BORN AND RAISED ON BALTIMORE RADIO, J.T. STARTED COMING TO THE SHORE BEFORE HE COULD WALK. SINCE HE COULDN’T WALK, HIS PARENTS BROUGHT HIM AND MOM AND DAD HAD HIM IN THE ATLANTIC ON HIS SECOND BIRTHDAY. OCEAN DISCOVERED.
WHEN IT CAME TO MUSIC, HE COULDN’T GET ENOUGH. IT ALL STARTED WITH A CASIO KEYBOARD AT 5 YEARS OLD FROM SANTA, THEN THE BARRITONE HORN IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. FROM THERE IT WAS AN ACOUSTIC GUITAR, THEN DRUMS AND THEN LIVE MUSIC STARTED TO RULE HIS WORLD.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL BANDS HE HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO FOR A LIVING. WHILE HE PLAYED A BUNCH OF INSTRUMENTS AND LOVED IT, BEING A ROCKSTAR WASN’T IS HIS FUTURE. (just kinda sucks at all of them) HE DECIDED THAT SINCE HE COULDN’T PERFORM MUSIC, HE’D GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT FOR A LIVING. (push the button, monkey) AND SAY STUPID THINGS. THAT’S HOW HE ENDED UP ON YOUR RADIO.
1ST GIG CAME IN EASTON AT WCEI. THEN TO LURAY VA’S WLMX, HAVRE DE GRACE MD’S WXCY, TRAVERSE CITY MI’S WMXH, ORLANDO FL’S WOMX, OCEAN CITY’S WZBH, MARTINSBURG WV’S WLTF/WICO AND FINALLY BACK TO THE SHORE. HOPEFULLY FOR THE LAST TIME.
YOU CAN FIND J.T. AND HIS DOG SCOUT ON CHINCOTEAGUE THESE DAYS. WHEN HE’S NOT HOME OR ON THE AIR HE’S LIKELY IN WATER OR AT A LIVE MUSIC SHOW SOMEWHERE. COULD BE LOCALLY IN A DELMARVA DIVE OR AT A STADIUM OR FESTIVAL GROUND. HE’D PUT HIS LIVE SHOW COUNT UP AGAINST ANYONE YOU KNOW AND PROBABLY WIN.
STATS:
FIRST CONCERT – METALLICA
LAST CONCERT – BILLY STRINGS
WEAKNESSES – CHEESESTEAKS, CRABCAKES AND MOUNDS BARS
STRENGTHS – PRESSING BUTTONS, SAYING DUMB STUFF INTO A MICROPHONE AND LAUGHING AT HIMSELF.
DELUSIONS – THINKS HE LOOKS LIKE BRAD PITT WHEN IN REALITY HE LOOKS LIKE KEVIN JAMES
