Surf-jazz meets rock n’ roll

With influences as diverse as Phish, Radiohead, and Nat King Cole, John Paris is combining some of the best of elements of rock, blues, jazz, and psychedelia into a spicy 2-for-1 cocktail available everywhere from your favorite club to the local beer garden.

Over the past 10 years, John Paris has built an impressive resume of performances, ranging from New York rock dives to Berlin rock clubs and Nashville honky-tonks. Now based out of Charleston, SC, he’s playing a regular rotation of local favorites, including Charleston Pour House, Chico Feo, Palmetto Brewery, Prohibition, and Bay Street Biergarten.

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1999 - JP begins taking classical piano lessons.

2004 - JP attempts alto saxophone in school band.

2005 - On 13th birthday, JP buys drum set with “all money saved from Grandma” and subsequently starts band Loaded Dice with close friends. They play “Sweet Home Alabama” at the school variety show.

2006 - Family members note JP’s daily obsession with watching Dave Matthews Band’s Central Park Concert. JP writes first original songs.

2007 - JP buys acoustic guitar from friend for $50. He joins high school jazz and rock groups as a guitar player.

2010 - JP attends Brown University, studying counterpoint, composition, and music theory in addition to a major in European Intellectual History.

2013 - JP begins regular circuit of campus frat parties with band The Spicy Withs (named after infamous late-night sandwich).

2014 - JP self-records first EP in university’s recording studio through several all-night sessions. Following graduation, he spends 3 months in Berlin.

2015 - First Opera (EP) is released. JP plays release show with his band at The Bowery Electric in New York City.

2016 - Self-titled John Paris (EP) is recorded in Bunker Studio in Brooklyn and is released in August. JP plays follow-up shows at The Bitter End and Arlene’s Grocery in New York City.

2017 - JP relocates to Berlin indefinitely.

2018 - JP plays a host of Berlin clubs with new band and explores the city’s street music scene.

2019 - JP writes first songs for “The Berlin Saga” and begins its serialization at live shows.

2020 - JP returns to the USA … and then to Nashville.

2021 - JP builds his new band and establishes himself in the Nashville circuit.

2022 - JP moves to Charleston, SC.