Story:
Being
part of a family of nine, the Reihana’s always had a guitar on hand to jam
with, and John’s dad trying to teach the family basic party song chords. Music
has played a huge part in John’s life, from when he was about 8 years old, He
has varied interest in different styles of music ranging from early Rock n Roll,
Reggae, Jazz , R n B, Rock and dare he say it Country music, which he was
actually brought up with, having lived in the country for a lot of his younger
years, the family started a band, just playing local social functions, birthdays
weddings etc, which they did for a few years up until he was about 15years old
and then got involved with playing bass for his uncles band finding out you
could actually get paid for doing it. Late teens early twenties saw John playing
for a number of bands in and around Rotorua, either freelancing with different
musicians or playing in established bands such as Rage, Crossroads, Messiah, and
Hazzard to name a few. John has also travelled overseas, playing in various
clubs and pubs from
Brisbane
, Gold Coast, through to
Sydney
, and having the privilege of
travelling to
China
on two separate tours with
“KINDRED”.
Note
from Johnny,
I
had known the other three members of
Kindred for a few years prior to actually joining the band, having played in
different bands with each of them, and
now having the privilege of playing alongside three of
the most talented musicians in NZ.
My
goals for the future, in music, is to keep doing what I enjoy, and embrace
whatever the future throws at us, Cheers,
Johnny
Ray.
