John Rice

John is a multi-talented Nashville session man who plays Guitar, Mandolin, Dobro, Fiddle, Banjo, Bazooki, Uke, Electric Sitar, Pedal Steel, Oud, Bass Pedals and most anything that has strings.

RECORDINGS include: w/ Blind Boys of Alabama, Mavis Staples, Wilco, Jon Langford, Pine Valley Cosmonauts, Rob Fulks, Kevin Coyne, Steve Earle, Dallas Wayne, Redd Volkaert, Cathy Richardson, The Insiders, Nicholas Tremulis, Junior Burke, Freakwater, Handsome Family, Rosie Flores, John Martyn, Jimmy Dale Gilmore, Neko Case, Alejandro Escovedo, Otis Clay, Hugh Hart, Rhett Miller, Mark Eitzel, Dave Alvin, Anna Fermin, Jim Peterik, Special Consensus, Califone, Joel Hoekstra, Howard Levy, Freddy Jones Band, Dennis DeYoung, Johnny Frigo, Sally Timms, Richard Buckner, Mekons, Danbert Nobacon, and many others….

PERFORMANCES include: w/ Billy Corgan, Marianne Faithful, Roger Miller, Bun E Carlos, Vassar Clements, Donovan, Corky Siegal, David Yow, Ken Nordine, Don Walser, Jim Lauderdale, Rick Danko, and Patsy Montana….STAGE “The Remembered City” (Steppenwolf) “Floyd and Clea” (Goodman) “Pump Boys and Dinettes” (Forum)……

JINGLEWORK: Home Depot, US Army, Applebee’s, State Farm Insurance, Budweiser, Kelloggs, Reebok, Disney World, Tide, Cheer, Hallmark, McDonald’s. Cracker Barrel, American Airlines, Subway, Midas, Nations Bank, LaSalle Bank, Bob Evan’s, Kraft, Taco Bell, Sears, Blockbuster, Nortell, Pillsbury, Pontiac, Phillip Morris, Michelob, Sprint, K-Mart, Dinty Moore, Quater Oats, Celebrex, John Deere, Helene Curtis, Ralston Purina, Fruit of the Loom, Frito Lay, Hillshire Farms, Union 76, Oscar Mayer, Smuckers, Ameritech, Southwest Airlines, Discovercard, Pep Boys, Suburu, Kotex, Cadillac, Dodge, Dean Foods, Firestone, Wrigley’s Gum, Long John Silvers, Hoover, Old El Paso, Betty Crocker, Quaker Oats, Kemper Insurance, Chicago Sun Times, Amoco, Busch Gardens, Boston Market, Hardee’s, Payless Shoes, Orville Reddenbacher, Old Spice, and Metamucil…..

SOUNDTRACKS: The Guardian (2006), The Average American (2005), Uncle Nino (2003), Secondhand Lions (2003), The Slaughter Rule (2002), Goreville,USA (1997), and The Borrower (1991).
1994 CHICAGO’S FINEST FINGERS COMPETITION (1st Place)
MARLBORO COUNTRY MUSIC SHOWDOWN (Five Time Loser)