John Dufilho is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as the lead creative talent behind indie rock band The Deathray Davies. He partnered with Davies bassist Jason Garner and released an eponymous CD in 2002 under the name I Love Math. A second release, Getting to the Point Is Beside It, followed in 2008. In 2005, Dufilho released his debut self-titled solo album. It was later considered for Grammy nomination.[permanent dead link]
The Davies have released five CDs: Drink With The Grown-ups And Listen To The Jazz (1999); The Return Of The Drunk Ventriloquist (2000); The Day Of The Ray (2002); Midnight At The Black Nail Polish Factory (2003); and The Kick And The Snare (2005).
Dufilho was also in the San Antonio group Bedwetter with Jason Garner and Colin Jones. They put out Wet Sounds in 2000 and have no other releases to date.
He was born on May 21, 1969, and graduated from St. Mary’s in San Antonio in 1991. While attending STM, John was suite-mates with Pat O’Connor, John Knox & The Tom Colvin from Texas. John is currently alive and well, lives with his wife and daughter in Dallas, Texas.
John Nance Garner III, known among his contemporaries as "Cactus Jack", was an American Democratic politician and lawyer from Texas. He served as the 32nd vice president of the United States under Franklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1941 and as the 39th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1931 to 1933. He and Schuyler Colfax are the only politicians to have served as both speaker of the House and vice president of the United States.
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