John K. @ Jammin Java

John Kadlecik is a musician based in the DC-area who is primarily known for being the singing and guitar-slinging sideman to Grateful Dead members Phil Lesh and Bob Weir in the band Furthur. An original co-founder of the group Dark Star Orchestra, John has been performing improvisationally-oriented shows since the late 1980's and touring nationally for the last 25 years. His work also includes several studio releases of original music, and he is currently active with Melvin Seals & JGB and a Deadhead-musician supergroup called Sages & Spirits.
John has also been performing solo all over the USA and internationally from Japan to Venice, and the "Solo Acousti'Lectric" format is his latest evolution, incorporating acoustic & electric guitar, bass, drums, piano & more, all activated with a single electric guitar, in classic solo song performances as well as looping complete multitrack band jams.