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John Joseph Hall (born July 23, 1948) is an American musician and liberal environmental activist, and was the U.S. Representative for , serving from 2007 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. The 19th District includes all or part of five counties on both sides of the Hudson River: Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Orange and Rockland, with more than 650,000 residents. Hall also co-founded the rock band Orleans in 1972, a musical collaboration that continues to this day. == Musical career == Hall was born in Baltimore and grew up in Elmira, New York, son of James A. Hall, PhD in Electrical Engineering and Marie W. Hall, MA in Divinity. A three-time National Science Foundation summer scholar, he skipped two grades in school and left Notre Dame High School in Elmira at age sixteen to study physics at the University of Notre Dame, and then Loyola College, Baltimore. He led another life in music, starting with piano at age 4, studying French horn in school and teaching himself guitar and bass. After changing his concentration to creative writing and performing in numerous musical ensembles, Hall quit college to begin his professional musical career in the clubs of Georgetown, DC, and then Greenwich Village. In 1967, his group Kangaroo released an album on MGM Records, and Hall also composed music for a Broadway theatre trilogy ''Morning, Noon and Night''. While playing at Cafe Wha in Greenwich Village, he met his first wife, Johanna Schier, with whom he moved to Woodstock, and then Saugerties, New York, wrote many songs and fathered a daughter, Lillian Sofi Hall. He also found time to release his debut solo album, ''Action'' in 1970. He was already a songwriter and/or session musician for such artists as Janis Joplin, Seals & Crofts, Taj Mahal and Bonnie Raitt when, in late January 1972, he founded Orleans in Ulster County, New York with Wells Kelly and Larry Hoppen. Lance Hoppen, Larry's brother, joined the band later in that year, completing the Orleans lineup that would last throughout the band's most successful period. Orleans released two albums on ABC Records, and two on David Geffen's Asylum Records label, the latter two including the top five hits "Dance With Me" and "Still The One" which are each certified by BMI at more than 4 million airplays in the U.S. alone. In 1977, Hall left to concentrate on the solo career that had begun with the ''Action'' album at the beginning of the decade and became active in the anti-nuclear movement, fighting to stop a nuclear plant planned for Cementon on the Hudson River, and co-founding Musicians United for Safe Energy with Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt and Graham Nash. His second solo recording of that period (his third overall) included the title track "Power," which became an environmental anthem performed by Pete Seeger, Peter Paul and Mary, Holly Near, and the Doobie Brothers and James Taylor who cut it live at the No Nukes Concerts at Madison Square Garden. At the dawn of the 1980s, he formed the John Hall Band, which consisted of Hall, keyboardist and vocalist Bob Leinbach, bassist and vocalist John Troy, and drummer Eric Parker. The John Hall Band released two albums on the EMI America label with high AOR and MTV visibility but limited Top 40 success. "Crazy (Keep On Fallin')," from the album ''All of the Above'', was the band's only major hit and was in heavy rotation on MTV for months. On a parallel track, during his residence in Saugerties, Hall co-founded two citizens' groups: Saugerties Concerned Citizens and the Winston Farm Alliance. The former helped close down many illegal junkyards operating in the town; the latter successfully opposed the siting of a giant dump and incinerator on the historic Winston Farm, named after the engineer James Winston, who designed New York City's system of reservoirs and aqueducts. Hall also served one term in the Ulster County Legislature, and was elected twice to the Saugerties Board of Education, where his fellow trustees elected him President. Hall spent decades writing songs for other artists and reunited with Orleans in 1985, rejoining them intermittently up through 2006. Meanwhile, John and Johanna separated and divorced, and he moved from their house in Saugerties, New York, living briefly in Hunter, NY, then in Nashville, TN. There he wrote more songs including co-writing Steve Wariner's #1 country hit "You Can Dream of Me," began touring with Jonell Mosser and Freebo, and continued sporadically performing with Orleans. More importantly, he met and fell in love with Pamela Bingham, a guitarist and attorney whom he would marry in 2001. In 2005, he released ''Rock Me on the Water'', an album of songs inspired by an extensive sailing trip that took John and Pamela Melanie (as she is known to her friends) from Kingston, New York, to Key West, with a side-trip to Havana, Cuba on a legal humanitarian aid delivery, and later Martha's Vineyard, Cuttyhunk, and Annapolis, Maryland. He also formed the band Gulf Stream Night with longtime Orleans drummer Peter O'Brien, percussionist Joakim Lartey, bassist Bobby MacDougal, and his wife Pamela, who co-wrote four of the songs on the CD, on vocals and guitar. Having sold the boat and moved back to the Hudson Valley of New York, this time to Dutchess County, the Halls began to settle in and make new friends in Dover and Millbrook, where "Gulf Stream Night" was recorded. Orleans also released a new CD in 2005, ''Dancin' in the Moonlight'', containing many of Hall's writing collaborations, guitar parts and vocals, and two songs co-written by John and Pamela Melanie Hall. During the fall of 2005, Hall's dissatisfaction with the incumbent Congresswoman representing his new home town contributed to his decision to put musical projects aside and run for the seat in NY's 19th Congressional District. He defeated several other Democratic candidates in the primary, and surprised many by winning the election over 12-year incumbent Sue Kelly. As a member of the House of Representatives for four years, Hall served on the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and the House Veterans Affairs Committee. Perhaps his biggest impact in Washington came as a result of his appointment by then Speaker Nancy Pelosi to be Chairman of the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. One of only three freshmen Representatives assigned a chairmanship, Hall used his chairmanship to hold hearings, take testimony from VA officials, veterans and their families, health and mental health experts, officers active and retired, and representatives of virtually every Veterans' Service organization. The result was the Veterans Claims Modernization Act of 2008, which passed the House and Senate unanimously and was signed into law by President George W. Bush, who called it "good government". Hall was re-elected easily in 2008 over Republican Kieran Lalor, but lost in the 2010 election to doctor and drug company publicist Nan Hayworth. After serving ten years in elective office, and citing the prohibitive campaign fund-raising necessary as a result of the Supreme Court's decision in ''Citizens United v. FEC'', Hall announced that he would not seek re-election. Although his musical career was on hold during his time in office, Hall performed at the concert honoring the 90th birthday of Pete Seeger, supporting the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 3, 2009. He joined other performers in the singing of "Oh Mary Don't You Weep" and later joined the entire cast for an encore, singing "Good Night, Irene". In August 2011, Hall joined his MUSE cohorts Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Crosby Stills and Nash along with Jason Mraz, the Doobie Brothers and Tom Morello for a benefit concert in Mountain View, California, proceeds to aid victims of the tsunami and nuclear meltdowns in Fukushima, Japan, and to promote renewable energy. John and Pamela Hall, along with co-lyricist Bob Furlong, wrote the song "I Told You So" and performed it with Browne, Raitt and Nash at the concert. Hall is currently dividing his time between performing solo and with Orleans, and writing for a new project. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Hall (New York politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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