John Kadlecik, lead guitarist and vocalist for Phil Lesh and Bob Weir's new band, Furthur, now brings his DC-area based side project, the John K Band, to the State Theater stage in Falls Church, Virginia on September 3, 2011. Performing as support will be solo acoustic instrumental guitarist JEFF AUG: - This will be the only JEFF AUG U.S. performance appearance in 2011 – Jeff Aug is a cool underground guitarist from Washington, D.C., who has been living in Germany for the last 15 years. He has toured with Allan Holdsworth, Soft Machine, Albert Lee, and has performed shows with Jawbox, Shudder To Think, and Ice-T & Bodycount with his old band. He's worked with John Stabb from Government Issue, has been touring and recording with Anne Clark for the last 10 years, and has been touring as a solo guitarist for the last 20 years. Jeff can also be heard on the new Atari Teenage Riot album "Is This Hyperreal?" released in June 2011 (Dim Mak Records / Digital Hardcore Records). JEFF AUG has had major features in Guitar Acoustic (7 page feature, March 2011, Germany), Guitar Magazine (8 page feature, Feb 2009, Germany), Akustik Gitarre Magazine (2 page feature, May / June 2009, Germany), Guitar Player Magazine (3 page feature, July 2009, USA), as well as...Grand Guitars Magazine (Germany, Sept 2009), Gitarist (Netherlands, Oct 2009) who referred to Jeff Aug "Tommy Emmanuel meets Black Sabbath." Touring has included: Two (!) European tours as support for Allan Holdsworth (March / April 2009)Three (!) European tours as support for Soft Machine (October 2007, October 2009, May 2011)Guinness™ World Record for "Most Concerts Performed in Different Countries in 24 Hours" (13./14.March 2009).Festival de la Gitarre in Belgium (including Al Dimeola, Larry Carlton, and others).NPR "Weekend Edition" feature (05.September 2009), as well as Position #1 on the iTunes Acoustic sales charts (USA) on 05., 06., and 07.September 2009! Promotional copies of the current JEFF AUG album Living Room Sessions are available upon request. Artist is available for interviews.
Current live video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVcm_vNSmzM
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