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">Originally from Saint Louis, Missouri, John was influenced early on by that town's rhythm and blues and his Oklahoma mother’s singing. This funky start was drastically tempered by a nine-year stint in a Catholic seminary where silence and Gregorian chant were his daily bread. After leaving the brotherhood, and armed only with his vow of poverty, John moved to New England and pursued the path of an itinerant musician, playing in sundry bands and bad barrooms. It was during this time, he realized, that his audience could not understand Latin.
His music is memorable, poignant, hopeful, wise, and passionate.
Winner of both the 2003 Boston Folk Festival Songwriting Contest & the 2006 Rose Garden Performing Songwriting Competition,
John lives in Jaffrey, NH with his wife, Jane and cats, Iko & Godzilla.
"Wise, witty and dark." Charlie Hunter of Flying Under Radar
Dick Pleasants, WUMB: "John's songs really connect.""New Hampshire's John Schindler knows how to translate life into wise, oddly witty songs and his new Memory Train album collects many of the calm little gems he's been writing in recent years." Daniel Gewertz, The Boston Herald
“ A true original.” WUMB’s Boston Folk Festival
"I would close for that man again any time." Tom Rush
“…John's the best singer songwriter I've run into in the last 10 years or so." Bob Franke
For booking (603) 532-6096 or star.broom@gmail.com
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Dear Friend(s)
My grandmother, Magdalen Van Buren, wasn’t one of those sweet old ladies one recalls when you say “grandma” and she only got more cantankerous (and addled) with time.
Once, she invited her favorite niece & husband over for dinner along with my parents. Dinner was over and they were sitting around in my grandma’s living room, probably on those over-stuffed chairs she always kept covered in plastic. They were enjoying their highballs when my mother noticed that Magdalen’s eyes were closed and she seemed to be reciting something…
Here what she was saying not just once but over and over: “Jesus, Mary & Joseph, please make them go home.”
Mom said there was an uncomfortable silence as the litany continued, and then my embarrassed parents escorted the now-smiling guests to their car.
I always tell this story to overnight guests and they’ll usually hear me reciting it later outside their bedroom. “Jesus, Mary & Joseph, please make them go home.”
I’m sure the good folks who invited me to play the following gigs might use it on me
OH YEAH
also check out Johnny's new CD from a live concert in 1984:
SOMEBODY LOVES YOU, LIVE-----now from Wildcat Recording
http://www.wildcatrecording.com/
For Musi-cal gig schedule click here: 
For booking and scheduling information, call (603) 532-6096 or write
76 North Street, Jaffrey, NH 03452
E-mail star.broom@gmail.com
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