"Sir Jhon is a punk grass bad ass!" Julie the Bruce
The punk grass Sir Jhon creates is not based on emulating any specific musical style; rather it draws from the DIY aesthetic common in the punk world, while utilizing instruments and tempos that are often associated with bluegrass.
Listen to the Sir Jhon album on Spotify and all other streaming platforms.
Reviews of the Sir Jhon album:
"…really hits me where I live, I loved it." DJ Cinnamon Kennedy 103.3 Asheville FM
"...sometimes approximating experimental rock with touches of jazz and electronics, at other times sounding like a mildly deranged hoedown on the porch. Overall Sir Jhon's tone is one of a whimsical gadfly, as apt to unleash peculiar instrumentals as tunes with goofy wordplay and cultural observations.”
Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
-"An underground cult classic to behold!" Jason Rufus Sewell, Nebulost Productions
-“The Sir Jhon cd can best be described as a mixture of Danny Barnes, Naked City, and Johnny Dowd mixed in a blender, poured into a Petri dish and left out in the hot Texas sun for 12 weeks. What crawls out is most spectacular! 5 stars on this cd!” Jeff Brandon, music critic.
“...quirky and fun ... I laughed alot ...” April Miranda, Mountain Beat Radio
Jhon Bellizia, aka Sir Jhon, has been playing music, touring, and recording for most of his life, both as a solo artist and with several bands that vary stylistically from americana to reggae-rock and punk to prog-metal.
(Estrum, Arden Park Roots, Abandon Theory,
Between tours Jhon wrote and performed his own unique brand of punkgrass music and released his solo album under the name Sir Jhon in 2006.
The music is based on Jhon's individualized song writing and use of the electric banjo with sound effects. As a multi-instrumentalist Jhon brings an electric guitar feel to the banjo, creating a style somewhere between Scruggs and Hendrix.