J2B2 (John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band)

Description

John Jorgenson is a co-founder (with Herb Pedersen and Chris Hillman) of the formative country rock group Desert Rose Band. In 1990, Jorgenson founded the Hellecasters and toured with Sir Elton John's band for six years, before later reuniting with John as lead guitarist for many European dates of the record-breaking Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour. An impressively eclectic range of artists including Sting, Luciano Pavarotti, Bonnie Raitt, Billy Joel, Barbra Streisand, Bob Seger, and Earl Scruggs have sought out Jorgenson to be part of their own recordings and/or performances. Music legends and guitar greats such as Tom Petty, Peter Frampton, Tommy Emmanuel, Duane Eddy, Joe Bonamassa and Brad Paisley have also sung Jorgenson's praises. Jorgenson portrayed Django Reinhardt in the Hollywood feature film Head in the Clouds.