John Matison:  

John's schools include Emerson High School. Music John likes includes The Hippy Smith Band, Meagan Tubb & Shady People, Trixxx. Movies John likes include The Last Exorcism, The Rock 'n' Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher. TV shows John likes include Austin City Limits, WBRZ, WAFB Channel 9. One of John's favorite quotes is:"If I was any better I'd be twins!". More about John:"I was born in Gary Indiana and moved to Chicago at the ripe old age of 15. I went to Sullivan High school there and was in band and orchestra class. In orchestra class, second chair violin, a friend of mine,Jerry Goodman was there. Jerry Goodman was the fiddle player in a Chicago based band called The Flock, and later went on to be with The Dixie Dregs, and The Mahavishnu Orchestra. I am schooled in trumpet and was in the 1st Rock N Roll horn group in the city of Chicago called The A'rabs, which changed to The Exceptions, which changed to The Big Sound, which changed to Chicago Transit Athority, which changed to who we know now as the group Chicago. I have always wanted to play drums, so guess what? I taught myself how to play drums. My best friend at the time Mike Linn, who is an awesome drummer himself,used to take me downtown to Frank's Drum Shop & Bill Crouden's Drums Unlimited on Saturday morning's where I got to see and meet the greatest of the greatest drummers play. There I was at 16 now in the presence of Joe Morello, Philly Joe Jones, Gene Krupa, Louie Bellson, Art Blakely, and others. I watched their clinic's and listend to their records and thats how I learned to play. In 1965 my dad was transfered to St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands where we lived until...Expand for more