The Tatters: Jack Joshua

Jack Joshua
	Jack Joshua was first exposed to the idea of playing music by his grandfather, Lawrence Dudley. Says Joshua, "When I was a child he would come out to California from Alabama to visit us. I remember him bringing his guitar. He would play and sing. Folk songs, show tunes, but all performed with a rich African-American flavor that added depth and resonance to even the most mundane of materials." After 20-plus years of playing bass (4, 5, and 6 string bass guitar, fretless bass guitar, acoustic bass guitar, string bass, electric upright bass, synth bass) in the most modern of contexts, Joshua says he is being brought "back to the basics". "Over the last few years I've found myself drawn to and playing more folk music, delta blues, New Orleans jazz, traditional country, western swing, Irish jigs, and reels, Negro spirituals, the real roots of American music." Jack Joshua has been heard in many musical situations. In concert halls, night clubs, and recording studios all over the west coast, and with Victoria Williams, Mary Murphy and Paul Keim, Cyrus Clarke and the bands, "California Colored Cowboys", "Zydeco Mofos", and "Jack Joshua and the Hoshuas". "Lately, I can't pick up a bass without thinking of Grandpa Lawrence".--JJ
(Photo by James Glover, Ventura Star)	(Photo by James Glover, Ventura Star)

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