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John Popper (born March 29, 1967) is an American musician and songwriter. He is most famous for his role as frontman of rock band Blues Traveler performing harmonica, guitar and vocals. He is widely considered a harmonica virtuoso, and is listed by harmonica manufacturer Hohner as a "Featured Artist", an accolade reserved for only the best and most successful harmonica players. ==Early life== John Popper was born in Chardon, Ohio. His father was a Hungarian immigrant who escaped Budapest in 1948.〔(Blues Traveler brings part of U.S. to Pacific forces ) Cindy York. Air Force Print News. January 19, 1999〕 Through him, Popper is related to David Popper, a 19th-century European cellist whose many solo works for the cello are staples of the instrument's repertoire.〔(John Popper interview ) Toni Brown.〕 John's mother and brother are lawyers.〔(''Truth Be Told'' by Eric Ward ''Glide Magazine'', Aug 25th, 2003. ) archived by BluesTraveler.net〕 Popper was raised in Stamford, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey. He attended Davenport Ridge School, Stamford Catholic High School (now Trinity Catholic High School) and Princeton High School. He took lessons on the piano, the cello, and the guitar, but none of those instruments appealed to him and he hated being forced to practice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Sing365.com )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = StamfordAdvocate.com ) 〕 He originally wanted to become a comedian, finding he could use humor to make friends and avoid bullies, but when he and a friend performed a routine as The Blues Brothers, he found that he enjoyed musical performance. From there, he took up the harmonica. Popper played trumpet in the Princeton High School Studio Jazz Band, and convinced the teacher to let him play harmonica instead, after an in-class solo on the song "She Blinded Me With Science".〔〔Ragogna, Mike (March 1, 2011). ("The Patagonia Music Collective Launches – Plus a Conversation With John Popper" ). Huffington Post. Accessed July 2013.〕 He formed several garage bands with friends in Princeton, New Jersey, one of which evolved into Blues Traveler in 1987. After graduating from high school, the group's members all moved to New York City, where Popper enrolled in The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music along with two of his bandmates and high school friend Chris Barron. Popper attended for three years but devoted himself to the band full-time once they signed a record contract in 1990.〔〔 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 Popper」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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