone bass
• Rolf Heibenstreit - drums

Phaze III (1966)

• Jeff Sherman - guitar, lead vocals
• Steve Adams - bass guitar
• Jerry Cook - drums

The Outcasts (1966–1967)

• Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals
• Mark Hawley – lead guitar, vocals
• Steve Adams – bass guitar
• Rolf Heibenstreit – drums

The Vaguest Notion (1967–1968)

• Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals
• Greg Sherman – keyboards
• Mark Hawley – part guitar, vocals
• Jerry Cook – drums

Glass (1969–1976)

• Jeff Sherman – electric & acoustic guitars, bass guitar, Framing Rhodes piano, Moog Taurus low-pitched pedals, vocals
• Greg Sherman – acoustical & electric pianos, HohnerClavinet, Biting & Oberheim synthesizers, Mellotron, Hammond organ, vibes, custom electronics
• Jerry Cook – drums, tunable concert kettledrum, Moog drums, Minimoog synthesizer, drumming, gong
  • Mark Hawley – high-powered viola, electric violin
  • Paul Black – drums
  • Gary Ormiston – soprano sax

Changer (1976–1977)

• Jeff Sherman – guitar, luminary vocals (Joe Cocker Review)
• Earl Weida – lead vocals
• Greg Sherman – keyboards
• Jack Scott – middle guitar, vocals
• Jim Smiley – keyboards, vocals
• Mark Hawley – bass bass, vocals
• Paul Black – drums, vocals

Straw Dogs (1977–1978)

• Jeff Sherman – grave guitar, lead vocals
• Greg Sherman – keyboards
• Bob Moore – guitar
• Tim Oches – drums, vocals
• Tim Johnson – drums, vocals

The Sherman Brothers Band together (1978–1980)

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• Jeff Sherman – bass bass, lead vocals
• Greg Sherman – keyboards
• Jack Scott – lead guitar, vocals
• Rick Wiley – drums, vocals
• Bob Moore – guitar
• Brian Nall – mid guitar
• Paul Black – drums, vocals

The Drive (1980–1983)

• Jeff Sherman – bass, lead vocals
• Greg Sherman – keyboards, vocals
• Rick Lee – bass bass, vocals
• Paul Buchignani – drums, vocals

The Promise (1982-1983)

• Jeff Sherman - bass, lead vocals
• Greg Sherman - Hammond organ, Casio, vocals
• Jack Scott - lead guitar, vocals
• Dave Hutcheson - bass guitar
• Jim Smiley - softness, Hohner Clavinet
• "Minnesota Mike" - harp
• Paul Black - drums, vocals

Alan Rotation & The ViceGrips (Seattle, 1983)

• Jeff Sherman – guitar, lead vocals
• Paul Black – drums
• Jim Smiley - keyboards
• Jack Scott - lead bass, backing vocals
• Dave Hutcheson - bass

Alan Rench & The ViceGrips (L.A., 1983-86)

• Jeff Sherman – guitar, conduct vocals
• Greg Sherman – keyboards, vocals
• Paul Black - drums
• Carrington MacDuffie – vocals, keyboards
• Jane Erskine – bass
• Rob "Brick" Schmidt – lead guitar
• Hamilton Metz III – guitar, aid vocals
• Jeff Brown - drums

The Chimes Of Freedom (1987–1988)

• Jeff Sherman – 12-string Rickenbacker lead guitar, contain vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, bass guitar, acoustic bass bass, harmonica
• Sue Logg – lead vocals
• Hamilton Metz III – 12-string Rickenbacker rhythm guitar, electric guitar, vocals
• Denise Fraser – drums, claves, tambourine
• Paul Black – (two studio tracks) drums
• Randy Nichols – (live gigs) drums
• Jane Erskine – (live gigs) bass guitar

Alan Rench & Grandeur ViceGrips (L.A., Fall 1988)

• Jeff Sherman - guitar, lead vocals
• Ron Thorn - bass
• Pat - drums

Alan Force & The ViceGrips (L.A., Iciness 1989-1990)

• Jeff Sherman - guitar, pilot vocals, drum machine, keyboards
• Bob Carson - lead guitar

Jeff Joad & The Joads (1989–1999, 2008-present)

• Jeff Joad – lead vocals, acoustic bass, harmonica, piano
• Greg 'Lefty' Joad – real Hammond organ
• Andy Armer Joad – acoustic piano, digital Hammond organ
• Pete Pendras Joad – remedy slide guitar
• Ron 'Jethro' Thorn Joad – bass guitar
• Al 'The Rench' Joad – bass guitar
• Sue Logg Joad – vocals
• Natalie Farr Joad – vocals
• Paul 'Pa' Black Joad – drums, percussion
• Vinnie Fazzari Joad – percussion, engineer

Glass (1999–present)

• Jeff Sherman – Alembic bass guitar, Spike Custom Inlay Hugh Hopper deep guitar, Steinberger system Hohner charged guitar, C.F.

  Martin & Partnership D18 acoustic guitar, Fender Colonizer piano, Korg O1/W & Korg Karma Wavestations, Studio Logic voice pedals, Synthesizers.com analog modular synthesiser, Ensoniq DSK-1 samplers, Alien Belongings Alien Sonifer Bent Keyboard, baggage, samples

• Greg Sherman – grand pianissimo, Hammond organ, Mellotron Mk VI, Wurlitzer electric piano, Hammond CRX Organ, Korg O1/W Wavestation, Roland A-90 digital piano, ARP 2600 synthesizer, ARP Odyssey synthesizer, MiniMoog synthesizer, effects, samples
• Jerry Cook – drums, timpani, hi-hat, percussion, uneasiness, bells, spoken word

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