John Neff (Musician)

John Neff
Neff playing guitar
Background information
Origin	Columbus, Ohio, United States
Genres	Americana Alternative Country Ambient music
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Guitar Pedal Steel Guitar Vocals Dobro Lap Steel Guitar
Years active	1993 – present
Associated acts	Drive-By Truckers Star Room Boys Japancakes David Barbe and the Quick Hooks Barbara Cue

John Neff is an American musician based out of Athens, Georgia. He is most known for playing guitar and pedal steel guitar.

Neff is originally from Columbus, Ohio and moved to Savannah, Georgia when he was 11. He moved to Athens, Georgia in his early twenties, at which time he started playing pedal steel guitar, for which he is better known. He received his first guitar at age 9 and began learning how to play, and began his music career when he arrived in Athens, Georgia. Some of his influences include BJ Cole, Buddy Emmons, David Lindley, and Lloyd Green.

Some of Neff's earlier bands include the Chasers, Lona, Redneck Greece Deluxe, Star Room Boys, Barbara Cue, and Japancakes, operating out of Athens, Georgia. Japancakes is still active, releasing their most recent album Japancakes in May 2016.

Over the course of his musical career, he has performed and recorded with bands including The Allman Brothers Band, Bloodkin, Phosphorescent, Jerry Joseph, Superchunk, and Widespread Panic. He has also been involved with David Barbe and the Quick Hooks, Jack Logan and the Monday Night Recorders, and The Dexateens. He has appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon twice, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Later... with Jools Holland, the Late Show With David Letterman and Conan. He also recorded on Bettye LaVette's Grammy nominated album The Scene of the Crime. Neff was also a founding member of Eye Candy with Shonna Tucker, which released an album in 2013. Some other bands he has recorded with are Bo Bedingfield and The Wydelles, Superhorse, The Judge and The Jury, Producto, Papercranes, Jason Isbell, Vic Chesnutt, and Call and Response. Other associated acts include The Weight, The Eskimos, The Burning Angels, Norma Rae, and Future Lives.