Who is Jon Black

It was way too early when we started this morning. Not that it was really that early (8 AM) but after a long drive from Atlanta to St. Louis all you want to do is sleep in to prepare for a 14 hour drive. We found a QuikTrip and loaded up on coffee [...]

Nothing says summer like a good all-American Road Trip. Now, I understand that with gas prices being what they are it’s outrageous to take a road trip. Imagine what gas prices do to people like me who have to travel for a living… This road trip is necessary though. My brother bought [...]

I’m adjusting some things on this new home for me so keep checking back. Here are some places you can go in the meantime….
My YouTube Page
Rebuilt Records YouTube Page
My Myspace
My Old Blog
Addicting Games
The new whoisjonblack.com should be up and running soon.

Currently there are five videos on the web from my City Stages shows. One of them can’t be embedded because Fox 6 doesn’t allow it for some reason. You can find my intro song “Mouth of the Moon” here.
Here are the others:
Airwaves and Frequencies:

Run With All You’ve Got:

Rockin’ in the Free [...]

City Stages this year was fantastic. Ben Harper destroyed the Miller Stage and I was completely surprised at how much I like Ingrid Michaelson. I didn’t get to see as many people as I wanted to but it was still a blast. Here’s a video from the Guys with Guitars show… The [...]

All the bloggers at al.com are listing their picks for this year’s city stages festival. I figured I’d do the same. These are in no specific order.
Friday
1. Jason Isbell (he was my favorite in DBT…)
2. Old Crow Medicine Show
3. The Roots
4. Citizen Cope (beware of noodle dancing)
Saturday
1. Jon Black (let me have this [...]

UPDATE:I’ve changed my mind about this Weezer album. You can read all about it here.
When I was 14 I fell in love Weezer’s Blue Album. It was amazing… interesting guitar work and unique songwriting. Jim DeRogatis says they sound like they wish they were Big Dipper which I sort of see but [...]