Jonathan David "JD" McPherson, born April 14, 1977, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is known for a retro sound rooted in the rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and rockabilly music of the 1950s.
McPherson grew up in rural southeastern Oklahoma, on a cattle ranch near the town of Talihina. His father was a farmer and ex-army while his mother was a church minister. He took up the guitar at age 13. In high school he played in a number of local punk rock bands and began writing his own songs. Read Full BioJonathan David "JD" McPherson, born April 14, 1977, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is known for a retro sound rooted in the rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and rockabilly music of the 1950s.
McPherson grew up in rural southeastern Oklahoma, on a cattle ranch near the town of Talihina. His father was a farmer and ex-army while his mother was a church minister. He took up the guitar at age 13. In high school he played in a number of local punk rock bands and began writing his own songs. He has stated that he has never not been in a band of some sort since he was 16 years of age.
During this time, McPherson also developed a strong interest in 1950s rock and roll after being exposed to the music of Buddy Holly. This went on to shape his song writing and sound for bands he was in such as The Poison Okies and The Starkweather Boys.
He studied visual arts in college, earning a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tulsa, and later worked as an art and technology teacher. After deciding to pursue music more seriously, McPherson sent a demo to Jimmy Sutton of the small independent record label Hi-STYLE Records, which specialized in roots music. Sutton agreed to produce McPherson's debut album: this became 2010's Signs and Signifiers. On 19 November 2012, Rolling Stone labelled McPherson an "Artist to Watch" in a 3½ star (out of 5) review of Signs and Signifiers after its wider release through Rounder Records.
The band played the acoustic stage at the Glastonbury Festival 2015 on Friday June 26, before continuing their European tour in the Netherlands.
In October 2015, JD McPherson and band appeared (in animated form) as musical guests performing a new and original song "Crazy Horse" for the DreamWorks animated TV series, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show on Netflix.
McPherson grew up in rural southeastern Oklahoma, on a cattle ranch near the town of Talihina. His father was a farmer and ex-army while his mother was a church minister. He took up the guitar at age 13. In high school he played in a number of local punk rock bands and began writing his own songs. Read Full BioJonathan David "JD" McPherson, born April 14, 1977, is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. He is known for a retro sound rooted in the rock and roll, rhythm and blues, and rockabilly music of the 1950s.
McPherson grew up in rural southeastern Oklahoma, on a cattle ranch near the town of Talihina. His father was a farmer and ex-army while his mother was a church minister. He took up the guitar at age 13. In high school he played in a number of local punk rock bands and began writing his own songs. He has stated that he has never not been in a band of some sort since he was 16 years of age.
During this time, McPherson also developed a strong interest in 1950s rock and roll after being exposed to the music of Buddy Holly. This went on to shape his song writing and sound for bands he was in such as The Poison Okies and The Starkweather Boys.
He studied visual arts in college, earning a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Tulsa, and later worked as an art and technology teacher. After deciding to pursue music more seriously, McPherson sent a demo to Jimmy Sutton of the small independent record label Hi-STYLE Records, which specialized in roots music. Sutton agreed to produce McPherson's debut album: this became 2010's Signs and Signifiers. On 19 November 2012, Rolling Stone labelled McPherson an "Artist to Watch" in a 3½ star (out of 5) review of Signs and Signifiers after its wider release through Rounder Records.
The band played the acoustic stage at the Glastonbury Festival 2015 on Friday June 26, before continuing their European tour in the Netherlands.
In October 2015, JD McPherson and band appeared (in animated form) as musical guests performing a new and original song "Crazy Horse" for the DreamWorks animated TV series, The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show on Netflix.
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North Side Gal
JD McPherson Lyrics
I pulled a match game all around the north side
Chasing the sweet thing so satisfied
Every time I try
Crazy about a north side gal
I got some good talk
But not enough game
Wooing the sweet thing
Oh ain't it a shame
Every time I try
Crazy about a north side gal
Well she gets colder
Every time I try to hold her
There's a little saying "no" to
All the younger gentlemen
All of 'em try
They're crazy 'bout a north side gal
I got some money
And some wheels to drive
Old beat up guitars
And old ZZ Top
Every song I sing
It screams about a north side gal
Well she gets colder
Every time I try to hold her
There's a little saying "no" to
All the younger gentlemen
All of 'em try
They're crazy 'bout a north side gal
Well I said they're crazy 'bout a north side gal
Crazy 'bout a north side gal
Lyrics © THE BICYCLE MUSIC COMPANY
Written by: JD MCPHERSON
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Nilusi
Loooooooooooooove this song !
micmaus72
Mee tooo
Cameron Alred
Regarding the debate on whether Mr. McPherson "stole" this sound, I can say that I once met and talked with him (he was my computer lab teacher in 8th grade) about some old records I found. He seemed to be disgusted by one Pat Boone record, explaining to me that he just performed all the "black" songs and sold them to a white audience. So, this guy is aware of the issue. The thing is, he's not covering black music. He wrote his own song, plain and simple, in the style of black 1950's rock 'n roll. It was an original creative act, inspired by a historical stye. If you can't understand the difference between theft and inspiration, you are missing the whole point of this man's music.
tushygalore
Right on, baby! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Gringo Green
I will flat out say he is not stealing anything. Its not just jump blues he channeling but so many other things. That said any throw back scene would essentially be steeling. JD does his own thing. While many rockabilly cats and kittens may dig this sound, definitely not part of the rockabilly scene. Not like Big Sandy or the Stray Cats are.
That said if you like the music...like the music. Oh by the way...some of those songs that we might consider black music or African American music...sometimes they didn't start there. Watch Billy Braggs lecture on his book, at the end he mentions this. Overall there is so much cross pollination going on...as long as the music is good...who cares.😎👍✨
Dawn Marie
He simply revived the sound, there is no stealing of any one sound here
María José Asís
Lucky you! :-D
Dave Macdonald
Well said.🇬🇧
Liddy P
he was my old technology teacher and the whole class he would sing for us!! I am so glad that he has taken up the music career!!
Stephanie Moore
No way!! That’s so badass. He’s beyond talented 🙌🏻