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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)
Around this time or year my thoughts turn to Cannonball, a cat I had a few years back, with whom I shared a penchant for Fudgsicles. A 22 lb Maine coon cat, he could really keep me pinned down when he sat on my chest working on one end of this quiescently frozen confection, I the other, of a summer afternoon.
He also used to bring things up from the cellar: pieces of rope, little bags of screws, tape and place them next to, and sometimes in, his water bowl (wife says he was dropping me a hint to fix the house.
I keep a water glass on the floor next to my bed. Late one night I awoke and in the dark, I reached over & chugged from that glass. The most horrible chemical taste imaginable assailed me. Gaaack, I was poisoned!
When I turned on the light, I saw the glass was full of a black tarry substance…Cannonball had dosed me with a full roll of electrical tape!
Personally I prefer Fudgsicles.
See John on Youtube here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRwSfopAkKg
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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