John Crews Blues

John Crews was born in Omaha, NE in 1949. He is one of two identical twins born in February that year. John was raised by his parents until age 10 when John lost his father who passed away. Shortly after he spent the next three years in Boys Town, NE where he started formal music classes. Some of his earliest inspiration was the Boys Town choir, which sang in Latin. It was spiritually enhancing to him. He also learned various musical instruments as he grew up. He was inspired by Elvis, Bill Haley & The Comets, B.B. King, Luther Allison, Paul Butterfield Blues Band and more. They all opened the door to rock & roll and the blues. At eighteen, he enlisted into the Marine Corps where he was sent over to Vietnam for fourteen months. His last duty station was Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, where he decided to live after the Corps. He played the local island music scene for a decade playing acoustically in clubs. After Hawaii, he relocated to Seattle and played up and down the coastline with various bands. This helped develop his song writing abilities. John moved back to Omaha in 1979 meeting the love of his life, Barbara. Together they were blessed with a daughter, Lindsy. Shortly after that, John lost his wife Barbara who also passed away. The intense sense of loss is immortalized in John's songs like "Sweet Tennessee" and "Palm of Your Hand". John raised his daughter on his own and is currently residing in Omaha where he continues to play music in the local circuit. His former CD's were "Hearts for Eyes" in 2000 and "King of Broken Hearts" in 2003. John is currently looking forward to a new CD in 2014. All of his former music is available for purchase on Reverbnation. Special thanks to Craig Sicilia (Founder of Brain Injury Radio and former band Insane with Pain), and Les Paul Morgan for all their love and help on John's web design. Super special thanks to Kim and Gary Justus for their gracious support for John personally and for all the music they have shared on Brain Injury Radio and all of the beautiful fans around the world. "God Bless you and may God's love through music heal you all.” -John Crews Has opened for the following National Acts: Artists that Pioneered the Blues Holmes Brothers Bernard Allison (Son of theThe Great Luther Allison GREAT Blues Player) Charlie Musselwhite Shemekia Copeland (Daughter of Johnny Copeland GREAT Blues Player) Savoy Brown Three Dog Night Johnny Lang Reggae Cowboys (Toronto) Debra Coleman Eric Church Indigenous Some members of the Paul Butterfield Blues Band (Fronted For at Sonoma County Blues Festival) Mark Naftalin (Keyboard Player Paul Butterfiled Blues Band) and owner of Winner Records & Blue Monday Radio Show San Francisco) Walter Trout Greg Piccolo Carolyn Wonderland Curtis Salgato

Omaha, NE