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He is most famous for his role as frontman of rock band Blues Traveler, performing harmonica, 12-string acoustic guitar and vocals. He is widely considered a harmonica virtuoso, and is listed by harmonica manufacturer Hohner as a "Featured Artist", an accolade reserved for only the best and most successful harmonica players. Blues Traveler is an American alternative rock/blues rock/jam band formed in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1983. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The twelve string guitar is an acoustic or electric guitar with twelve strings, which produces a richer, more ringing tone than a standard six string guitar. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... A virtuoso (from Italian virtuoso, late Latin virtuosus, Latin virtus meaning: skill, manliness, excellence) is an individual who possesses outstanding technical ability at singing or playing a musical instrument. ... Hohner is a company specialising in the manufacture of musical instruments. ...

Life and career

John Popper was born in Cleveland, Ohio and raised in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. He wanted to become a musician after seeing the film The Blues Brothers (1980).^{[citation needed]} Popper tried the piano^{[citation needed]}, the cello^{[citation needed]}, and the guitar, but finally settled on the harmonica. He formed a garage band with high school friends in Princeton, New Jersey, which evolved into Blues Traveler in 1987^{[citation needed]}. He soon began to perform solo concerts in addition to touring with Blues Traveler. This article or section needs additional references or sources to improve its verifiability. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... NY redirects here. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... The Blues Brothers is a 1980 musical comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd as Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues, characters developed from a Saturday Night Live musical sketch. ... // Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... The violoncello, almost always abbreviated to cello, or cello (the c is pronounced as the ch in cheese), is a bowed stringed instrument, the lowest-sounding member of the violin family. ... Nassau Street, Princetons main street. ...

In 1992, Popper founded the HORDE Festival as a venue to gain exposure for up-and-coming independent musicians. In October of that same year he was involved in a traffic accident on a motorcycle while traveling to a studio to record for Blues Traveler's third album. The accident put him in a wheelchair for several months, but Popper continued touring with the band despite the difficulties it created. Look up Horde in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Motorcyclists take a break from the road A motorcycle or motorbike is a single-track, two-wheeled motor vehicle powered by an engine. ... Save His Soul is the third studio album by American jam band Blues Traveler, released in April, 1993 (see 1993 in music). ...

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal in 1996 was awarded to "Run-around", a song which Popper composed. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

He took over in 1998 as front man of jam-band supergroup Frogwings, which released the live album Croakin' at Toads. Bolstered by Blues Traveler's mainstream success, Popper released an album with his own John Popper Band, Zygote, in 1999 and toured in support of it. SuperGroup is a reality show on the channel VH1. ... Zygote is the debut solo album by musician John Popper of the American jam band Blues Traveler. ...

Also in 1999, he suffered a near-heart attack brought on by years of compulsive overeating. (He had been diagnosed with diabetes a few years earlier.) Doctors performed an emergency angioplasty which saved Popper's life (he had 95% arterial blockage)^[1], and he later underwent gastric bypass surgery and lost a large amount of weight. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ... Binge eating disorder is a medical syndrome in which, according to currently accepted definitions, people: feel their eating is out of control; eat what most people would think is an unusually large amount of food; eat much more quickly than usual during binge episodes; eat until so full they are... This article is about the disease that features high blood sugar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Section of an artery For other uses, see Artery (disambiguation). ... Gastric bypass (GBP) is any of a group of similar operative procedures used to treat morbid obesity, a condition which arises from severe accumulation of excess weight as fatty tissue, and the resultant health problems (co-morbidities) which occur. ...

Popper recently formed a rock/jazz/hip-hop fusion group The John Popper Project with DJ Logic, which released an album in 2006 and performs occasionally. For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... Hip hop (also spelled hip-hop or hiphop) is both a music genre and a cultural movement developed in urban communities starting in the 1970s, predominantly by African Americans. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... DJ Logic (born Jason Kibler) is a turntablist active primarily in jazz and with jam bands. ...

A prolific songwriter, he has composed a majority of the lyrics and music of Blues Traveler's songs. He also frequently appears as a guest performer with musicians both famous and obscure. He has performed with, among others, jam bands Dave Matthews Band and Phish, bluesmen Eric Clapton and B.B. King, singer-songwriters Jason Mraz and John Mayer, saxophonist Karl Denson, San Francisco's Culann's Hounds, and even with the Hungarian Ambassador to the United States. He sat in with The Smashing Pumpkins on the second day of their acoustic 1997 Bridge School Benefit appearance, contributing harmonica for their song "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans"; Popper's solo garnered major applause from the audience. Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initialism DMB) is a United States rock band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Matthews. ... This article is about a rock band; for deceptive e-mail practices, see Phishing. ... Eric Clapton CBE (born 30 March 1945), nicknamed Slowhand, is a Grammy Award winning English guitarist, singer and composer, who is one of the most successful musicians of the 20th century,[1] garnering an unprecedented three inductions into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ... Riley B. King aka B. B. King (b. ... Jason Thomas Mraz (born June 23, 1977) is a American singer-songwriter, born and raised in Mechanicsville, Virginia, a suburb of Richmond. ... John Mayer may refer to several people: John Mayer, a singer-songwriter John A. Mayer, a psychologist This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... An ambassador, rarely embassador, is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Acoustic music can refer to music that solely or primarily uses acoustic instruments, such as the acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano, cello, and voice. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Bridge School Benefit is an annual non-profit charity concert thrown in Mountain View, California every October at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. ... Porcelina of the Vast Oceans is the thirtenth song from The Smashing Pumpkins third studio album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. ...

He has been a recurring guest on Howard Stern's and Bill Maher's shows and sits in with The CBS Orchestra on The Late Show with David Letterman on occasion. For the former personal attorney and partner of Anna Nicole Smith, see Howard K. Stern. ... William Bill Maher, Jr. ... Paul Shaffer and the CBS Orchestra The CBS Orchestra is the rock and roll band that plays for David Lettermans CBS late-night talk show, The Late Show with David Letterman. ... Late Show with David Letterman is an hour-long weeknight comedy and talk show broadcast by CBS from the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway in New York City. ...

Popper is a gun collector and member of the Libertarian Party ^[2] , and has previously expressed support for the Republican Party and the American armed forces. He has toured the Middle East, performing with the Band of the Air Force Reserve and Jamie O'Neal at various military camps. A firearm is a kinetic energy weapon that fires either a single or multiple projectiles propelled at high velocity by the gases produced by action of the rapid confined burning of a propellant. ... The Libertarian Party is an American political party founded in 1971. ... The Republican Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States of America, along with the Democratic Party. ... The Military of the United States, officially known as the United States Armed Forces, is structured into five branches consisting of the: United States Army United States Marine Corps United States Navy United States Air Force United States Coast Guard The U.S. Public Health Service and the National Oceanic... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ... Jamie ONeal is an contemporary country singer and songwriter. ...

Legal trouble

John Popper's mug shot from his 2003 arrest

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Popper was also arrested on March 6, 2007 near Ritzville, Washington by Washington State Patrol.^[4] He was the passenger in his own vehicle and was found to be in the possession of a small amount of marijuana and weapons. Popper was released the same night. Popper had a stash of hidden weapon compartments in his vehicle that contained four rifles, nine handguns, a switchblade knife, a Taser, and night vision goggles. Popper's vehicle also had flashing emergency headlights, a siren and a public address system. Popper explained that he had installed these items in his vehicle because in the event of a natural disaster he didn't want to be left behind. Popper also said he was a weapons collector. March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (66th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... Ritzville is a city located in Adams County, Washington. ... Official language(s) English Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area  Ranked 18th  - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,827 km²)  - Width 240 miles (385 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 6. ... A switchblade (also known as automatic knife, switch, or, in British English flick knife) is a type of knife with a folding blade that springs out of the grip when a button or lever on the grip is pressed. ... Summary An electroshock gun or stun gun, is a weapon used for subduing a person by administering an electric shock. ... Experimental night vision goggles. ... A public address system, abbreviated PA system, is an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas. ...

Officers also recovered a small amount of marijuana and a marijuana pipe. The vehicle was seized.^{[5] [6]}

Equipment

John Popper uses Shure microphones and Marshall amplifiers, a setup nearly identical to what Blues Traveler guitarist Chan Kinchla uses himself; Popper noted in an interview that "I just asked Chan what he used." He also uses D'Addario strings. Shure Incorporated is a consumer and professional audio electronics corporation. ... ... Chandler Kinchla, better known as Chan Kinchla, (born May 29, 1969) in (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada) is the guitarist for jam band Blues Traveler. ... DAddario is a manufacturer of musical instrument strings, primarily guitar strings, currently headquartered in Farmingdale, Long Island, New York. ...

Trademark equipment

Popper has developed some equipment innovations to accommodate his use of harmonica during onstage performance: Due to the fact that diatonic harmonicas are tuned to one particular key, he has fashioned belts (worn as suspenders) with enough pockets to hold an entire set of harmonicas in 12 different keys, plus extras. This allows Popper to change keys during a performance quickly without looking; he often exchanges harmonicas multiple times within one song. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In music theory, the key identifies the tonic triad, the chord, major or minor, which represents the final point of rest for a piece, or the focal point of a section. ... Suspenders, braces and garters are clothing accessories. ...

Popper has also rigged a special microphone with switches that change the audio effect of the harmonica as it is played through an amplifier. Generally, an amplifier is any device that uses a small amount of energy to control a larger amount of energy. ...

He has also fashioned a floppy-brimmed hat with flattened harmonica plates on its band, which he almost always wears during appearances with Blues Traveler.

He is also fond of Smith & Wesson revolvers. Smith & Wesson NASDAQ: SWHC are the largest manufacturers of handguns in the United States. ...

Performances and appearances

Featured music appearances

• Duet with Eric Clapton on "Christmas Blues" from A Very Special Christmas Live
• Duet with BB King on "Back Door Santa" from A Very Special Christmas Vol. 5
• Solo instrumental track "Harmonica Musings" from the soundtrack of Blues Brothers 2000
• Harmonica solos of character Buster Blues in the Blues Brothers 2000 film

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Guest music appearances

• Harmonica on "More Than She Knows" plus background vocals and 'inspiration' on "Two Princes" from Pocket Full of Kryptonite by The Spin Doctors
• Harmonica on "What Would You Say" from Under the Table and Dreaming by Dave Matthews Band
• Harmonica and vocal duet on a cover of Merle Haggard's "Today I Started Loving You Again" from Treasures by Dolly Parton
• Harmonica on a group cover of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Tuesday's Gone" from Garage Inc. by Metallica
• Harmonica on "In The City" from This Time Around by Hanson
• Harmonica on "Country Love" from Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections by Cee-Lo
• Harmonica on "Curbside Prophet" and "Too Much Food" from Tonight, Not Again by Jason Mraz
• Harmonica on Soul Bones by Tom "Bones" Malone

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Television appearances

• Popper performed a duet with Dolly Parton on her Treasures television special in 1997
• Appeared on a 1996 episode of The Late Show with David Letterman to surprise Manny the Hippie with a harmonica duel
• Appeared as a guest on an episode of the Cartoon Network comedy talk show Space Ghost Coast to Coast
• Had speaking lines on an episode of the sitcom Roseanne ("Of Mice and Dan") as character Stingray Wilson, a musician similar to Popper himself (Popper later wrote lyrics for the show's bluesy theme song, which was performed by Blues Traveler in the final season of the show.)
• An animated clay charicature of Popper fought a match in the MTV parody series Celebrity Deathmatch. Popper defeated singer Fiona Apple.
• Popper appeared on Penn and Teller's Sin City Spectacular, playing harmonica during a card trick performance
• Was a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show in 2003 promoting Blues Traveler's album Truth Be Told
• Was a celebrity coach in the final round of America's Got Talent

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Other appearances

• Popper has played his Jimi Hendrix-inspired harmonica rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball games, including the World Series.
• Popper is seen at the end of the movie Kingpin with Blues Traveler.

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Notes

1. ^ Skanse, Richard. "Popper's Inferno", Rolling Stone, 7 September 1999.
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ Mug shot of Popper
4. ^ Associated Press. "Singer Busted With Arsenal Of Weapons In Car", 8 March 2007.
5. ^ Geranios, Nicholas K. "Manager says Blues Traveler's Popper legally had weapons", Associated Press. 9 March 2007.
6. ^ "Blues Traveler rocker arrested on gun, drug charges", The Times of Trenton, 9 March 2007.

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External links

• John Popper at the Internet Movie Database
• John Popper's biography at BluesTraveler.com
• John Popper collection at the Internet Archive's live music archive