Tulsa, Oklahoma
60 Years Old
Songwriter

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"Our lives are like lines in the sand, And time is a river... Washing Away"

BIOGRAPHY

I started playing drums when I was five-years-old when, after searching for a xylophone teacher in Tulsa (for months -- or so I was told), my parents finally agreed to let me take drum lessons… if I would "stick with it."
On a hot summer night in 1956 (in an upstairs, back-alley room of a music store) a jazz trumpet player took me under his wing.
It took me over a year to "earn" a snare drum (I think my folks had something to do with this) and almost two to "earn" a cocktail set of Slingerlands -- one drum, cymbal and pedal at a time.
Well, I did "stick with it" and in the end, it was all worth it. I played in working bands from the time I was seven and played professionally for over thirty-five years.
Over the years I've had the pleasure of working in the studio, performing live, touring and co-writing with some of the best musicians, songwriters, producers and vocal talent in the world (a partial list is below).
About three years ago I began working in the studio again, writing some songs. A few months ago I started recording (what I think are) some of the better ones: http://www.johnlatta.net

LEVEL

semi-pro

GENRES

Country, R&B, Jazz

PUBLISHING COMPANY

WCCMP (Winner's Circle Country Music Publishing), independent publishing company

Contact

Management: Gus Wolman (guswolman@aol.com)
Publishing: Gus Wolman (guswolman@aol.com)
Label: Assorted
Administrative: John Latta

P.R.O.

BMI

INSTRUMENTS

drums / acoustic guitar / electric guitar / percussion / timpani

I AM INTERESTED IN

in pitching songs to tv

I WRITE:

When I have time

I Also Write:
by myself

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SONG CUTS

"People Like Us", Heather Roberts (Joshua,Tx) 1/17/12

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

* "I'm Done", Top Ten Song, 2009 Great American Song Contest * "People Like Us" One of the Top Songs, Billboard Song Contest 2009

OTHER SONG OR ALBUM CREDITS

* Tulsa studio musician for over 35 years; * Played with Ronnie Dunn in Tulsa; * Played with Gus Hardin in Tulsa; * Played with Eldon Shamblin, Tulsa; * "Who's Who" of Tulsa Jazz Musicians

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