John Sheckler:  

CLASS OF 1965
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Flaget High SchoolClass of 1965
Louisville, KY

John's Story

John is from Louisville, Kentucky. John's schools include Flaget High School. Music John likes includes The Crashers, Bing Futch, "The Blue Collar Band". Books John likes include The Lathe of Heaven, Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Tao Te Ching. Movies John likes include The Lathe of Heaven, Young Frankenstein. TV shows John likes include Family Guy, The Big Bang Theory. More about John:"I live in the countryside 30 miles from my home town of West Louisville. Until recently, I was the Public Relations Director at a small hospital that was part of a big group, the Jewish Hospital Health Network. It was a great job and much easier than journalism, although I did much of the same type work. I wrote, took photos and did design work. This included news articles, brochures, a web page and print ads. It was lots of fun. I was a journalist for 25 years and won national awards. During part of that time, late 1970ties, I was living in a hippie-style commune in Ohio. Music was the driving force of that group, and we still get together to play and party. I have lived alone for six years, or rather lived with a dog and a cat… It was two dogs, but Buford got nailed by a farm wagon, and Nick died at age 17. Everyone loves my dogs, so they were difficult losses. In 2005, I rolled a truck and broke my neck. They put a cage in there and I was back at work within one month. I also have an artificial hip, but I recover quickly from whatever life throws at me… I spent only one night in the hospital f...Expand for more
or both surgeries. I am slower because I am older. I play a lot of music these days. Mostly it is on dulcimer, but I also do some percussion, although real drummers would cringe if they heard me on drums, and I would deserve it… Oddly enough, I now do a LOT of singing, both lead and backup… The guys say I have an honest country voice. I do play some mountain music on the dulcimer, but I am not limited to that style. I play chords, so I can play D, G, C, B, A & E. The guys with whom I play music have a wide assortment of musical tastes. Some of our jams are at a local private music barn. We also play at the local Historical Society, an occasional festival and at the Thomas Family Winery in Madison. For the last two years, we played he Ohio River Valley Folk Festival in Madison and the Ferdinand Folk festival. Depending on who plays in any given jam, we may play old country, mountain, jazz, blues, Celtic, swing and occasionally some free-form jams that fit no set style. I sing everything from Tennessee Waltz to Dead Flowers. I also do Ripple, several John Prine songs and St. James Infirmary. I do four songs from Ledbelly. I grow my own gourds, and give workshops when some local group needs more attractions on their event list. My house is in the country on a road that looks desolate, but is only 10 minutes from town, and 35 minutes from downtown Louisville. There are regular jams at my house, and occasionally friends from Ohio will visit. Most of us live to play music. Life is good…".
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