Jon Herington

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Jon Herington
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Herington with Steely Dan in 2015
Background information
Birth nameJonathan Reuel Herington
Born (1954-04-14) April 14, 1954 (age 71)
Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres Rock, jazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1985–present
Website www.jonherington.com

Jon Herington (born Jonathan Reuel Herington on April 14, 1954) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and session musician.

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Career

Herington was born in Paterson, New Jersey, and grew up in West Long Branch, New Jersey on the Jersey Shore. [1] His first band (called Highway) opened for local Bruce Springsteen shows on several occasions. [2] He started playing piano and then saxophone, but began playing guitar when his friends left their guitars at his house as a child. Herington studied guitar with Ted Dunbar while at Rutgers University and also studied privately with Harry Leahey and Dennis Sandole. [3]

In 1999, toward the end of the recording of their 2000 released album Two Against Nature , Donald Fagen and Walter Becker of Steely Dan wanted to hire another rhythm guitar player for some tracks. Ted Baker, a close friend of Herington's, was playing keyboard for the band and Becker and Fagen asked for a recommendation for a guitarist. Baker provided Herington's 1992 album, The Complete Rhyming Dictionary, a collection of Herington original instrumentals, to Becker and Fagen. [4]

Herington with Steely Dan in 2017 Steely Dan With The Doobie Brothers - The O2 - Sunday 29th October 2017 SteelyDanO2291017-26 (38016645772) (cropped).jpg
Herington with Steely Dan in 2017

Soon after, Herington got a call to record "Janie Runaway" and toured with Steely Dan to promote the album. In 2000, Herington released a solo album, entitled Like So. In 2003, Steely Dan had him back to record their release, Everything Must Go , as well as to tour in promotion of the album. In 2006, Donald Fagen hired Herington to play on and tour for his solo album Morph the Cat . He appears on Walter Becker's second solo album Circus Money . In 2010 and again in 2012, Jon joined the Dukes of September touring group which is composed of Donald Fagen, Michael McDonald and Boz Scaggs. [4] On June 14, 2012, the band performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote their 2012 summer concert tour. [5] Herington also played on Fagen's album Sunken Condos .

Herington plays a Gibson CS-336 and a Fender Telecaster. [6]

Discography

As sideman

With Jim Beard

With Lucy Kaplansky

With Steely Dan

With others

References

  1. ↑ Ross, Craig Hunter (2013). "Interviews". Jon Herington of Steely Dan Talks About His Musical Journey and Time on My Hands. Guitar International. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Thibodeaux, Tracy (May 16, 2013). "Pods o' Pop-Jon Herington Part 1". Interview. Pods o' Pop. Archived from the original on October 31, 2014. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
  3. ↑ Smith, Joan K. (April 19, 2011). "The Blog". Jon Herington's New Frontier: Renowned Steely Dan Guitarist Discusses His Musical Journey. The Huffington Post . Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ Blotnick, Emmy (June 15, 2012). "The Blog". The Dukes Of September Rhythm Revue Perform "I’ll Be Good To You". Late Night with Jimmy Fallon . Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  5. ↑ Shadrick, Jason (November 30, 2011). "Rig Rundown". Steely Dan's Jon Herington. Premier Guitar Magazine . Retrieved October 20, 2013. Setup detailed in video interview
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