(Campbell, Ca.) - John Enghauser, award-winning singer/songwriter/guitarist, returns to California to perform at the 25th Annual St. Lucy Fun & Food Fest, 76 Kennedy Ave., Campbell, Sunday, October 9. 3-5 p.m. Free. Info: (408) 378-0230 or log onto www.stlucyschool.org.
Enghauser capped another year of musical growth and recognition among his peers with his selection as a "Hot 100 Live Artist For 2011" by longtime respected publication, MUSIC CONNECTION. Selected by the magazine's Senior Editors from a talent pool of several thousand entries, many in the yearly "Hot 100" list often go onto receive lucrative record and touring deals. Now in its twenty-fifth year of publication, Music Connection is distributed throughout the U.S. and Europe as well.
Enghauser's song "Still Waters" from his "Lost In the Pages" CD ("Hot AC Album Of the Year" winner at the 2009 Los Angeles Music Awards) was featured in Australian-based indie motion picture, "Dealing With Destiny." "Still Waters" is also being played in retail stores globally and was recently featured on the Pandora Radio Network.
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Enghauser was nominated in three categories for this year's 20th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards and presented a Posthumous Hollywood F.A.M.E. Award to the family of Jaco Pastorious at the LAMA Main Event in November at Paramount Theater in Hollywood. John had written a song about the late, great bassist, "So Many People." John Enghauser has been on the original music scene since the mid 90's, beginning with his band Jamawokee, a high-octane four-piece funk rock project which debuted in Massachusetts. Enghauser began honing his songwriting and front man skills. The band released its first recording self-titled album "Jamawokee" in 1996. In the late 90's, Enghauser fronted his own original group, Jeng, in which he wrote all of the material and whose potent live show piqued the interest of record labels such as Columbia and Virgin Records. John subsequently released his second album, "Larium Dream" - a compilation of Jeng songs he'd written during his time with the band. It was around this time that John also served as Music Director and contributing songwriter on the indie films "Urban Relics" and "When it Rains". The "Urban Relics" soundtrack was Enghauser's third album to be released.
In addition to performing all vocals, John plays guitar, bass and keyboards on Lost In The Pages (Blue Pie Records), which has been played in 13 countries worldwide including England, Australia, Germany, France, New Zealand, Canada and the U.S.
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Among Enghauser's favorite songs on "Lost In The Pages" is "Cognition, Inc.". "This is a funky re-tooling of a tune I wrote with my former band, Jamawokee. It's a completely different song now and I even changed up the lyrics a bit. The lyric is still one of my favorites. It's a satire which pokes fun of the American media and how much they shape our lives in the way we think and do things without us even knowing it. Think about how often you do, say, wear and buy things based on what you've seen, heard or read in the media. Cognition, Inc. is this big mind-controlling machine that we all submit to which claims to fulfill all of our wildest dreams. We all buy into it, but at what cost?" On a more sensitive note, "So Many People" is "an ode to Jaco Pastorius, the ingenious fusion bassist who died tragically. His biography is the most fascinating story I've ever read. I think it's the only book I've ever read twice. This is one of my favorite songs and one of the best composing jobs I think I've ever done. Sometimes when I listen to the complexities of it I can't believe it came from me. And it grooves so hard! What's ironic about the way I recorded the song is that it's the only time I played the bass line with a pick. I don't think Jaco ever played with a pick in his life."
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