John Nitzinger (born 1948) is an American blues rock guitarist, recording artist and songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas.
John Nitzinger (born 1948) is an American blues rock guitarist, recording artist and songwriter from Fort Worth, Texas.
In the mid-1960s, Nitzinger began his career as a performer on Bruce Channel's hit single "Hey! Baby", and became something of a local star with his band "The Barons", releasing several singles before breaking up. In 1968, Nitzinger recorded two singles, "Plastic Window" and "Life of John Doe", which were produced by T Bone Burnett. [1] In the early 1970s, Nitzinger helped pen songs on five albums for the Fort Worth band Bloodrock. [2] [3] When Bloodrock 2 went Gold, Nitzinger signed a contract with Capitol Records and his first album, the self-titled Nitzinger, was released in early 1972. In 1973, his second Capitol album One Foot in History was issued. (Both albums had the same cover, with the first being black and the second being blue). On April 7, 1975, Nitzinger was the opening act for B.B. King at the Longhorn Ballroom, Dallas, Texas. In 1976, a solo album titled Live Better Electrically was issued by 20th Century Records.
In 1980, Nitzinger formed the band PM with Carl Palmer on drums, formerly of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Barry Finnerty on guitars, Todd Cochran on keyboards and Eric Scott on bass, which released a single album, 1:PM, on Ariola Records. [4] The group performed the single "Dynamite" on German TV show Rockpop. [5] In 1981, Nitzinger joined Alice Cooper on his worldwide Special Forces tour, and featured in Cooper's TV special Alice Cooper à Paris. The following year, Nitzinger co-wrote with Cooper and performed on the album Zipper Catches Skin .
After coming off the road, Nitzinger went on hiatus and eventually made a comeback after winning battles with health issues, [6] and today he delivers his message of clean-life choices to schools, hospitals, and prisons. In 2006, he founded Nitzinger's Music Factory working with inner city youth delivering the message of clean living through music lessons, workshops and Rock Camps on the East Side of Fort Worth, Texas.
In 1997, Nitzinger returned to recording solo material and had since released the albums Didja Miss Me (1997), Fingers In The Fan (1999), a compilation of his greatest hits, a box set, and Kiss Of The Mudman (2006) on his independent label, JTH Productions. In 2010, Kiss Of The Mudman was picked up by SPV Records in Europe and was released worldwide. In 2012 the 90-minute DVD documentary, Nitzinger – Tears From There To Here, was released. In 2012, he wrote 12 new songs and completed two albums – Bloodrock 2013 with Bloodrock lead singer, Jim Rutledge, and Revenge with former lead singer of AC/DC, Dave Evans. A promotional music video was made for the lead track. [7]
"Live At Rockpalast" (2001, Made In Germany Music)
"Going Back To Texas" (1999, Record Heaven Music)
"John In The Box" (1995, Akarma Italy)
With Alice Cooper
With The Barons
With Bloodrock
With Bob Pickering
With Cresa Watson
With David Anderson
With Dave Evans
With Jim Rutledge
With PM
With Spearfish
With Texas Music Machine
With Thunder
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