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JOHN
NITZINGER John Nitzinger, a Texas legend, has been a worldwide force
behind rock and roll since the ‘70’s. His song writing style is unique
and diversified. He is known
for his contribution to the development of the signature sound of “Texas
Rock and Blues”.
Proof of his Texas legendary status, Nitzinger was one of
the first four artists to be inducted into Buddy Magazine’s Texas
Tornado’s Hall of Fame in 1978, “as a Texas Tornado of Guitar, one of the
best musicians in Texas, perhaps in the
world.” During the ‘70’s, John wrote half of five albums with the
rock band, Bloodrock. He was
awarded a Gold Album from Capitol Records for “Bloodrock 2” and was soon signed
to Capitol on a solo venture.
Two classics were released; the self titled “Nitzinger” and “Nitzinger One Foot In
History”. The hit
single “Louisiana Cockfight” is
considered to be a classic. John took to touring his solo albums and shared the stage
with legendary artists such as, Leon Russell, BB King, Sly & The
Family Stone and Freddie King.
Moving on internationally, he performed at the Mar Y Sol
International Pop Festival in Puerto Rico with world renowned artists such
as The Allman Brothers Band, Alice Cooper, BB King, The J. Geils Band, The
Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin, Emerson Lake & Palmer,
among others. John’s classic,
“Jelly Roll Blues” stole the
show and became an instant hit for Atlantic
Records. In 1976, John signed with 20th Century Fox and
music mogul, Russ Regan to produce Nitzinger’s album, “Live Better Electrically”. This album reached the charts with
two hit singles, “Are You With
Me” and “Yellow
Dog”. In 1980, Carl Palmer broke away from Emerson Lake and Palmer
to form a new group, 1PM, which included John as a major song writer and
guitarist. They signed to
Areola Europe Records and released the single “Dynamite”, increasing John’s
popularity in the overseas market. In 1982, John joined forces with Alice Cooper on the
“Special Forces” international and USA tours as guitarist. After touring, John wrote, with
Alice Cooper, the album “Zipper
Catches Skin”. The album
was released on Warner Bros. Records featuring John’s “I Like Girls”, a great success in
Europe and Asia. With his return from the road, John released an album on the
label of Record Heaven, “Going Back
To Texas”. This album contains thirteen of his classic songs such as,
“Louisiana Cockfight”, “Jelly Roll Blues”, “Yellow Dog”, “L.A. Texas Boy”, and “Control”. In 2007, he finally released his long awaited “Kiss Of The Mudman” CD, a testament to his trials and tribulations and has been said to be some his best work.
John was awarded Fort Worth Weekly’s Hall Of Fame music
award in 2008. John hit the road again for a brief European tour performing
at the Tenth Annual Sweden Rock Festival as well as appearing on European
television, radio and at exclusive club dates. He was invited again to perform at
the 2010 Annual Sweden Rock Festival in Europe as a solo act at the
Festival’s very first acoustic tent.
Multitudes of fans reinforced his popularity in Europe. Due to popular demand, another
European tour is in the near future.
Giving back has become an essential part of Johnny’s life
through teaching. While going
through all of his experiences and working on his album, Johnny began
Nitzinger’s Music Factory teaching children and adults to play
instruments, sing and write their own original songs. Nitzinger’s Rock Camp is held
various times during the year.
Originality, spirituality and staying clean and sober are clear
messages that he stresses to his students. Contact: nitzinger@nitzinger.com jthproductions@charter.net |
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