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SUMMARY:JR and the Bad OX Band
DESCRIPTION:JR and the Bad OX Band\nJR and the Bad OX Band is the brainchild of John Rewers.\nJohn started his musical journey at the age of 16 when he received a guitar as a\nChristmas present from his parents. Not a lot of music teachers back in those days in\nthe little town of Kitimat\, so John taught himself a few chords and a few Beatles songs.\nAt the age of 19 it was time to head out into the big bad world and that old guitar was\nleft at home\, in the closet\, for decades. He tried to resurrect his music interests a\ncouple of times in the following years but to no avail. Then in 2011\, when sitting with a\nbunch of friends in the Cold River at the Merritt Music Festival\, John noticed a group of\nmusicians\, also sitting in the river…… but playing their guitars.\nThat was the AH HA moment for John. He said “SO COOL” to himself along with….\n“Next year I’m in. I’ll be playing with those fellas next year”. So\, at the age of 61\, John\nheaded home\, pulled that old guitar out of his closet and started this new career in\nmusic. And sure enough\, the next year in Merritt he sat in and sang a couple of Willie\nNelson songs. Since 2011 there has been an incredible amount of learning and\nexperience gained\, resulting in a trip to Nashville to record some original music\, much of\nwhich will be released on streaming platforms in the coming months.\nPart of this learning was putting together the band known as JR & the Bad OX Band.\nJR and the Bad OX Band has performed at the Sooke community Canada Day festival\,\nBC County Music awards weekend (2025)\, the Vancouver Island Exhibition and so\nmany others\, playing 40 to 50 gigs per year.\nJohn will always be looking ahead with dreams of playing at the Calgary Stampede and\nat the Grand Ol’ Opry in Nashville.\nAnd remember. It is never to late to start following your dreams. You never know……
URL:https://sookefolkmusicsociety.com/wp/calendar/jr-and-the-bad-ox-band/
LOCATION:Holy Trinity Anglican Church\, 1962 Murray Road\, Sooke\, British Columbia\, V9Z 1H5\, Canada
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