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John Gorka
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folk, singer-songwriter, americana, acoustic, dinner… see all
Gorka was born in Newark, New Jersey in July of 1958. He received his first guitar as a Christmas gift, though Gorka alleges that his older brother stole it from him shortly thereafter. He eventually learned, instead, to play the banjo, and began performing in a folk music group at his church.
Gorka attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and joined the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band which would also include guitarist Richard Shindell. He later began performing solo at the Godfrey Daniels coffee house as the opening act for various musicians that toured there. These included Nanci Griffith, Bill Morrissey, Claudia Schmidt and Jack Hardy.
In 1984, Gorka took first place at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Since then he has toured with artists such as Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, Michael Manring, Christine Lavin, Dave Van Ronk, Cliff Eberhardt, David Massengill, Frank Christian and Lucy Kaplansky.
Gorka attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and joined the Razzy Dazzy Spasm Band which would also include guitarist Richard Shindell. He later began performing solo at the Godfrey Daniels coffee house as the opening act for various musicians that toured there. These included Nanci Griffith, Bill Morrissey, Claudia Schmidt and Jack Hardy.
In 1984, Gorka took first place at the Kerrville Folk Festival. Since then he has toured with artists such as Suzanne Vega, Shawn Colvin, Michael Manring, Christine Lavin, Dave Van Ronk, Cliff Eberhardt, David Massengill, Frank Christian and Lucy Kaplansky.
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John Gorka Cover - I Saw A Stranger With Your Hair
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Road of Good Intentions
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flying red horse
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Love is Our Cross to Bear
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I'm From New Jersey
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The Gypsy Life
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jln3681 wrote:
it's like ohio, even more so... what does that even MEAN?!?!?!
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battue wrote:
Love the track the Gypsy Life My uncle passed away a few years ago and I took a lot of his collection, he was working in a library somewhere in the East coast USA and he must have picked up the album Temporary road when he was there, I gave it a spin and that track grabbed me, the lyrics are great and the vocals and Harmonies
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Writing Mode
22 Jun 2008 | from johngorka.com
“Thoughts are like flowers; those gathered in the morning keep fresh the longest” — Andre Gide
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Woody, Cisco and Me
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