John Heussenstamm
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December 28, 1953 Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| Residence | Laguna Beach, CA, United States |
| Occupation | Author of the Guitar Workout, and featured in the The Gold Mine Series by Hal Leonard |
| Website | www |
John Heussenstamm (born December 28, 1953) is an American guitarist and music educator. He is credited, early in his career, as being the original lead guitarist in the Surf Punks, touring with the Deniece Williams Band in 1977, and being a band member of Innocent Bystanders. He is the author of Guitar Workout, a book published by Hal Leonard Corporation in 2010. He is featured as an author and guitarist in The Gold Mine Series, as a coauthor with Chad Johnson in 100 Blues Lessons and with Paul Silbergleit in 100 Jazz Lessons. Heussenstamm was also a featured guitar instructor in three DVDs published by Hal Leonard: 200 Blues Licks, 200 Jazz Licks and 200 Country Licks. His YouTube channel has received over 10 million total hits and has over 15,000 subscribers since 2008. As of February 2015, Heussenstamm resides in Laguna Beach, California.
Heussenstamm was born into an eclectic family. He is the nephew of composer and music theory professor George Heussenstamm, and the brother of artist Paul Heussenstamm. His grandmother also gave private piano and voice lessons. He received his first guitar lesson at age eight, learned trumpet in middle school, and picked up the bass to participate in rock bands in high school.
After high school, he began studying the guitar intensely, leading to a gig in the rhythm and blues group Lovera. He took private lessons with guitarists such as Joe Pass, and Ted Greene. He then landed a touring gig with the Deniece Williams Band, which opened shows for many other notable acts of the Motown era, such as KC and the Sunshine Band and Earth, Wind & Fire. Under the name "Johnny Malibu", Heussenstamm recorded and performed with the Surf Punks. In the late 1970s, he continued to expand his musical horizons by briefly studying Indian music with Ali Akbar Khan.
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