John Ludington

John Ludington grew up in Central NY. His dad taught him how to play folk songs on his great grandfather’s guitar when he was 9 and before he was 10 he was writing songs.

John’s band, Barefoot Gravediggers, was awarded Best New Artist at the Syracuse Area Music Awards in 1993 after their release, Chewing Lessons De Espana.

In ’96, John visited Seth Faergolzia of Dufus while Seth was producing his musical, Fun Wearing Underwear, at Suny Purchase just outside of NYC. Inspired by Faergolzia, John wrote the majority of the material for his LP, Some Glitter, while at Purchase.

John busked on the red line in Boston for a year and then traveled to Northern Arizona to meet up with his long-time friend, Samuel Santangelo.

John moved into a garage turned mother-in-law unit in Samuel’s backyard where Some Glitter was born. Everything was recorded on a Tascam four-track using his dad’s old sm58’s.

Some Glitter stayed on the shelf while John and Samuel produced John’s first solo album, Clouds Today. Jacques Laiberte of Prescott’s Culture Art Rag calls it “A stellar achievement for a solo artist. It is whimsical, fully self-actualizing and cutting edge.”

John and Samuel teamed up with the physical theater troupe, The Carpetbag Brigade and in ’04, John composed a soundtrack to their stilt-walking ballet, Mudfire. John performed his soundtrack live on a four-month tour with the Brigade from L.A. to British Colombia. Since then it has been broadcast from the Universal Forum of Cultures in Monterrey, Mexico to the Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

John and Samuel moved to Northern California after touring with the Brigade, and in ’08, they produced John’s second solo album, Some Glitter. It was mastered and released nearly ten years after it was recorded at which time John took it on tour in NY state with Seth Faergolzia.

John released Attic Window in July, 09. He is currently working on two LPs to be released this year.