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About me:Wanna play @ Coffee Adventures? Email John Rybak @ southcentralgroove.hotmail.com or at The Coffee Adventures myspace @ www.myspace.com/coffeeadventures

John is an established professional musical performer and plays solo acoustic shows around the San Francisco area. He has been featured at The Catalyst, Red Devil Lounge, Starry Plough, Hotel Utah, Devil's Canyon Brewery, Connecticut Yankee, The Rockit Room, Cafe Du Nord, Brainwash, The Makeout Room, Sweetwater Saloon, Nomad Cafe, Giordano Bros., Grant + Green and other prolific music venues and cafes. Hailing from the deeply blues + jazz saturated upstate NY city, Rochester, New York. Roots running deep, he was captivated by the intensity and emotion of monumental east and west coast blues, rock and jazz improvisors of the 30's, 60's, 70's and more recent modern Jam Band, Groove and Indie Rock acts like Robert Johnson, BB King, The Band, The Allman Brothers, Miles Davis, Marshall Tucker, Grateful Dead, Phish, Moe., Neil Young, Steely Dan, Wilco, Superfurry Animals, My Morning Jacket, Gov't Mule, Black Crowes, Ben Harper, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix and Santana.
Surrounded by a musical family of harmonicists, guitar players, singers and pianists, John first picked up the harmonica (or more hiply "blues harp") at the young age of 14. Heavily influenced by harmonica playing Grandfather + Uncle and by Harmonica greats Charlie Musselwhite, John Popper, Kim Wilson, James Cotton and Junior Wells he spent hours on end emulating and playing along with friends and recordings. He soon received the best gift of all when he was 16, an electric guitar. after years of guitar lessons at Rochester's family owned "largest music store in the world" House Of Guitars and more lessons and theory classes at Finger Lakes Community College John teamed up with long time friend, drummer and mandolin player Mark Stewart and formed what would become a 7 year saga, the improvisational jam band/roots rock/groove rock supergroup South Central. During this time the two and various musicians/instrumentation toured Northeast upstate New York playing major music festivals like Scottypaluza, Park Ave Festival, Soul Flow, Open Air Music Festival + opened for such prolific acts as Schleigho and Gordon Stone. The two parted in 2003 when during a major lifechanging summer John decided to pack his entire life into his jeep and trek cross-country and relocated here in San Francisco. He now resides in Union City California where he gives guitar lessons out of his home.
John now plays solo acoustic shows in and around the San Francisco Bay Area + plays lead electric guitar and harmonica in the indie rock/improvisational jam band, The American Economy (www.reverbnation.com/theamericaneconomy) . For a full list of upcoming John Rybak performances, song samples, downloads and photos visit www.myspace.com/johnrybak.
John Rybak - "Music for a well traveled mind"

Member Since:August 22, 2006

Last Login:January 31, 2012

Location:Union City, CA

Birthday:November 13

Music means to me:"music is the sigh of the opressed masses - the heart in a heartless world" - bill graham

Schools:Finger Lakes Community College

John Rybak's CALENDAR

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02/18/12 Sat Rebelution
The Green
Pep Love Fox Theater Oakland, CA

SHOWS FOR John Rybak's TRACKED ARTISTS

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02/12/12 Sun Yonder Mountain String Band WorkPlay Birmingham, AL
02/12/12 Sun Rebelution George's Majestic Fayetteville, AR
02/12/12 Sun Ruthie Foster Berger Performing Arts Center Tucson, AZ
02/12/12 Sun Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
02/12/12 Sun Young The Giant The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA
02/12/12 Sun Rebirth Brass Band Echoplex Los Angeles, CA
02/12/12 Sun ALO The Coach House San Juan Capistrano, CA
02/12/12 Sun Brandi Carlile Florida Theater Jacksonville, FL
02/12/12 Sun Sim Redmond Band
Thousands of One
Donna The Buffalo Virginia Key Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
at Virginia Key Beach Park Key Biscayne, FL
02/12/12 Sun Willie Nelson The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
02/12/12 Sun Dark Star Orchestra Cabin Fever Indoor Camping & Music Festival
at East Peoria Event Center East Peoria, IL
02/12/12 Sun moe. Liberty Hall Lawrence, KS
02/12/12 Sun Umphrey's McGee Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
02/12/12 Sun Rusted Root The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
02/12/12 Sun The Robert Cray Band Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte, NC
02/12/12 Sun Tea Leaf Green The Haunt Ithaca, NY
02/12/12 Sun Johnny Winter Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY
02/12/12 Sun Bjork New York Hall of Science Queens, NY
02/12/12 Sun They Might Be Giants Track 29 Chattanooga, TN
02/12/12 Sun Natalie Cole Arena Theatre Houston, TX
02/12/12 Sun Tower of Power Jazz Alley Seattle, WA
02/13/12 Mon Willie Nelson The Tabernacle Atlanta, GA
02/13/12 Mon Dr. John Billboard Live Toyko, JP
02/13/12 Mon Papa Grows Funk Maple Leaf New Orleans, LA
02/13/12 Mon Ms. Lauryn Hill House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
02/13/12 Mon Philip Glass Carnegie Hall New York, NY
02/14/12 Tue Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa House of Blues Anaheim, CA
02/14/12 Tue Ms. Lauryn Hill Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
02/14/12 Tue The California Honeydrops Cafe du Nord San Francisco, CA
02/14/12 Tue Ruthie Foster Strings Mountain Pavilion Steamboat Springs, CO
02/14/12 Tue The Robert Cray Band Ponte Vedra Concert Hall Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
02/14/12 Tue Willie Nelson Johnny Mercer Theater Savannah, GA
02/14/12 Tue John Pizzarelli Blue Note Tokyo, JP
02/14/12 Tue Dr. John Billboard Live Toyko, JP
02/14/12 Tue B.B. King Orpheum Theater Wichita, KS
02/14/12 Tue Lotus Madison Theater Covington, KY
02/14/12 Tue Dark Star Orchestra Kentucky Theater Lexington, KY
02/14/12 Tue They Might Be Giants Mcglohan Theatre Charlotte, NC
02/14/12 Tue Natalie Cole Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall Portland, OR
02/14/12 Tue Jimkata Martin's Downtown Roanoke, VA
02/15/12 Wed Young The Giant Rialto Theatre Tucson, AZ
02/15/12 Wed Zion I University of California Riverside Riverside, CA
02/15/12 Wed Brandi Carlile Plaza Live Orlando, FL
02/15/12 Wed Yonder Mountain String Band Vinyl Music Hall Pensacola, FL
02/15/12 Wed John Pizzarelli Blue Note Tokyo, JP
02/15/12 Wed Dr. John Billboard Live Toyko, JP
02/15/12 Wed Umphrey's McGee Buster's Billiards & Backroom Lexington, KY
02/15/12 Wed Brothers Past The Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI
02/15/12 Wed Lotus The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
02/15/12 Wed moe. First Avenue Minneapolis, MN
02/15/12 Wed Jimkata The One Stop Asheville, NC
02/15/12 Wed Jimkata Mo Daddy's Asheville, NC
02/15/12 Wed The Congress Double Door Inn Charlotte, NC
02/15/12 Wed They Might Be Giants Lincoln Theatre Raleigh, NC
02/15/12 Wed Rebelution Sunshine Theater Albuquerque, NM
02/15/12 Wed Jonny Lang B.B. King's Blues Club New York, NY
02/15/12 Wed Bjork New York Hall of Science Queens, NY
02/15/12 Wed Hackensaw Boys Rex Theater Pittsburgh, PA
02/15/12 Wed Tea Leaf Green State Theatre State College, PA
02/15/12 Wed Jimmie Vaughan Antone's Austin, TX
02/16/12 Thu Young The Giant Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
02/16/12 Thu Rebelution Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ
02/16/12 Thu Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa Uptown Theatre Napa, CA
02/16/12 Thu Lyrics Born Club Fox Redwood City, CA
02/16/12 Thu Ms. Lauryn Hill The Warfield San Francisco, CA
02/16/12 Thu The California Honeydrops SLO Brewing Company San Luis Obispo, CA
02/16/12 Thu Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk Fox Theatre Boulder, CO
02/16/12 Thu Phil Lesh & Friends
John Scofield
Jackie Greene
Phil Lesh 1stBank Center Broomfield, CO
02/16/12 Thu Ruthie Foster Fort Lewis College Durango, CO
02/16/12 Thu Ryan Montbleau Band Roadhouse 169 Playa Ballena, CR
02/16/12 Thu Brandi Carlile Culture Room Fort Lauderdale, FL
02/16/12 Thu Yonder Mountain String Band Beacham Theatre Orlando, FL
02/16/12 Thu The Robert Cray Band Jannus Landing St. Petersburg, FL
02/16/12 Thu Jimkata The Five Spot Atlanta, GA
02/16/12 Thu Lotus Goshen Theater Goshen, IN
02/16/12 Thu John Pizzarelli Blue Note Tokyo, JP
02/16/12 Thu George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic Berklee Performance Center Boston, MA
02/16/12 Thu Brothers Past Bell's Brewery Kalamazoo, MI
02/16/12 Thu moe. The Pageant St. Louis, MO
02/16/12 Thu Umphrey's McGee The Fillmore Charlotte, NC
02/16/12 Thu Sim Redmond Band Ithaca College Ithaca, NY
02/16/12 Thu John Hammond The Allen Room New York, NY
02/16/12 Thu Matisyahu Tarrytown Music Hall Tarrytown, NY
02/16/12 Thu Dark Star Orchestra House Of Blues Cleveland, OH
02/16/12 Thu Lynyrd Skynyrd Niagara Fallsview Casino Avalon Ballroom Niagara Falls, ON
02/16/12 Thu Tea Leaf Green Mr. Small's Theatre Pittsburgh, PA
02/16/12 Thu The Congress The Pour House Charleston, SC
02/16/12 Thu They Might Be Giants Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA
02/16/12 Thu The Jayhawks Barrymore Theatre Madison, WI
02/16/12 Thu Keller Williams The V Club Huntington, WV
02/17/12 Fri Galactic Soul Kitchen Mobile, AL
02/17/12 Fri ZOOGMA George's Majestic Fayetteville, AR
02/17/12 Fri Young The Giant Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ
02/17/12 Fri Dweezil Zappa Plays Zappa El Rey Theatre Chico, CA
02/17/12 Fri Cubensis - Grateful Dead tribute Golden Sails Hotel - PCH Club Long Beach, CA
02/17/12 Fri Rebelution Hollywood Palladium Los Angeles, CA
02/17/12 Fri Melvin Seals & JGB Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA
02/17/12 Fri EOTO The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
02/17/12 Fri The California Honeydrops SOHO Restaurant and Music Club Santa Barbara, CA
02/17/12 Fri Lyrics Born Moe's Alley Santa Cruz, CA