About:
JOHN CONDRON

In 1982, just shy of his tenth birthday, John was accepted as a member of the world renowned Philadelphia Boys Choir. During his years with the choir, he studied theory & composition, and most importantly, he got his first taste of performing live.

Along with the steady schedule of concerts, the choir also took John around the world on a number of different occasions. France, Monacco, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia, & Australia were just a few of the places the future songwriter, would earn his "stripes" as a performer.

John continued playing & writing after his years with the choir had ended, and although he had decided he heavily preferred The Beatles & their contemporaries to the somewhat "classical" training of his younger days. John planned to study music on the college level.

After a very brief and unsuccessful stay, he left school unsatisfied with the direction he foresaw his career taking and started his first real rock band.

JC Taxi was formed a short while later, and for the next three years they would play their own music for growing crowds in and around the Philadelphia area. When the group disbanded John quickly found himself taking on rhythm guitar duties for a band he had met and become friendly with over the last couple of years....The New York/ New Jersey-based Poets & Slaves.

For the next few years, "Poets" would have many successes and experience many strange turns, including a move to Chicago in 1977. The band released a second record, their first with John on board, toured and played wherever they could. In the end, circumstances beyond their control forced the group to split, and John began working on the material for what would become his first solo record, "My Own Device."

Released independently in October of 2000, this collection of songs is by far the greatest accomplishment of his career. John continues to write and perform in support of the new record and currently lives in the Chicagoland area.

Teaming up with ex-bandmate Martin Trum, who splits duties between the roles of percussionist and engineer, and Mark Tomase, who takes over on base, John's guitar playing & vocal performances are both fine examples of a self-defining moment for the artist, and a reminiscent nod to a better time in rock music's long history.

"My Own Device," unique, refreshing, defining & unapologetic. A record which sheds light on an artist with years of experience behind him, and a lifetime of possibilities ahead.